Mark Mandelbaum of Almond Tree Enterprises Inc. (L), with SkyX’s Didi Horn and Clanton Capital President Noam Edell (R)
SkyX, the Canadian long-range unmanned aerial monitoring and data collection company, has announced that the company has closed $9.5 million USD in Series B funding from the Almond Tree/SkyX Limited Partnership (LP), led by Almond Tree Enterprise Inc. This second round of financing brings SkyX’s total funding to date to $15.8 million USD ($20 million CAD) and comes just two-and-a-half years after the company was founded.
This new capital will support SkyX’s ability to execute contracts with clients as well as continue to move forward with new and existing strategies to support global demand from utilities and oil and gas corporations.
SkyX’s autonomous systems capture complex high-resolution data and deliver easy-to-understand, actionable results to global clients. The company’s first-of-a-kind drones, using a variety of sensors, can gather a vast array of customized data, enabling clients to take charge of what has previously been an expensive and complex task ─ monitoring long-range assets like oil and gas pipelines.
According to Mark Mandelbaum, President and CEO, Almond Tree Enterprise Inc., “SkyX has shown tremendous growth since its founding. The company’s amazing technology and continuous product innovation, coupled with its ability to assemble world-class executive and engineering teams at this early stage in the company’s life cycle, is a testimony to its incredible promise and growth potential. SkyX is a true leader in the drone data revolution.”
“We were highly impressed with what SkyX has been able to build with limited resources,” noted Noam Edell, President, Clanton Capital Inc., who helped facilitate the partnership between Almond Tree Enterprise and SkyX. “We’re very excited to see what the future holds for SkyX. With substantial financial resources in place, SkyX is in a terrific position to ramp up expansion plans. The company’s technology, which has the power to impact business efficiencies and effectiveness, will also have a positive impact on the environmental landscape around the world.”
“We are currently in talks with a number of big energy companies from around the globe intent on employing our services,” noted Didi Horn, Founder and CEO, SkyX. “Daily requests for trials and demonstrations reinforces the tremendous promise of this new category of long-range drone-driven data services. With the Almond Tree/SkyX LP’s cash infusion, we are eager to accelerate our go-to-market strategy.”
Added Horn, “This announcement comes a little more than one year after Shenzhen-based Kuang-Chi Group made a significant multi-million-dollar investment in SkyX. Today, thanks to funding from Almond Tree and Kuang-Chi, we are well positioned to meet our business goals this year and for the foreseeable future.”
Two SkyOne aircraft, plus an xStation, at the SkyX flight facility outside Toronto
Using a subscription-based price model, SkyX technology enables clients to reduce maintenance and monitoring costs while increasing the visibility, integrity and safety of their assets. Detecting and reporting leaks (even at night); scanning for right of way violations; and capturing and reporting vegetation encroachment are part of the typical mission. Further, the company’s services help clients reduce emissions caused by inefficient monitoring processes; and decrease groundwater contamination thanks to increases in inspections, improved data and faster alerts.
Source: Press Release