{"id":1585,"date":"2016-11-15T01:27:07","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T01:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/dronebase-raises-from-union-square-to-pay-any-pilot-for-aerial-footage.html"},"modified":"2016-11-15T01:27:07","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T01:27:07","slug":"dronebase-raises-from-union-square-to-pay-any-pilot-for-aerial-footage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/dronebase-raises-from-union-square-to-pay-any-pilot-for-aerial-footage.html","title":{"rendered":"DroneBase raises from Union Square to pay any pilot for aerial footage"},"content":{"rendered":"


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That drone in your closet could earn you some money thanks to DroneBase<\/a>, a startup that delivers aerial data and footage to business clients. DroneBase\u2019s new Pilot Program<\/a> lets drone owners find gigs nearby where they can fly 10-minute missions, upload the assets, and get paid if a DroneBase clients wants to buy the info.<\/p>\n

By connecting idle pilots with needy businesses, DroneBase can change flying an unmanned aerial vehicle from a hobby into a profession, equip businesses with aerial data without them having to own drones, and build its business too.<\/p>\n

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Clients now include construction companies, Hilton hotels, Allstate insurance, Zillow, commercial real estate giants CBRE and JLL, and Keller Williams, the largest realtor by number of agents. They use DroneBase to track progress at their work sites, measure areas and resources, verify insurance claims on roofs, shoot aerial marketing footage of properties, and more. Clients just input their needs, and DroneBase dispatches a pilot with all the skills and hardware necessary to get the job done.<\/p>\n

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Dan Burton, DroneBase\u2019s founder and CEO, tells me it\u2019s been \u201creally rewarding\u201d to pay some pilots as much as $50,000 a year. Meanwhile, DroneBase is on track to boost its revenue 700% from 2015 to 2016.<\/p>\n

The potential to crowdsource the future of enterprise drone usage has attracted a $3 million Series A for DroneBase. Previous investor Union Square Ventures and its top dog Fred Wilson led the round. Burton says, \u201cEvery interaction with them, they just increase our trust, even when they\u2019re telling us something hard to hear.\u201d<\/p>\n

The round, which brings DroneBase to just over $5 million in funding, was\u00a0joined by Upfront Ventures, Accel Partners, and DJI. Also based in the startup\u2019s hometown, Burton says Upfront\u2019s access to talent in Los Angeles has been a big help.<\/p>\n

DJI has become DroneBase\u2019s most important partner<\/a>. DroneBase requires pilots to exclusively use the Chinese manufacturer\u2019s hardware in order to standardize the footage collected. \u201cAll the jobs we\u2019ve done, we\u2019ve done every single one on a DJI drone\u201d Burton says. \u201cIt removes hardware as a variable.\u201d For example, DroneBase did monthly check-ups on 40 construction sites across the country for one company, and the reports from Arizona and Florida are directly comparable.<\/p>\n

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The funding will fuel DroneBase\u2019s invasion of new verticals. When it started in 2014, DroneBase<\/a> focused on collecting beautiful shots from the sky for real estate marketers. It\u2019s grown into insurance, construction, and mining. Now it wants to advance its business with solar companies and telecom infrastructure owners. \u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re actively flying in all 50 US states and 30 countries\u201d Burton beams. \u201cAny address in the United States, we can get you drone imagery and data in 48 hours, for almost always under $500.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wait time and prices could drop even further now that civilians can join DroneBase\u2019s Pilot Program<\/a>. \u201c80% of people who buy a drone, they go out and fly it three or four times, and then it\u2019s collecting cobwebs in their garage\u201d Burton says. Better to put them to use.<\/p>\n

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DroneBase has over a million properties it believes would benefit from drone footage. Burton thinks it can sell their owners deeper data for much cheaper than what it would cost to buy a drone and hire a pilot, get helicopter or satellite imagery, or precariously dangle a human from a ladder or harness.<\/p>\n

DroneBase will have to hope regulation keeps it easy for licensed pilots to fly these quick missions. Plus, plenty of other startups want to be DroneBnB too. There\u2019s are legitimate competitors like Skycatch, as well as lots of drone-for-hire sites like Air-Vid, Droners.io, and HireAUAVPro. Still, DroneBase\u2019s biggest foe remains the status quo of not having aerial footage or data at all.<\/p>\n

But as big businesses realize the high value of drones and the high costs of ownership and operation, more will look to pilot marketplaces like DroneBase. \u201cThe obsolescence\u00a0is ridiculous\u201d Burton concludes. \u201cYou spend $100,000 on a fleet of drones and it will be obsolete in 6 months.\u201d Why buy the drone when you can get the flights for cheap?<\/p>\n

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