At Pyka we develop autonomous electric aircraft to provide people with an affordable and safe air transport option for regional trips. We're building a future where everyone can visit a friend, partner, family member, or colleague in a nearby city by air --- where the trip is a beautiful, traffic-free, and environmentally responsible adventure.
To get there, we’re taking a different approach than most. We're applying our technologies to every industry where electric aircraft can be useful, starting with the highest value and most dangerous jobs. In doing so, we're building useful, game-changing products manufactured at scale, while perfecting the safety, reliability, and capabilities of our autonomy engine and electric propulsion systems.
To get there, we’re taking a different approach than most. We're applying our technologies to every industry where electric aircraft can be useful, starting with the highest value and most dangerous jobs. In doing so, we're building useful, game-changing products manufactured at scale, while perfecting the safety, reliability, and capabilities of our autonomy engine and electric propulsion systems.
Location: United States, California, Oakland
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $96M
Founded date: 2017
Founders name: Nathan White
Founders Related Locations: United States, California, Menlo Park; United States, California, Mountain View; United States, California, Palo Alto; United States, California, San Francisco
Investors 6
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Endure Cap... | endurecap.... |
| - | Bold Capit... | boldcapita... |
| 29.08.2021 | Y Combinat... | ycombinato... |
| - | Fly Ventur... | fly.vc |
| - | UpHonest C... | uphonestca... |
| 02.08.2022 | Piva Capit... | piva.vc |
Funding Rounds 4
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 26.09.2024 | Series B | $40M | - |
| 26.04.2022 | Series A | $37M | - |
| 20.01.2020 | Seed | $11M | - |
| 24.12.2019 | Seed | $8M | Prime Move... |
Persons 1
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | |||
| - | Nathan | White | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | - | - |
Mentions in press and media 15
| Date | Title | Description |
| 26.09.2024 | Pyka: Electric Aviation Company Raises $40 Million (Series B) | Pyka, an electric aviation technology leader that designs and manufactures large-scale autonomous electric aircraft, announced a $40 million Series B funding round. Obvious Ventures led the round, which included new and existing investors, ... |
| 23.09.2024 | Pyka Raises $40M in Series B Funding | Pyka Pelican Spray in flight over a crop in the United States. Pyka, an Alameda, CA-based electric aviation technology leader that designs and manufactures large-scale autonomous electric aircraft, raised $40M in Series B funding. The round... |
| 14.08.2024 | Kelly Hills Unmanned Systems debuts with the largest commercial autonomous crop sprayer in the US | Ag retailer Heinen Brothers Agra Services—best-known for manned crop spraying airplanes—is pushing into the unmanned space via a new subsidiary called Kelly Hills Unmanned Systems, pitched as “the most advanced aerial and ground-based agric... |
| 07.09.2023 | Pyka And Dole Achieve Milestone In Sustainable Banana Protection | - |
| 05.02.2023 | See inside a new pilotless cargo plane, which has a nose-loading door like the Boeing 747 and can fly up to 200 miles | Pyka Autonomous electric planemaker Pyka has developed the world's largest zero-emission freighter. The aircraft, known as Pelican Cargo, is pilotless and can carry up to 400 pounds across 200 miles. Company founder and CEO Michael Norcia s... |
| 29.04.2022 | Pyka Closes $37M in Series A Funding | Pyka, an Oakland, CA-based electric autonomous airplane manufacturer, closed a $37M Series A funding round. Pelican – source: Pyka website The round was led by Piva Capital and Prelude Ventures. The company intends to use the funds for the ... |
| 26.04.2022 | Pyka Closes $37M in Series A Funding to Accelerate Aircraft Deliveries and R&D | “We are extremely pleased with this successful raise and the opportunities it affords Pyka to rapidly boost our manufacturing and begin executing on our more than $320 million in MOUs and commercial agreements from customers,” says Pyka CEO... |
| 12.08.2021 | Pyka Announces Dan Grossman as President - Reveals Details of Electric Passenger Plane | "Pyka’s benchmark-setting electric propulsion systems, safety critical control software, advanced avionics, and custom composite airframes result from years of work in agriculture with our Pelican aircraft," - Pyka President Dan G... |
| 16.03.2021 | OpenBOM™ Continues Accelerated Growth With New Annual Subscriptions And New Onboarding Program | OpenBOM “The customers are confident in OpenBOM's ability to help to develop complex products and connect distributed teams located in multiple locations across the globe" NEWTON, Mass. (PRWEB) March 16, 2021 OpenBOM™, a leading SaaS d... |
| 20.01.2020 | Pyka just secured $11 million in a seed funding round | - |
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