Companies · Robotics
Paris · Île-de-France, France · Robotics · founded 2023 · https://www.hylight.aero/
Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on HyLight — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.→HyLight: limited disclosed financing to assess.
Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page.
HyLight is one of 327 Robotics companies tracked from Paris, Île-de-France, France, on record since 2023. By capital raised it ranks in the long tail (ahead of 35% of sector peers), and in the long tail by modeled valuation est..
Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.
AI analyst read est. — model-extracted from this company's public description, not a verified fact. 30%
operates a technology-led product inferred from public copy
Grounded in: “You are a venture analyst”
Small unmanned hydrogen airships for long range monitoring
HyLight builds and operates autonomous airships for long range monitoring. We focus on detecting methane leaks on pipelines and defects on power lines. Our innovation, the HyLighter, is a crossover between drone and airship technology. Like a drone, it is easily controllable and transportable. And, like an airship, it is extremely energy-efficient, enabling it to fly for up to 10 hours at slow speed (22mph) for optimal data collection which represents a range of 220miles. Today, energy infrastructure operators struggle with conducting inspections that are simultaneously: massive and precise. HyLight offers a solution to precisely detect issues on the infrastructure at an industrial scale, and all of this without emitting GHGs. We are 3 co-founders experienced in hardware and energy companies with Masters in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Business from the best Engineering and Business School in France. We have developed 5 different flying aircrafts and signed 5 pilots programs with major energy infrastructure operators. We also have LOIs worth over $3.5M.
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.
No round amounts on record to chart.
No staged rounds to sequence.
Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size. Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.
Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.
Benchmarked against 327 companies in Robotics. 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 35% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 35% of peers (estimate).
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. |
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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.
HyLight 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3Laws Robotics Inc. | Robotics | Seed | $2.0M | $21.7M | same sector |
| 6thSense | Robotics | — | — | — | same sector |
| Accel Robotics Corp | Robotics | Series A | $11.4M | $138.1M | same sector |
| Advanced Image Robotics, Inc. | Robotics | Seed | $2.5M | $20.0M | same sector |
| Advanced Metal Research | Robotics | — | — | — | same sector |
| Aerones Inc. | Robotics | Series B | $38.9M | $417.4M | same sector |
| Agility Robotics, Inc. | Robotics | Series D+ | $157.5M | $2.5B | same sector |
| AiM Medical Robotics Inc. | Robotics | Series A | $11.7M | $22.8M | same sector |
Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.
| Company | Sector | Stage | Value · est | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voltair Autonomous Drones for Earth Observation | Robotics | — | — | 75% |
| Milliray Technology to detect and track small drones | — | — | — | 74% |
| Cloudsight, Inc. | Other Technology | Seed | $51.1M | 73% |
| Ornadyne We're building robot birds for surveillance. | Defense | — | — | 73% |
| Seaflight Technologies Inc. We make the world's most efficient aircraft | Space / Aerospace | Pre-Seed | $4.6M | 73% |
| Skydweller Aero Inc. | Space / Aerospace | Series A | $243.2M | 73% |
| Skyways Creating a new form of air transportation to advance our civilization | Robotics | — | — | 73% |
| Pacejet Logisitics Inc | Other Technology | Series A | $174.9M | 72% |
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