Daedalean: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)
Daedalean is a Swiss Zurich-based startup founded in 2016. It is building autonomous flight control software (AI-based airborne applications) for civil aircraft of today and the advanced aerial mobility of tomorrow – robotic air taxi. Daedalean's eventual goal is to create an AI pilot able to pass the exam for human pilots. The company has brought together expertise from machine learning, robotics, computer vision, path planning, and aviation-grade software engineering and certification. Daedalean brings to market the first-ever machine-learning-based avionics in an onboard visual awareness system demonstrating capabilities on a path to certification for airworthiness.
Daedalean has raised $58.0M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Series B of $58.0M announced in Jan 2022.
That round is above the $5.7M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.
Daedalean Company Profile and Key Stats
Latest funding round on record: Jan 2022.
Daedalean Funding Rounds
Daedalean Founders and Leadership Team
No contact details are on record for this team yet.
Daedalean Funding Compared to Other Artificial Intelligence Startups
Daedalean's latest round of $58.0M is above the median round in Artificial Intelligence. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.
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Daedalean Funding FAQs
What does Daedalean do?
Daedalean is a Swiss Zurich-based startup founded in 2016. It is building autonomous flight control software (AI-based airborne applications) for civil aircraft of today and the advanced aerial mobility of tomorrow – robotic air taxi. Daedalean's eventual goal is to create an AI pilot able to pass the exam for human pilots. The company has brought together expertise from machine learning, robotics, computer vision, path planning, and aviation-grade software engineering and certification. Daedalean brings to market the first-ever machine-learning-based avionics in an onboard visual awareness system demonstrating capabilities on a path to certification for airworthiness.
How much funding has Daedalean raised?
Daedalean has raised $58.0M across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Series B of $58.0M announced in Jan 2022.
When did Daedalean last raise funding?
Daedalean's most recent funding round on record is a Series B of $58.0M, announced in Jan 2022.
Who is the CEO of Daedalean?
Luuk van Dijk is listed as CEO at Daedalean.
Where is Daedalean headquartered?
Daedalean is based in Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.
How many employees does Daedalean have?
Daedalean is in the 51-100 employee band.
How does Daedalean's funding compare to other Artificial Intelligence startups?
Daedalean's latest round of $58.0M is above the $5.7M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies on FundedIQ across 7,234 tracked companies over the last two years.
About FundedIQ's Daedalean Funding Data
FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.
Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Daedalean is left off this page rather than filled in.
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