HyLight

Raised $14.5M, announced 12 October 2026.

Round

HyLight raised €13 million to industrialize its airship fleet, strengthen automated data analysis and deploy data infrastructure across Europe.

Amount
$14.5M
Announced
12 October 2026
Leads
Rubio Impact Ventures, DRW, Teampact Ventures
Other investors
Y Combinator, Ring Capital
Use of funds
Scale up production of autonomous airships, expand the team, build at least 11 more airships, and enter Germany and the Netherlands.
Total raised
$18.7M to date
Checked
Amount and date matched across 3 press sources

Company

Operates autonomous hydrogen airships for infrastructure inspections

Based in
France
Sector
Climate & Energy
Website
hylight.io ↗

Founders

  • Martin Bockenco-founder and chief executiveLinkedIn ↗
  • Théo Hoenenco-founder

Sources and links

Sources
French HyLight raises €13M to replace polluting inspection helicopters with hydrogen airships techfundingnews.com
HyLight raises €13 million for its autonomous airships inspecting Europe's critical infrastructure | EU-Startu eu-startups.com
HyLight raises €13M to build autonomous airships - AeroTime aerotime.aero
Website
hylight.io ↗
LinkedIn
Martin Bocken ↗
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