Funding

Aerospace Component Manufacturer SiFly Aviation Raises $20M in Series A Funding

Aug 27, 2026 | By Devin Jacobs

SUMMARY

SiFly Aviation raised $20M in Series A funding.
The funding will support aircraft production and U.S. expansion.
SiFly builds autonomous electric drones.

SiFly Aviation, a Santa Clara, California-based provider of long-endurance electric aircraft and multi-drone infrastructure systems, has raised $20 million in a Series A financing round led by Shield Capital.

The round also saw participation from Qudit, BBK Capital, Alumni Ventures, and others.

The company will use the funding to scale production of its Q12 aircraft, expand U.S. manufacturing, support customer deliveries, and develop its DronePort system.

Funding Snapshot

Metric	Details
Fundraise Amount	$20 million
Funding Stage	Series A
Company	SiFly Aviation
Sector	Aerospace / Drones
Headquarters	Santa Clara, California, USA
Lead Investor	Shield Capital

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About SiFly

Founded in 2021 by Brian L. Hinman, SiFly builds long-endurance autonomous drones for public safety, infrastructure, agriculture, and enterprise operations.

Its Q12 aircraft has completed thousands of flights and hundreds of hours of testing. The aircraft can carry payloads of up to 10 pounds and has recorded a flight time of 3 hours, 11 minutes and 54 seconds, earning a Guinness World Record for the longest flight by an electric multirotor aircraft in its weight class.

Core offerings include:

Q12 long-endurance electric aircraft
DronePort infrastructure
Autonomous aerial systems
Cloud-connected drone operations

Core Technologies / Products / Services

Capability/Product	Application/Use Case
Q12 Aircraft	Long-duration aerial operations
DronePort	Drone-as-First-Responder operations
Autonomous Systems	Persistent monitoring and response
Cloud Connectivity	Remote fleet and mission management

Leadership Comments

"Most multirotor drones were designed for short flights close to the operator. We built the Q12 to combine the agility, precision hover and vertical takeoff and landing of a multirotor drone with the efficiency, range and speed of a fixed wing aircraft," said Brian Hinman, Founder & CEO of SiFly.

"For drone operators, greater endurance translates into faster response, broader coverage and lower cost per mission," said Ray Rothrock of Shield Capital. "SiFly is positioned to redefine how drones are used across mission-critical applications—including public safety, critical infrastructure and agriculture—where value is directly tied to the productive work each aircraft can deliver."