A 25-year-old police drone founder just raised $75M led by Index

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April 8, 2025, 10:44 PM

• •Brinc Drones, a Seattle-based startup founded by 25-year-old Blake Resnick, has raised $75 million in new funding led by Index Ventures.
• •The startup sells a variety of drone systems to police and public safety agencies.
• •With this funding, Brinc is launching a "strategic alliance" with Motorola Solutions, which also invested in the round.

Brinc Drones, a Seattle-based startup founded by 25-year-old Blake Resnick, has raised $75 million in new funding led by Index Ventures. The company sells a variety of drone systems to police and public safety agencies. It's part of a broader trend of U.S. drone startups manufacturing domestically due to increasing restrictions against Chinese companies that dominate the commercial drone industry. With this funding, Brinc is launching a “strategic alliance” with Motorola Solutions, which also invested in the round. Motorola Solutions is a giant in the U.S. security industry whose software powers many 911 call centers. The partnership will integrate Brinc drones directly into those centers, allowing operators to dispatch drones for certain emergency calls if they’re cleared by an existing Motorola AI system.

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