Facts

• Segment: Inspection
• Country: Israel
• Founded: 2014
• Website: https://percepto.co

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Products
• Facts
• Funding
• Investors
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Relationships
• Customers and deployments
• Sources

Summary

Percepto develops autonomous drone-in-a-box systems and inspection software for industrial sites. Its platform automates remote monitoring, visual inspection, gas detection and security workflows for oil and gas, mining, utilities, solar and heavy-industrial operators.

Market context

Canonical drone-in-a-box company with deployed autonomous inspection systems for industrial sites. Autonomous inspection and monitoring stack combining Percepto AIM software with drone-in-a-box hardware for critical infrastructure, energy and industrial sites.

Products

• Percepto Air Max
• Percepto Air Max OGI

Facts

• Website: https://percepto.co
• HQ: Modi'in, Israel
• Founded: 2014
• Segment: Inspection
• Known funding rounds: 3

Funding

• 2023-06-12 - Series C - $67M - Percepto raises $67 million Series C and receives FAA waiver for autonomous drone inspections - source: percepto.co
• 2020-11-24 - Series B - $45M - Percepto raises USD 45M Series B - source: percepto.co
• 2019-05-22 - Series A - $15M - Percepto raises USD 15M Series A for drone-in-a-box systems - source: percepto.co

Investors

• Atento Capital - Participant - Vc - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2020-11-24 - latest 2023-06-12
• Koch Disruptive Technologies - Lead - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2020-11-24 - latest 2023-06-12
• Spider Capital - Participant - Vc - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2019-05-22 - latest 2023-06-12
• U.S. Venture Partners - Lead - Vc - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2019-05-22 - latest 2023-06-12
• Arkin Holdings - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2023-06-12
• Delek US Holdings - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2023-06-12
• Zimmer Partners - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2023-06-12
• Delek US - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2020-11-24
• State of Mind Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2020-11-24
• Summit Peak Investments - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2020-11-24
• Emerge - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2019-05-22
• NHN - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2019-05-22

Autonomous industrial inspection and monitoring

Percepto provides autonomous inspection and monitoring systems for industrial sites, combining drone-in-a-box hardware, docking/base infrastructure and Percepto AIM software for automated visual data management and AI-assisted analytics.

• Target environment: Fixed industrial assets and distributed sites such as oil and gas, utilities, energy, mining, ports and heavy infrastructure where repeat inspections can be automated.
• Deployment model: End-to-end autonomous inspection model: docked drones collect site data, upload it automatically, and Percepto AIM organizes inspection workflows, analytics and reporting.
• Customer context: Industrial asset owners and operators that need repeatable monitoring, remote operations, BVLOS readiness and reduced manual inspection exposure.
• Workflow context: Users define inspection strategies, autonomous drones collect RGB/thermal or specialized data, AIM compares and analyzes findings, and site teams act on prioritized issues.
• Commercial maturity: Commercially mature autonomous inspection vendor with official positioning around deployed drone-in-a-box portfolios, regulatory trust and industrial customers.
• Market position: Positioned as a drone-in-a-box and autonomous inspection platform company rather than a drone-only manufacturer; strongest signal is the integration of rugged docked drones with AIM analytics.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on site integration, aviation approvals, weather/site constraints, connectivity, customer trust in AI-assisted findings and proof of inspection ROI.
• Adjacent context: Adjacent systems include DroneDeploy/Skydio enterprise inspection workflows, Nokia Drone Networks, fixed sensor monitoring and industrial asset-management analytics.
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2026-06-25 - Product Launch - Percepto launches next-generation autonomous inspection-intelligence platform - The platform combines Percepto Air drones, onboard autonomy and remote operations.
• 2025-11-07 - Regulatory - Percepto autonomous OGI drones approved for U.S. federal emissions inspections - The U.S. EPA approved Percepto's autonomous optical gas imaging drone system for federal emissions inspections u…
• 2025-06-16 - Product Launch - Percepto launches AI emission detector for autonomous methane surveying - Percepto launched an AI emission detector for remote drone-based methane surveying.
• 2025-01-18 - Deployment - Percepto autonomous drones detect methane leaks in Permian Basin - Percepto autonomous drones were deployed in the Permian Basin for methane leak detection.
• 2024-04-10 - Regulatory - Percepto obtains German BVLOS approval for drone-in-a-box operations - The approval supports autonomous industrial inspection drone operations in Germany.
• 2023-06-12 - Funding - Percepto raises $67 million Series C and receives FAA waiver for autonomous drone inspections - Percepto raised $67 million in Series C equity and debt financing.
• 2022-11-07 - Regulatory - Percepto gains nationwide FAA waiver for remote industrial drone operations - The waiver supported drone-in-a-box operations for power, oil and gas, solar, mining and industrial sites.
• 2022-01-25 - Regulatory - Delek US gains BVLOS refinery approval using Percepto AIM - The approval covered Percepto drone operations at Delek refinery sites.
• 2021-11-17 - Product Launch - Percepto launches AIM 2022 and Air Mobile drone - AIM 2022 added sector-specific AI insights and third-party visual data integration.
• 2020-11-24 - Funding - Percepto raises USD 45M Series B - Koch Disruptive Technologies led the round.
• 2019-05-22 - Funding - Percepto raises USD 15M Series A for drone-in-a-box systems - U.S. Venture Partners led the round.

Relationships

• partner - Luftfahrt-Bundesamt granted Percepto German BVLOS approval.

Customers and deployments

• Active Robot Fleet - 10-20 autonomous drones for methane leak detection - 2025-01-18 - Permian Basin - methane leak detection - Percepto autonomous drones deployed in the Permian Basin for methane leak detection across…