Deeptech Startup Acodyne Raises €2.5 Mn in Pre-Seed Round

The company is developing unmanned cargo aircraft designed to transport heavy loads for industries such as defence, offshore operations, and logistics in remote locations.

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The funding round was jointly led by Swedish defence-focused venture capital firm Gungnir Capital and Danish company PSV Hafnium. Other investors, including EIFO, SAP9 Group, and GreenUP IV Invest, also participated in the round.

“This round gives us the runway to take Acodyne from validated concept to flight-tested platform, and to do it alongside investors who understand both the operational reality of defence and offshore logistics and the technical demands of building heavy-lift unmanned aircraft. The cross-border setup with Gungnir, PSV Hafnium and EIFO is a strong signal that European capital is willing to back the hardware bets needed for true logistics resilience,” says Jasmina Pless, co-founder and CCO, Acodyne.

“Acodyne is a fundamentally new take on unmanned military logistics: jet-class speed, helicopter-class payload, full ground-to-air autonomy, all-electric. It collapses one of the most expensive line items in modern operations, manned helicopter logistics into a platform that needs no crew in the threat envelope. NATO needs resilient, scalable resupply that works.

“This is exactly the kind of operationally driven DefenceTech Gungnir Capital was built to back: technical teams solving real warfighter problems with hardware engineered to ship,” adds Max Villman, Managing Partner, Gungnir Capital.

Founded in 2023 by Mads Schnack, Claes Nicolaisen, Jasmina Pless, and Martin Arndt, Acodyne is an aerospace startup that develops autonomous electric cargo aircraft capable of taking off and landing vertically (eVTOL).

Its aircraft are designed to transport heavy goods quickly and efficiently, especially in defence operations, offshore industries, and remote areas. The company uses its own propulsion technology along with AI-powered autonomous systems, allowing the aircraft to operate with minimal human involvement.