Tekever raises $23 million for industrial drone technology optimized for ocean surveillance – TechCrunch
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Today, a company focused specifically on developing AI for drones used in maritime operations announces a funding round after seeing strong demand for its equipment and services. Tekever was founded by a team of intelligence and AI specialists, and co-founder and CEO Ricardo Mendes describes it as a vertically integrated company in which it designs and manufactures both its drones and the technology loaded on them to monitor and “read” them. They use the technology in a variety of ways to monitor their waters for vessels engaged in piracy, drugs, human trafficking, migrant smuggling, pollution, illegal fishing, or infrastructure security threats. For the UK Home Office, for example, he noted that a priority was identifying migrant boats in the English Channel in order to escort them ashore and avoid potentially tragic accidents. “These attributes have made it a flagship investment for Ventura, aligned with our portfolio of technological disruptors.” “Tekever is one of the hottest European deeptech scaleups and we are very proud to continue working with the team and helping them revolutionize the global market,” added Diogo Chalbert Santos, Partner at Iberis Capital.
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