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Dronamics is the world’s first cargo drone airline.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Andrey Novakov (Member of the European Parliament)

21 May 2025 · Security and Defence

Meeting with Andrey Novakov (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Mar 2025 · Security and Defence

Response to EU Start-up and Scale-up Strategy

13 Mar 2025

Dronamics is the worlds first cargo drone airline and the first one with a license to fly in Europe. The EU has rightly designated strategic industries, ones with the highest potential to positively impact the biggest number of citizens, as well as those most fundamental for its economic development and sovereignty. It is now time for the European Commission to do what it must show that it not only understands why innovation is key but also support it. The most common reason why startups in Europe fail to scale up or move overseas to do so is funding. The funding landscape in Europe is one of the biggest market differences to that of innovation superpowers (US and China). Europe doesnt lack the means (its total population is higher than that of the US and we pay way more taxes), it lacks the method to funnel them into innovative solutions. It also lacks the risk appetite. The good news is that the Startup and Scaleup Strategy and the new Commission cabinets can send a strong signal that this is changing. We are responding, not simply reacting, to economic and political events. We are in charge of our own future. Dronamics is currently fighting for Europe to stay in the AAM (advanced air mobility) race a race on which not only tech sovereignty depends but also that of its skies. Without European made civilian drones, what choice will we have but to import foreign made ones in the future and more worryingly, foreign programmed and controlled. Our stance is that access to finance can unlock European growth. We are including below recommendations we have made in the first report issued by the EU Future Mobility Task Force (a group of 20 EU mobility startups and scaleups). The second report is attached. Without reliable financing, startups cannot innovate or scale. However, Europes financing landscape lags behind other developed economies. One of the reasons for this is structural risk aversion among both public and private funding institutions, unnecessary administrative burden, and overly restrictive regulations for institutional investors. The good news is that this is a relatively simple problem to solve. Europe already has the capital markets to finance the future, the question is how best to put them to work. We think there are three things Europe can do now to close the gap and maintain strategic autonomy in a key field of innovation - mobility. 01. Europe needs to increase the level of public investment it makes in mobility startups and mid-caps and ensure that those funds are made available without undue administrative burden that might discourage them from applying. Co-financing infrastructure projects should be prioritised to incentivise scale. Barriers preventing Deep Tech companies and SMEs from accessing EU financing initiatives should be removed. Better use must be made of the European Investment Fund as a partner in European venture funds. At least half of EIF-backed investments should go to companies operating within strategic industries, including mobility and transport. EIC Accelerator financing should emphasise scale and industrialisation, guided by a vertical industrial strategy to guide EIC experts and investors. 02. Europe needs to unlock the power of its private capital markets Retail investors should have access to Venture Funds supported by tax incentives, facilitating investments in early-stage businesses and projects, such as Venture Capital Trusts in the UK. Access to venture capital instruments should be extended to pension funds, which constitute a significant proportion of private investment in Europe. US pension funds account for about 27% of the US investor base, whereas German pension funds account for less than 1% investor base in German startups. 03 Europe needs to think about Europe first Given the support provided by the US and Chinese governments to their domestic industries, Europe must do likewise to ensure that European businesses can compete at global level.
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Meeting with Eva Maydell (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Mar 2025 · EU Competitiveness Agenda

Meeting with Ekaterina Zaharieva (Commissioner) and

6 Mar 2025 · Dronamics' strategic growth and expansion plans in the autonomous drone logistics sector.

Meeting with Iliana Ivanova (Commissioner) and

21 Oct 2024 · Added value of EIC accelerator support, and role as EIC ambassador.

Meeting with Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean), Isidro Laso Ballesteros (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)

17 Apr 2024 · Startups, innovation, transport

Meeting with Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner) and Bolt and

4 Apr 2024 · EU Future Mobility Task Force

Meeting with Isidro Laso Ballesteros (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean) and Bolt and

11 Jan 2024 · Startups, innovation, transport

Meeting with Iliana Ivanova (Commissioner) and

11 Jan 2024 · EU funding opportunities for innovative startups