DroneBase New Name New Financing

DroneBase Will get a New Identify: Firm Raises $55M, Rebrands to Zeitview

By DRONELIFE Workers Author Ian M. Crosby

After securing an funding of $55 million, superior inspection software program firm DroneBase modified its title to: zeitview.

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Dominated by spherical Valor Capital Partners, with participation from current traders Union Sq. Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Euclidean Capital, Vitality Transition Ventures and Hearst Ventures. This newly raised funding will help the corporate’s AI-enabled software program and world footprint in superior inspection options. The fast progress within the renewable sector final yr, North American Sun Scan (NASS) is the primary standardized photo voltaic asset score set that gives superior surveillance of U.S. solar energy vegetation. Zeitview carried out an inspection of 43 GW of photo voltaic capability final yr.

Going ahead, Zeitview will proceed to create superior inspection software program that delivers quick, exact insights, decrease prices for asset homeowners, and improved efficiency and longevity. The corporate’s new title displays an more and more numerous vary of information seize instruments: Along with rotary-wing drones, Zeitview makes use of crewed plane and smartphone applied sciences to supply related, versatile options for purchasers. The brand new title, which stands for “time view,” higher represents the corporate’s providers and its purpose of advancing the transition to renewable vitality and sustainable infrastructure.

“We admire how necessary time is to our prospects: on the one hand, they want pressing and correct evaluation of the state of their belongings; then again, they’re constructing vitality and infrastructure sources that can final for many years,” stated Dan Burton, founder and CEO of Zeitview. We’re assured that our intelligence-enabled software program options can present a direct response and a long-term house to our prospects, however we have gotten more and more unsure about which device we use to seize probably the most correct knowledge. We’re grateful that Valor appreciates the facility of our complete providers to assist prospects construct, keep and keep infrastructure throughout a number of asset courses and worldwide. They perceive transformational vitality and infrastructure software program and embrace companies that use expertise to unravel operationally complicated issues.”

Zeitview’s partnership with Valor will allow the corporate to proceed to form the aerial inspection trade with rising applied sciences and proprietary synthetic intelligence software program. Valor’s historical past with complicated software-led corporations will strengthen Zeitview’s capability to develop knowledge seize capabilities via automation.

“Valor has been the long-term champion of information science and analytics to enhance companies,” stated Vivek Pattipati, Companion at Valor Fairness Companions. “With Zeitview’s continued growth of its providers and dedication to offering correct, real-time insights via superior audit software program, we’re naturally match for the duty. We look ahead to supporting Zeitview as we provoke this rebranding and enter the subsequent part of aerial video and knowledge options.”

Zeitview additionally offers long-term options to observe the modifications of an asset over a time frame. The corporate continues its dedication to bettering its drone providers whereas offering its buyer base with new instruments that match their wants. Zeitview continues to paved the way in creating the way forward for limitless data gathering.

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Ian attended the Dominican College of California the place he graduated in English in 2019. With a lifelong ardour for writing and storytelling and a robust curiosity in expertise, he now contributes to DroneLife as a employees author.

Miriam McNabb is the Editor-in-Chief of DRONELIFE and CEO of JobForDrones, an expert drone providers market, and is a fascinated observer of the rising drone trade and the regulatory panorama for drones. Miriam has authored greater than 3,000 articles specializing in the business drone house and is a global speaker and trade acknowledged title. Miriam has a level from the College of Chicago and over 20 years of expertise in high-tech gross sales and advertising and marketing for brand new applied sciences.
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