Quaternium

What Quaternium does

Quaternium is a Valencia, Spain-based private drone manufacturer founded in 2011, focused on hybrid multirotor UAVs — airframes that combine the vertical takeoff and hover capability of a multirotor with a hybrid propulsion system intended to extend endurance beyond typical battery-electric multirotor limits. The company is led by founder and CTO Jose Luis Cortes, with Alicia Fuentes serving as Chief Executive Officer, and operates with a small team of 11–50 employees. Its public positioning is that of a specialist in this hybrid multirotor category rather than a broad-line drone OEM.

On the commercial side, the available evidence is thin. Two funding events are recorded: an approximately $54,291 grant from EISMEA in January 2016 and an approximately $1,751,927 injection from the European Commission in July 2018, indicating a reliance on EU institutional and grant capital rather than venture or strategic investors. No product lineup, pricing, distributor network, customer logos, patent portfolio, or revenue figures are disclosed, and the company's website is currently in maintenance mode. As a result, the business model — how units are sold, whether direct, through integrators, or as platforms for service partners — cannot be characterized with confidence from the available data.

The strategic posture therefore reads as a niche technology specialist that has used EU non-dilutive funding to sustain product development but has not, on the evidence available, converted that positioning into disclosed commercial scale, follow-on capital, or a visible customer base.

Name

Quaternium

Legal name

Quaternium

Website

https://quaternium.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Quaternium is a Valencia, Spain-based drone manufacturer founded in 2011 that specializes in hybrid multirotor UAVs combining multirotor VTOL capability with extended-endurance propulsion, serving the European commercial and industrial drone market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Drones

NAICS

Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (336413), Industrial Machinery Manufacturing (33324)

SIC

Aircraft (3721), Aircraft Parts & Auxiliary Equipment, Nec (3728)

akta.pro primary industry

VTOL & Hybrid UAV Platforms (IMABAIAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) & Multirotor Drones (IMABAIAA), Aerial Robotics (Drones & UAV Autonomy) (HDAAAIAG)

Keywords

• Hybrid multirotor drones
• Unmanned aerial vehicles
• Commercial drone manufacturing
• Aerial robotics systems
• Hybrid propulsion drones

Headquarters

HQ city

Valencia

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Quaternium is the leader company for hybrid multirotor drones. The company manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) that use a hybrid power system combining electric motors with a fuel-driven generator, enabling substantially longer flight times than purely battery-electric multirotor platforms for commercial and industrial users.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Skydio: US-based autonomous drone maker focused on inspection, public safety, and defense. Comparable to Quaternium in the professional multirotor segment and in pushing autonomy into commercial UAV workflows.
• DJI: Global market leader in commercial and consumer drones. While primarily focused on electric multirotors, DJI's scale and R&D budget set the competitive baseline that any hybrid/multirotor drone OEM, including Quaternium, must address.
• Parrot SA: French drone maker with professional (senseFly/ANAFI) and consumer lines. Comparable as a European-headquartered multirotor drone manufacturer competing in overlapping commercial and industrial segments.
• Autel Robotics: Chinese drone manufacturer offering professional multirotor platforms (EVO series). Comparable to Quaternium as a multirotor drone competitor targeting commercial and enterprise buyers.

Direct peers

• senseFly (Parrot): Swiss fixed-wing/eVTOL mapping drone maker (now part of Parrot). Comparable to Quaternium as a European professional drone OEM serving surveying, mapping, and inspection end markets.
• Wingtra: Swiss maker of VTOL mapping/surveying drones (WingtraOne). Comparable to Quaternium as a European professional/industrial UAV specialist targeting surveying and inspection use cases with a multi-rotor airframe.
• Quantum Systems: German manufacturer of VTOL and dual-use drones for defense, agriculture, and surveying. Directly comparable to Quaternium as a European drone OEM focused on professional/commercial multirotor and hybrid-class platforms.
• Delair: French UAV maker offering fixed-wing and hybrid platforms for industrial inspection, mapping, and defense. Directly comparable to Quaternium as a European professional/hybrid drone OEM serving industrial end markets.
• Arctech UAV: European (Spain/UK-adjacent) UAV developer with hybrid-electric platforms for agriculture and inspection. Comparable to Quaternium in hybrid UAV powertrain focus and in targeting agricultural and industrial spraying/monitoring missions.

Emerging players

• Vertical Aerospace: UK-based eVTOL aircraft developer. While focused on passenger eVTOL rather than small multirotors, it is comparable to Quaternium in being a European hybrid/electric vertical-lift airframe developer and in pursuing certification-driven commercialization.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/QuaterniumES
• Facebookfacebook.com/Quaternium
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/quaternium

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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