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AirForestry Secures SEK 28M Pre-Commit to the Series A, Ramps Up Engineering Hires

AirForestry, the company developing the world’s first aerial tree harvesting technology, has secured SEK 28 million in pre-Series A convertible financing from existing investors. The funding accelerates the development of its automated forest machine platform and supports an expanded engineering recruitment drive.The financing follows AirForestry’s €10.3M seed round led by Northzone in 2024 and comes as the company enters a new phase under CEO Caroline Walerud, who assumed the role in late 2025. Northzone Partner Pär-Jörgen Pärson, who led the seed round and convertible, now serves as

AirForestry Announces Caroline Walerud as CEO to Drive the Next Phase of Scale and Growth

Uppsala, Sweden, December 12, 2025 – Caroline Walerud is announced as AirForestry's new CEO as the company enters a new phase of product development and scale-up.Uppsala-based AirForestry, a fast-growing green tech startup developing electric drones to harvest trees, is preparing to enter a new phase in product development and scale-up as the company has reached several important milestones during 2024–2025.  As part of this change, Olle Gelin has handed over the role as CEO to Founder Caroline Walerud, former Executive Chairman. Pär-Jörgen Pärson, General Partner at Northzone, who led

AirForestry and Statskog Elevate Thinning to New Heights in Swedish-Norwegian Collaboration

In a newly launched project with Statskog, AirForestry is crossing Sweden’s western border, landing just outside Trondheim, Norway. The collaboration aims to test the functionality of drone technology in Norwegian terrain.AirForestry’s groundbreaking forestry solution, which enables tree thinning by drones from the air, has now made its way into neighboring Norway, where a new project with the state-owned Statskog was initiated earlier this January. The kickoff, which took place during the first weeks of the new year, marked the official start of the Swedish-Norwegian initiative, which,

€10.3M Seed Round to Power AirForestry’s Fossil Free Aerial Forestry

Uppsala, October 10, 2024 - AirForestry, the world’s first company to develop aerial tree harvesting technology, has closed a €10.3M seed funding round led by Northzone, with participation from strategic, evergreen, and greentech investors Sveaskog, Kiko VC, CapitalT, Walerud Ventures, SEB Greentech VC, and Cloudbreak VC. AirForestry will use the funds to further develop their innovative technology that will bring forestry into a green, fossil free, more productive future.●        Inventing fossil-free forestry with fully electric technology. ●        Harvest trees with drones for a

AirForestry Achieves Groundbreaking Milestone in Forestry: Drone lifts tree!

UPPSALA, 17 November 2023 - In a thrilling advancement for the forestry sector, AirForestry, renowned for its pioneering work with drone technology for harvesting trees, has recently showcased that its drone can attach to a tree top and lift a tree trunk. This feat underscores the tremendous strides the company has made in revolutionizing forestry operations, offering a glimpse into the future of sustainable and efficient timber harvesting."We're quite literally elevating the future of forestry," said Dr Mauritz Andersson, CTO and Cofounder of AirForestry. "Harvesting trees from above using

AirForestry Receives Significant Grant from the Swedish Energy Agency to Modernize Forestry

UPPSALA, 17-11-2023 - AirForestry has been granted a funding of  €2.7M EUR from the Swedish Energy Agency. This grant supports AirForestry's vision of a more gentle, sustainable, and electrified forestry.Thinning plays a vital role in forestry. With its innovative drone technology, AirForestry aims to make this process more efficient and environmentally friendly. In collaboration with large forestry companies and Skogforsk, AirForestry is launching this project to modernize thinning methods using drones instead of ground-based machines. The total funding for the project amounts to 31.8

AirForestry Once Again Spotlighted for its Technical Innovation on the Prestigious 33-List

For the second year in a row, AirForestry, which develops high-capacity drones for forest thinning, proudly announces its selection as one of the 33 top technical innovation companies on the prestigious technology magazine Ny Teknik's 33-list for 2023.Despite increasing competition and a high number of qualified nominations, AirForestry stands strong with its innovation for sustainable forestry. "It's an honour to once again be featured on Ny Teknik's list. This shows that our innovation creates value and makes a difference in forestry. We are committed to driving improvements and

AirForestry’s Sustainable Forestry gets a boost through 5G Private Wireless in collaboration with Tele2 and Nokia

Uppsala – AirForestry AB ("AirForestry") is excited to announce a partnership with Tele2 and Nokia, enabling the deployment of a state-of-the-art 5G private mobile network. This advancement will support the mobile control of AirForestry's six-meter-wide electric drones, which are revolutionizing the way we approach forest harvesting and thinning by moving forest machinery into the skies.AirForestry develops high-capacity drones for forest thinning. With their electric harvester drones it is possible to thin and harvest forests from the air without damaging the ground or surrounding trees.

AirForestry Triumphs as Winner of Norrsken and Atomico's Impact/100 People's Vote and Joins Prestigious Creative Destruction Lab

Uppsala – AirForestry, a pioneering force in reinventing forestry, continues to gather accolades, most notably being crowned the winner of the Norrsken Impact/100 People's Vote. This impressive achievement follows their recognition in the Impact/100’s top 10 by Atomico, and their selection for and completion of the Norrsken Accelerator program in Stockholm. Their journey doesn't stop here; they have now been selected to join the renowned global startup scaling program - Creative Destruction Lab. “We are truly honored to win the Norrsken Impact/100 People's Vote. This award reinforces our

AirForestry puts forestry and technical innovation in focus on prestigious list

AirForestry , which develops high-capacity drones for forest thinning, announces today that the company has been named as one of a total of 33 technological innovation companies by the heavy technology Swedish magazine Ny Teknik's 33-list 2022. The companies on the 33 list represent many different technology industries but, according to Ny Teknik, they have one important thing in common — a strong proprietary technological innovation with the potential to change its industry and achieve international success. -Getting a place on Ny Teknik's list of the

Swedish forestry innovation in top at Nordic and Baltic Cleantech competition

Today, AirForestry , a new technology for thinning forests from the air, announces that the company has been named as one of a total of 25 innovation companies in the Nordic CleanTech 2022 competition organized by Cleantech Scandinavia. With over a hundred applications from eight markets, AirForestry is the only company in the forestry industry to be nominated in this year's edition. AirForestry's method for forest thinning has several advantages for both the climate, the environment and the forestry companies. The thinning drone and tools are powered by

Several new successes at AirForestry: Shown to Sveaskog at a joint demo day.

AirForestry recently had the opportunity to show its partner Sveaskog all the milestones that the company has achieved. This was the first time for AirForestry to show the drone flying outdoors doing various maneuvers to demonstrate the high precision they have in flight. They also showed it flying with added weight to show what it will look like when the thinning tool is in place and stress the robustness that already exists at an early stage. - “We are taking new steps towards achieving our goals at a very fast pace right now. We are extremely proud to have come as far as we have

AirForestry gets permission to fly outdoors with its large drone - The Swedish Transport Agency gives the green light.

AirForestry has reached a crucial milestone, and is now able to test its drone system outdoors, where it will be used to thin out trees from the air. The Swedish Transport Agency has issued a permit for the company to fly its large drone at its test arena east of Uppsala. With self developed drones that are able to thin out trees from the air, AirForestry wants to pave the way for new gentle and sustainable methods of caring for and managing the forest. The company's large harvestingdrone measures 6.2 metres and is being developed to thin out forests. A key element for the company was

AirForestry receives the first delivery of batteries from Vattenfall

AirForestry is the innovation company that wants to reinvent forestry through gentle thinning with electric drones. Today, they announced that the company will start using Vattenfall's mobile energy storage to charge these drones. "Batteries from Vattenfall give us the last piece of the puzzle for a completely fossil free thinning system," says Gösta Forsén, CIO at AirForestry. AirForestry thins out trees from the air with self-developed drones, a gentle method that reduces both emissions and the burden on the forest ecosystems.The goal is to renew forestry through a high degree of

AirForestry makes a successful lift-off with its large drone

Our drone is completely unique and designed from scratch to meet a range of specific conditions and challenges. The fact that we now successfully have tested our large model is an extremely important step that shows that the technology works." This is how AirForestry's CTO and co-founder Mauritz Andersson sums up the news that the company has reached an important milestone and completed a lift-off with its largest drone. AirForestry is the company that will reinvent forestry by thinning trees from the air with their own developed drones. Through new and more gentle methods for

AirForestry receives two Vinnova grants

AirForestry is the innovation company that wants to contribute to the forestry of the future by developing the technology of thinning trees from the air with drones. The company has received two grants from Vinnova, Sweden's innovation agency, for developing technology and enabling commercialization. Earlier this year, AirForestry, the company that wants to reinvent forestry and offer a solution for forestry that strengthens the role of forests in climate change, launched. AirForestry is based on a groundbreaking new technology that uses electric drones to thin trees directly from the

Sveaskog partner up with AirForestry

Sveaskog has been an important partner from an early stage in AirForestry's development. When entering the company's next development phase the cooperation is now deepening ahead. Sveaskog owns 14 percent of the Swedish forest land and thus is the country's largest forest owner. This makes them an important player in forestry with great influence over its development. AirForestry is an innovative company that uses electric drones to create a sustainable, long-term and efficient forestry for the future. From the start, Sveaskog has been an important partner who assisted with key

AirForestry: Re-inventing Forestry by harvesting trees from the air with electric drones

Balancing our need for high quality renewable biomaterial with our need for biodiversity and healthy forest ecosystems is discussed in both the UN climate summit in Glasgow and Swedish universities. AirForestry offers an answer to that dilemma, using electric drones to create the sustainable, long-term and efficient forestry of the future. Thinning, or removing small trees to make room for the remaining trees to grow bigger, makes forests more productive. Thinning from the air using electric harvesting drones doesn’t damage surrounding shrubs or trees. Drones don’t touch the ground,

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