Companies · AI / ML
SA · Africa · AI / ML · founded 2014
Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Aerobotics — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→Aerobotics looks over-valued against its niche peers and is dormant on financing cadence.
Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the ai/ml sector profile.
Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.
No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.
Aerobotics is one of 2067 AI / ML companies tracked from SA, Africa, on record since 2014. By capital raised it ranks mid-pack (ahead of 69% of sector peers), and in the upper tier by modeled valuation est..
Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.
SA’s Aerobotics raises $600k funding from 4Di, Savannah Fund 0 By Tom Jackson on August 3, 2017 News , Southern Africa South African aerial data analytics specialist Aerobotics has secured ZAR8 million (US$602,000) in seed funding from Cape Town-based based VC firm 4Di and Kenya’s Savannah Fund. Launched in Cape Town in 2014 by James Paterson and Benji Meltzer, Aerobotics has developed data analytics platform Aeroview, which uses satellites, drones and artificial intelligence to help farmers optimise crop performance and reduce input costs.
SA’s Aerobotics raises $600k funding from 4Di, Savannah Fund 0 By Tom Jackson on August 3, 2017 News , Southern Africa South African aerial data analytics specialist Aerobotics has secured ZAR8 million (US$602,000) in seed funding from Cape Town-based based VC firm 4Di and Kenya’s Savannah Fund. Launched in Cape Town in 2014 by James Paterson and Benji Meltzer, Aerobotics has developed data analytics platform Aeroview, which uses satellites, drones and artificial intelligence to help farmers optimise crop performance and reduce input costs.
As reported in public records reported — not modeled.
Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.
The line shows cumulative reported funding over the period; + labels show new capital added between points when there is room. Toggle on-bar figures, plus the niche-peer and market averages, to read this company against its cohort. Benchmarks are modeled medians.
Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). Ladder is contiguous — every modeled rung has a record.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Pre-Seed — a round under $1.0M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the ai/ml sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.
Benchmarked against 2067 companies in AI / ML. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.
Raised more than 69% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 82% of peers (estimate).
A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Pre-Seed) that last raised in the same ~3-year era, ranked by modeled value est. (not money raised). This is the exact set the analyst read compares against, so a like-for-like cohort is what makes "over/under-valued" meaningful. This company ranks #4 of 20.
| Company | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | vs peer med. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downstream.ai, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $920K | $50.8M | 3.57× |
| Magic AI Corp | Pre-Seed | $674K | $37.2M | 2.61× |
| Animated Intelligence, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $615K | $33.9M | 2.38× |
| Aerobotics this company | Pre-Seed | $600K | $33.1M | 2.33× |
| Faire Inc. | Pre-Seed | $575K | $31.7M | 2.23× |
| SAM AI, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $506K | $27.9M | 1.96× |
| Lore LLC | Pre-Seed | $381K | $21.0M | 1.48× |
| Mercantile AI Corp | Pre-Seed | $301K | $16.6M | 1.17× |
| Kenzai Intelligent Systems Inc. | Pre-Seed | $300K | $16.6M | 1.16× |
| Glia Intelligence Inc. | Pre-Seed | $266K | $14.7M | 1.03× |
| G360 Intelligence, Inc. | Pre-Seed | $250K | $13.8M | 0.97× |
| XLabs AI LLC | Pre-Seed | $250K | $13.8M | 0.97× |
Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.
| Stage | Amount · real | Announced | Post-money · est | Value · est | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Seed | $600K | 2017-08-03 | $3.3M | $33.1M | 45% |
Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.
Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.
Aerobotics is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.
Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Raised · real | Value · est | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airship AI Holdings Inc. | AI / ML | Pre-Seed | $600K | $4.7M | same sector · same stage |
| Clusterlab | AI / ML | Pre-Seed | $600K | $3.7M | same sector · same stage |
| Qure.ai Technologies Inc. | AI / ML | Pre-Seed | $589K | $15.4M | same sector · same stage |
| Animated Intelligence, Inc. | AI / ML | Pre-Seed | $615K | $33.9M | same sector · same stage |
| Faire Inc. | AI / ML | Pre-Seed | $575K | $31.7M | same sector · same stage |
| Intelligent Surveillance Corp | AI / ML | Pre-Seed | $575K | $4.8M | same sector · same stage |
| Sharely.ai, Inc. | AI / ML | Pre-Seed | $575K | $5.3M | same sector · same stage |
| Gaingels Josh AI LLC | AI / ML | Pre-Seed | $648K | $5.2M | same sector · same stage |
Public records name issuer insiders, not the funds in a round — these investor links come from corroborating sources.
| Firm | Round | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Savannah Fund | Pre-Seed | 55% |
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