Autonomous aerial logistics is moving beyond experimental deployments toward scalable commercial infrastructure, as Manna secures $50 million in a Series B funding round. The investment brings the company’s total capital raised to $110 million, underlining growing investor confidence in drone-enabled last-mile delivery across the United States and Europe.
Announcing the funding, CEO Bobby Healy positioned the development as a milestone in the evolution of logistics networks. “We’ve raised $50 million to make air delivery the infrastructure of everyday life,” he said, highlighting the company’s ambition to embed drone delivery into mainstream supply chains.
Founded in 2019, Manna has focused on building a commercially viable and operationally consistent drone delivery network, challenging early perceptions of the technology as limited to pilot projects. The company initially deployed services in Ireland, establishing operations in locations including Moneygall, Oranmore, Balbriggan, and Dublin West, before expanding internationally into Finland and the United States, with Texas emerging as a key market.
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The company reports having completed more than 250,000 regulated commercial flights to date, demonstrating a level of operational maturity that is increasingly rare in the sector. Its delivery model, centred on short-range aerial dispatch, achieves delivery times of under three minutes while reducing CO₂ emissions by approximately 85% compared to traditional road-based delivery methods. Customer adoption has also been strong, reflected in a Net Promoter Score of 86 across active service areas.
Manna’s use cases are also expanding beyond consumer convenience into critical logistics applications. In collaboration with Ireland’s National Ambulance Service, the company successfully delivered a defibrillator to a cardiac arrest incident in just three minutes and 42 seconds—highlighting the potential of drone logistics in time-sensitive medical response scenarios.
Reflecting on the company’s operational track record, Healy noted that the funding round was underpinned by real-world performance rather than projections. “We didn’t raise this round on a pitch deck. We raised it on a quarter of a million completed deliveries,” he said.
The Series B round includes participation from ARK Invest, Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, and Schooner Capital, alongside continued backing from Coca-Cola HBC, Molten Ventures, and Enterprise Ireland. Investors cited Manna’s ability to demonstrate safe, efficient, and scalable operations as a key driver behind their continued support.
The new funding will be deployed to accelerate the rollout of approximately 40 operational bases across the U.S. and Europe, significantly expanding the company’s delivery footprint. This infrastructure-led approach is designed to support high-frequency, low-latency delivery services in urban and suburban environments.
In parallel, Manna is strengthening its commercial ecosystem through platform integrations, most notably with Uber. The partnership complements existing relationships with major delivery platforms, enabling customers to place orders via familiar digital interfaces while leveraging drone-based fulfilment.
A critical component of Manna’s strategy is achieving positive unit economics in residential last-mile delivery—a segment historically constrained by high costs and operational inefficiencies. The company indicates that its model is already demonstrating sustainable economics, positioning it for scalable growth.
To support expansion, Manna plans to increase its workforce from approximately 170 to more than 570 employees, creating around 400 new roles across engineering, aviation operations, software development, and regulatory compliance functions in both the U.S. and Europe.
Technologically, the company maintains end-to-end control of its platform, with systems developed in Dublin integrating aircraft design, manufacturing, and flight orchestration software. This vertically integrated approach enables real-time coordination across airspace management, logistics networks, and retail platforms, supporting efficient multi-market operations.
As investment accelerates and regulatory frameworks continue to evolve, Manna is positioning itself at the forefront of a structural shift in last-mile logistics—where autonomous aerial delivery is transitioning from niche capability to embedded infrastructure within modern supply chains.
