Voliro secures $23M to modernize infrastructure with aerial robotics

Swiss aerial robotics pioneer Voliro has extended its Series A round, bringing total funding to $23 million. The new capital will accelerate the global rollout of its autonomous aerial inspection robots, which are designed to modernise infrastructure maintenance, boost industrial safety, and address workforce shortages.

The round saw fresh backing from noa Ventures and a debt facility from UBS, with Cherry Ventures leading the original Series A round.

Built on a patented tiltable-rotor design and equipped with interchangeable sensor payloads, the Voliro T platform represents a new standard in intelligent, contact-based inspection. Voliroʼs technology offers a scalable, data-driven solution for safer, more sustainable operations. This breakthrough exemplifies how homegrown innovation can drive global technological advancement. 

The technology answers a growing global need. Ageing infrastructure contributes to up to 30 per cent of major industrial accidents in Europe, while corrosion-related failures costs the global economy an estimated $2.5 trillion annually. Simultaneously, industries face a talent crisis as experienced inspectors exit the workforce, creating demand for digital tools that attract a new generation of technicians.

Voliro addresses this dual challenge with a new class of aerial robots designed to inspect hard-to-reach infrastructure safely and efficiently. From flare stacks and storage tanks to wind turbine blades and transmission towers, the Voliro T platform empowers asset owners across the energy, chemicals, and renewables sectors to detect issues early with proactive maintenance and reduce downtime.

Florian Gutzwiller, CEO of Voliro, said:

Voliroʼs technology directly addresses a trifecta of global needs: improving industrial resilience and safety, enabling the climate adaptation and energy transition by better maintaining assets like wind farms, and alleviating severe workforce shortages in the inspection field. Our technology represents a necessary tool to protect the built environment that we all rely on.

Infrastructure is the backbone of modern civilization—and maintaining it is one of the great challenges of our time. With the support of noa Ventures and a growing network of forward-looking customers, weʼre delivering on a vision that once felt like science fiction: autonomous aerial robots at the forefront of industrial intelligence. By combining cutting-edge robotics with real-world safety, sustainability, and workforce needs, weʼre contributing to a smarter future for the modern world.

In the fast-growing wind industry, where uptime is crucial, Voliro is already making an impact. It enables 5x faster inspections of wind turbine lightning protection systems (LPS) and cuts downtime and inspection costs by up to 50 per cent, all without the need for manual access.

With over 100 contact inspections per month, Voliro is a clear leader in aerial inspection robotics. By transforming how inspections are conducted, Voliro is not only strengthening resilience in infrastructure maintenance but also helping to modernise the profession itself, making it appealing to a new generation of skilled technicians.

Gregory Dewerpe, founder and managing partner at noa, commented:

Large-scale Industrial inspections are a massive opportunity for robotics and automation disruption. Both ageing and new assets, whether industrial, energy or infrastructure related, will benefit from more frequent, automated, reliable, and data-driven inspections. Weʼre delighted to partner with Voliro, a breakthrough platform with the potential to transform how critical infrastructure is maintained and safeguarded in the decades to come, and our first investment in my home country of Switzerland. 

The new investment will accelerate the development of the next-generation Voliro T platform, including deeper cloud integration with the support of AI-powered inspection, reporting, diagnostics, enhanced autonomy, and modular payloads.

These advancements mark a shift from semi-automated inspection toward full autonomy, and from passive sensing to active intervention, pushing the boundaries of what aerial robots can do in industrial environments.