HyLight
Drone AI · Drones & UAVs
$17.7Mtotal raised · 2 rounds on record
$14Mlatest round · Series A · Oct 2026 · this month
3backers · Y Combinator, MyAsiaVC
9+team · French register · Dec 2024
Overview
HyLight develops next-gen airship drones for large-scale, zero-emission infrastructure inspection. Monitor power lines, pipelines, and railways with unmatched autonomy, precision, and environmental performance.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$17.7M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$14M
Series A · Oct 2026 · this month
Team
10–19
French register · Dec 2024
Backers
3
Y Combinator, MyAsiaVC
The money's age
Fresh money
0 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
35/100
in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Oct 12
Raised a round Series A $14M · Pulse 2.0
Apr 24, 2025
Launched HyLight unveils its airship drone, the HyLighter · medium.com
Apr 15, 2024
Raised a round Venture round $3.7M · sUAS News
Jun 2023
Went through Y Combinator
Jun 13, 2022
Founded per the company register
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
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Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | Oct 2026 | $14M | Rubio Impact Ventures, DRW, Teampact Venture | Pulse 2.0 |
| Venture round | Apr 2024 | $3.7M | — | sUAS News |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | HYLIGHT | recherche-entreprises |
| Registered | 13 Jun 2022 |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Martin BockenPrésident de SAScompany register
Thomas LaporteDirecteur Généralcompany register
Josef RokusekDirecteur Généralcompany register
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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People
Martin Bocken
Président de SAS
Thomas Laporte
Directeur Général
Josef Rokusek
Directeur Général
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at HyLight over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
40
Postings analysed
16
Stack modernity
93/100AI adopter
Languages
Python75%
C++63%
MATLAB19%
Node JS13%
Frameworks & libraries
FastAPI13%
Nest.JS13%
Next.js13%
React.js13%
Databases
PostgreSQL19%
Cloud & platforms
GitHub25%
AWS13%
GitHub Actions13%
GitLab CI13%
AI & ML
LLM19%
ChatGPT6%
Claude6%
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Shared investors
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News
HyLight Raises €13 Million Series A Led By Rubio Impact Ventures To Scale Infrastructure Inspection Fleet
HyLight has raised €13 million in Series A funding to expand its aerial infrastructure inspection platform and increase its fleet to 15 HyLighters in operation by 2027. The post HyLight Raises €13 Million Series A Led By Rubio Impact Ventures To Scale Inf
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HyLight raises €13 million for its autonomous airships inspecting Europe's critical infrastructure
HyLight, the French startup specializing in aerial inspection of critical infrastructure using autonomous hydrogen-powered airships, has just raised €13 million from Rubio Impact Ventures, DRW and Teampact Ventures, joined by existing investors Y Combinat
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HyLight Raises €13 Million To Scale Autonomous Hydrogen-Powered Airships For Infrastructure Inspections
HyLight raised €13 million in funding to expand its fleet of autonomous hydrogen-powered airships and accelerate the development of its AI-powered infrastructure inspection platform. The round was backed by Rubio Impact Ventures, DRW, and Teampact Venture
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French HyLight raises €13M to replace polluting inspection helicopters with hydrogen airships
HyLight, the French startup that builds a 12-metre hydrogen-powered airship, just raised €13 million. Rubio Impact Ventures, DRW,…
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Hylight UK Unveils Custom SD 2x12
Hylight UK has introduced their new Custom SD 2x12 amp, a 20-wattcombo that builds upon the company's legacy dating back to the 1960s.
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HyLight raise 3.7m€: Greener Inspections for a Sustainable World
Our mission: to help us understand and care for our world in the face of climate change, without creating more greenhouse gasses (GHGs). Our focus: ensuring energy infrastructure is healthy and efficient. This means: Leak-free gas pipelines:HyLight precis
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H3 Dynamics adds hydrogen-electric propulsion to unmanned airships built in France by HyLight
TOULOUSE, France-H3 DynamicsandHyLighthave joined forces to bring new long-range, sustainable and quiet unmanned airships to various commercial applications. Traditionally, airships use combustion engines for their propulsion power. With new hydrogenpropu
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Paris
France
HQ
24 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff