Every wildfire starts small. The Rain System is a network of autonomous drones detecting and containing wildfires within 10 minutes of ignition.
Location: United States, California, Palo Alto
Total raised: $9.7M
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| 05.11.2023 | DBL Partne... | dbl.vc |
| 10.03.2023 | VoLo Earth... | voloearth.... |
| 20.09.2023 | DBL Partne... | dblpartner... |
| - | Hawktail M... | hawktail.c... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 23.09.2023 | Seed | $9.7M | - |
Mentions in press and media 10
| Date | Title | Description |
| 02.05.2025 | Autonomous firefighting helicopter may be solution for higher efficiency, safety in battling fires | VICTORVILLE, Calif. (KABC) — From the outside, it might look like just another Firehawk helicopter. But one might say — it’s the firefighting helicopter of the future. Its designers say this Firehawk can literally take off, pick... |
| 21.01.2025 | AI, drones and sensors: How technology could help battle future fires | Maxwell Brodie vividly recalls the destructive wildfire he experienced as a kid growing up in the interior of British Columbia. One night in 2003, lightning struck a tree at around 4 a.m., sparking a massive blaze that scorched O... |
| 06.08.2024 | Meet the autonomous helicopter designed to stop wildfires | At 4 a.m. one morning when entrepreneur Maxwell Brodie was 11 years old, a lightning strike started a wildfire in a park near his home in British Columbia. No one was able to get to it until several hours after sunrise, by which ti... |
| 27.02.2024 | Rain and Sikorsky Demonstrate Early Detection and Rapid Response to Wildfires With an Autonomous Black Hawk® Helicopter | ALAMEDA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Rain, a leader in aerial wildfire containment technology, and Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company specializing in advanced rotorcraft, completed flight tests in late 2023 demonstrating ho... |
| 29.01.2024 | Rain was included among a16z’s American Dynamism 50 | Rain was included among a16z’s American Dynamism 50: AI list, which spotlights groundbreaking tech companies using AI to advance the U.S.’s national interest. Rain was recognized for its autonomous helicopters, which can launch... |
| 23.09.2023 | USA-based Rain raises USD 9.7 million in seed financing | Atlanta, USA-based leader in aerial wildfire containment technology, Rain closed its oversubscribed seed round with USD 9.7 million funding. DBL Partners led the financing for the company. In addition, VoLo Earth Ventures, Kapor Capital, an... |
| 21.09.2023 | Rain Raises $9.7M in Seed Financing | Rain, an Alameda, CA-based leader in aerial wildfire containment technology, closed a $9.7m seed financing. The round was led by DBL Partners, with participation from VoLo Earth Ventures, Kapor Capital, Convective Capital, Immad Akhund, Bri... |
| 04.04.2023 | Rain remotely commands Black Hawk helicopter for firefighting missions | A UH-60 Black Hawk equipped with the Rain Aircraft Integration Kit flies a remotely commanded flight plan. Rain engineers Christina and Katie remotely monitor the aircraft and mission progress from the control center in California. A Black ... |
| 03.11.2022 | Rain Industries Announces Autonomous Firefighting Helicopter | The Rain MK2 autonomous firefighting aircraft. The MK2 aircraft will support fire agency pilot projects in California Every wildfire starts small. Automation enables us to position firefighting assets in high-risk regions, where it would ot... |
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