Company
Zürich · Turin · 46 people
We build the eyes. Never the weapon.
Vantrel started in 2024 with a simple brief from a mountain rescue team: tell us what’s on the other side of the ridge before we send people over it. Every product we make still answers that question.
We make unarmed reconnaissance aircraft for defence, border and emergency services in Europe and allied countries. We sell only to accountable public bodies, and we publish the list of countries we won’t sell to.
R7 · Flight 1,912 · Valle di Susa
(01) So far
Two years, one aircraft, done properly.
Mar 2024
Founded
Three engineers, a borrowed hangar and a rescue team’s wish list.
Jan 2025
First hover
R7 prototype holds a stare for 41 minutes in a Zürich car park.
Sep 2025
Series A
€38 M to build a flight-test team and a production line.
Jun 2026
Formations
Sightline 2.0 flies three aircraft as one.
Now
Field trials
400 hours with alpine rescue and border units. First deliveries in 2027.
(02) Leadership
People who’ve been on the other end.
Our team has flown rescue helicopters, built satellite guidance systems and run mountain patrols. Half of it can repair an R7 by the side of a road.
Lena Brunner
Co-founder & CEO. Former rescue helicopter pilot.
Tomás Varga
Co-founder & CTO. Led guidance software for small satellites.
Aiko Mori
Head of Flight Test. 3,000 hours on rotary-wing test programmes.
Dario Conti
VP Programmes. Twenty years in public-sector procurement.
(03) Backed by
Northcape
Albula Partners
Fjell Capital
Meridian Six
Ostra
Halden Ventures
(04) Where we work
Close to the mountains.
Headquarters
47.3769° N · 8.5417° E
Zürich
Engineering, software and production. 34 people.
Flight test
45.0703° N · 7.6869° E
Turin
Range operations, training and customer demos. 12 people.
(05) Newsroom
From the hangar.
Press enquiries: press@vantrel.example
R7 completes 400 hours of alpine field trials
Product
14 Oct 2026
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Vantrel opens a flight-test site outside Turin
Company
20 Aug 2026
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Sightline 2.0 adds three-aircraft formations
Software
3 Jun 2026
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Why we publish the list of countries we won’t sell to
Policy
11 Feb 2026
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Vantrel raises €38 M Series A
Company
17 Sep 2025
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First hover: 41 minutes in a car park
Engineering
23 Jan 2025
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