Manna Aero

Manna Aero

Manna Aero is an Irish drone delivery company headquartered in Dublin, operating commercial beyond-visual-line-of-sight delivery services across Ireland, Finland, and Texas. It delivers consumer goods, food, and pharmacy products directly to residential addresses, typically within three minutes of order placement. The company targets suburban and peri-urban markets where delivery density is sufficient to support per-flight unit economics.

Key Products

Manna Drone: Proprietary fixed-wing hybrid delivery aircraft designed for BVLOS operation, capable of carrying packages up to approximately 1.5 kg. The aircraft is not sold commercially - it is operated exclusively by Manna as part of its service.

Manna Platform: End-to-end delivery operations software covering order intake, flight planning, airspace deconfliction, and landing zone management.

Business and Funding

Manna is private. It announced a $50 million Series B in March 2026, led by ARK Invest together with Schooner Capital, with participation from existing investors including Coca-Cola HBC, Molten Ventures, Enterprise Ireland and Tapestry. The round brought total funding to $110 million.

The company says it has completed more than 250,000 regulated commercial flights across its networks in Ireland, Finland and Texas. It said the new funding would support up to 40 new bases in the United States and around 400 new jobs across Ireland and the US. Those are company statements about planned expansion, not completed openings. Manna also says its operations achieve positive unit economics; it is one of the few drone delivery operators to make that claim publicly, and the underlying figures are not published.

Why It Matters

Manna has completed more than 250,000 regulated commercial drone delivery flights, a scale that exceeds most competitors including Amazon Prime Air by the company’s own accounting. Its positive unit economics claim, if accurate, represents the clearest evidence yet that drone delivery can be commercially viable without subsidy. The 2026 Series B funds expansion to 40 bases across the US and Europe, making Manna one of the few delivery operators with simultaneous multi-continent scale ambitions backed by real operational history.