Industries DronesLogisticsTransportationDiversity Spotlight (US Headquarters Only) Hispanic / Latine FoundedWomen FoundedHeadquarters Regions San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, West Coast Founded Date Dec 6, 2011 Founders Andreas Raptopoulos, Dimitar Pachov, Paola Santana Operating Status Active Last Funding Type Series B Legal Name Matternet Inc
Company Type For Profit
Contact Email contact@matternet.us Phone Number 650-260-2727
Matternet is the leading developer of commercial drone delivery systems for urban and suburban environments. The company ships the Matternet M2 drone and Matternet Software Platform and operates its technology directly for customers or in partnership with logistics organizations, such as UPS. In 2017, Matternet became the first company in the world
to be authorized for commercial Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations of drone logistics networks over cities in Switzerland. In 2019, Matternet and UPS partnered to launch drone delivery services in the U.S. and together started the first revenue drone delivery operations in the U.S. In 2022, Matternet M2 became the first drone delivery system to achieve standard Type Certification and Production Certification by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the U.S. To date, Matternet technology has enabled over 20,000 commercial flights.