AirHub Raises €4.4M from Keen Venture Partners to Scale Drone Operations Software
April 8, 2026 – 8:12 am
The Dutch company, founded in 2016, has grown from a €1M seed in 2024 to a €4.4M follow-on as government and security operators accelerate drone fleet deployments across Europe and the Middle East.
AirHub
A Dutch drone operations software company, AirHub has raised €4.4M in a new round led by Keen Venture Partners.
Its software is utilized by government and public safety organizations including Dubai Police and the Belgian Federal Police for planning, managing, and monitoring drone fleet operations. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in the Netherlands, AirHub offers operational management solutions for drone deployments in security, critical infrastructure inspection, and emergency response.
The new funding follows a €1 million seed round closed in April 2024 from LUMO Labs and Lumaux—the company’s first external investment after eight years of bootstrapped growth. This capital allowed AirHub to strengthen its European presence and begin expanding into the Middle East, Asia, and South America. The latest round signifies a significant scale-up, highlighting the company’s success in securing customers within its core government and security sectors since the seed funding.
AirHub’s platform tackles the operational complexities of managing drone fleets at scale: flight planning, live streaming from multiple aircraft simultaneously, compliance with airspace regulations, maintenance scheduling, fleet tracking, incident reporting, and checklist management—all accessible through a single dashboard and mobile apps for iOS, Android, and DJI Smart Controllers. The platform can be deployed on an organization’s own servers, a requirement for public safety and critical infrastructure clients operating in regulated or sensitive environments.
AirHub is co-led by Stephan van Vuren and Thomas Brinkman, both of whom have backgrounds as commercial airline pilots and drone operators.
By Cristian Dina
CRO at The Next Web
Cristian Dina, CRO at The Next Web, has interviewed 300+ industry leaders and authored the book King of Networking. He is recognized for his extensive connections and insights within the tech ecosystem, having been included in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list in 2025.