Company:Manna Drone Delivery
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| Industry | Last mile drone delivery |
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| Genre | Delivery drone |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Founder | Bobby Healy |
| Headquarters | Dublin , Ireland |
Area served | Ireland |
Number of employees | 50-100 (2021) |
| Website | www |
Manna is a business-to-customer drone delivery company. The founder and CEO is Bobby Healy. The operations headquarters are based in NovaUCD, Dublin, Ireland. The name originates from Manna, meaning food delivered from heaven. Manna is within the drone delivery market; the overall drone and logistics market is projected to reach $29.1 billion by 2027.[1]
Operations
Aircraft
The company's aircraft is custom designed and built in Europe, and held to an aerospace grade. It can fly at an altitude of 80 meters and a speed of over 80 km/h.[4]
The drones can deliver cargo at a range of 2 km within 3 minutes.[5]
Certificates
The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) have issued the light UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) operator certificate (LUC) to Manna.[6]
Backing, partners and finance
From Manna's seed round $5.2 million was raised.[7] From Manna's Series A round of $25 million was raised.[8]
Partners
Backed by
External links
References
- ↑ "Imperial Capital" (in english). http://imperialcapital-sic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Drone-Delivery_OCT-2019.pdf.
- ↑ "Oranmore". https://tech.eu/free/45730/how-to-grow-when-people-are-scared-of-your-product/.
- ↑ "Balbriggan". https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/drone-deliveries-a-gift-from-above-gcq0fk6hb.
- ↑ Marty (2019-06-19). "Dinner Drone Delivery in Dublin Coming Later This Year" (in en-GB). https://goosed.ie/dublin-drone-food-delivery/.
- ↑ "Drone technology's next big leap: 3-minute fast food deliveries" (in en). 2019-08-05. https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/business/drone-technologys-next-big-leap-3-minute-fast-food-deliveries-941983.html.
- ↑ "LUC" (in en-GB). 2019-06-19. https://www.ucd.ie/innovation/news-and-events/latest-news/manna-luc-iaa/name,553519,en.html.
- ↑ "Dublin-based Manna raises $5.2 million seed to roll out drone food delivery in 2020" (in en-US). https://tech.eu/brief/dublin-based-manna-raises-5-2-million-seed-to-roll-out-drone-food-delivery-in-2020/.
- ↑ "Series A" (in en-US). https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/drone-delivery-start-up-manna-raises-25m-ahead-of-major-expansion-1.4550218.
- ↑ "Flipdish". https://www.irishtimes.com/business/retail-and-services/manna-partners-flipdish-in-fast-food-drone-delivery-plan-1.3929459.
- ↑ "Samsung". https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-partners-with-manna-to-launch-drone-delivery-service-to-irish-customers.
- ↑ "Tesco". https://www.irishtimes.com/business/retail-and-services/tesco-takes-to-the-skies-with-home-delivery-by-drone-1.4391566.
- ↑ "University Bridge Fund". http://universitybridgefund.com/.
- ↑ "Venture – Elkstone Partners" (in en-US). https://www.elkstonepartners.com/ventures/.
- ↑ "ff Venture Capital". http://ffvc.com/portfolio.
- ↑ "Frontline" (in english). https://www.frontline.vc/.
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