Enterprise drone service Kespry raises new funding from Salesforce Ventures
Kespry, a company that offers industrial users a subscription-based drone service, today announced that it has raised funding from Salesforce Ventures, marking that firm’s first hardware investment. With this, Salesforce and Kespry are also partnering around bringing Kespry’s drone services for the insurance industry to Salesforce’s own tools for this vertical. Sadly, the companies did […] Continue reading Enterprise drone service Kespry raises new funding from Salesforce Ventures
Heavy equipment makers Deere & Co., better known as John Deere, have forged a strategic alliance with drone-tech startup Kespry, the companies announced at CONEXPO, an international trade show for the construction industry in Las Vegas on Tuesday. The deal could prove a boon for sales of Kespry’s drones and data analytics software. It could help John Deere tap into a new, high-tech… 
Commercial drone maker, Kespry, which launched in 2013, announced it was bringing in industry vet, George Mathew as CEO today.
Most people associate drones with troops and mad scientists tinkering around in their backyards. Thanks to technological breakthroughs — including longer and safer flights — and new federal guidelines enacted this year, drone use is expanding beyond military and consumer markets and is seeping into the enterprise.