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DJI

Private
Drone / UAV
HQ
Shenzhen, China
Founded
2006
Founders
Frank Wang (Wang Tao)
Products
Phantom, Mavic, and Air consumer drone lines; Matrice enterprise/industrial drones
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The dominant global consumer-drone maker since the 2013 Phantom launch, holding roughly 70% global civilian unit-sales share in 2025 — though the FCC added it to its Covered List in December 2025, barring new DJI models from the US market on national-security grounds.

Funding

~$1.1B raised across roughly 7 rounds (aggregator estimates vary, $605M-$1.14B depending on source), including a $75M round (2015, Accel/Sequoia Capital China, ~$10B valuation) and a $1B round (2018) — largely self-funded through profits since

Key investors

Accel, Sequoia Capital China and others

Last checked: 2026-07-12