Drone logistics company ADLC has raised EUR 2.08 million in seed funding to accelerate its growth and further expand its services in the maritime and offshore industry. The investment round was led by Galactic Beacon Ventures (GBV), alongside co-lead investor LRM, Port of Antwerp-Bruges and NXT II, with the support of PwC – Next Level as financial/fundraising advisors and Van Olmen & Wynant as legal advisors.
ADLC operates an ongoing drone delivery service at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, where it is collaborating with global testing and certification specialist SGS.
“Since 2018, Port of Antwerp-Bruges has been working on an ambitious roadmap to enable drone flights across the vast port area, in support of multiple use cases,” says Erwin Verstraelen, Vice President Innovation at Port of Antwerp-Bruges. “This has resulted in a vibrant ecosystem with over 1500 authorised drone flights in 2024, the majority being beyond visual line of sight flights (BVLOS), an indication of maturity. ADLC has opened a new chapter with a first use case for cargo, a vast area of opportunities. Given the strategic nature of this evolution for the port ecosystem at large, Port of Antwerp-Bruges has committed itself to support the further development via a strategic investment,”
Fellow investor GBV said ADLC has “tremendous potential to scale globally”.
ADLC has also become a new resident at the DronePort business campus in Sint-Truiden, an innovation hub for autonomous mobility on the ground and in the air.
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