Facts

• Segment: Aerial
• Country: France
• Founded: 2022
• Website: https://www.hylight.aero/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Facts
• Funding
• Investors
• Events
• Team
• Context tags
• Sources

Summary

HyLight builds small hydrogen airships for long-range monitoring. The Paris company is a Y Combinator S23 startup focused on unmanned aerial inspection and persistent monitoring missions.

Market context

HyLight builds unmanned hydrogen airships for aerial inspection and long-range monitoring workflows.

Facts

• Website: https://www.hylight.aero/
• HQ: Paris, France
• Founded: 2022
• Segment: Aerial
• Known funding rounds: 1

Funding

• 2024-04-16 - Seed - $4M - HyLight raises EUR 3.7M for hydrogen airship drones - source: h2-tech.com

Investors

• Collaborative Fund - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-04-16
• Kima Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-04-16
• Marc Tarpenning - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-04-16
• Ring Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-04-16
• Y Combinator - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-04-16

Events

• 2024-04-16 - Funding - HyLight raises EUR 3.7M for hydrogen airship drones - The round included Y Combinator, Ring Capital, Kima Ventures, Collaborative Fund and Marc Tarpenning.

Team

• Thomas Laporte - Founder
• Martin Bocken - Founder
• Josef Rokusek - Founder

Context tags

• Autonomous drone companies - Peer Group - Company profile and official website context support Autonomous drone companies.
• Aerial inspection - Workflow - Company profile and official website context support Aerial inspection.