MaDfly - Marine Drone Services

What MaDfly - Marine Drone Services does

MaDfly - Marine Drone Services is a privately held French specialist drone operator based in Nantes, Loire Atlantique, founded in 2019. The company provides drone-based Remote Inspection Techniques (RIT) for marine vessels, offshore structures, port infrastructure, and industrial facilities, enabling inspection of hard-to-reach areas without scaffolding, rope access, or diver deployment. Its principal differentiator is formal qualification by all six major international maritime classification societies — RINA, Lloyd's Register, Class NK, DNV GL, ABS, and Bureau Veritas — which allows its drone-derived inspection reports to be accepted directly for class surveys and statutory compliance.

The company operates a focused three-service portfolio: core Inspection (RIT-qualified class and condition surveys), Other Interventions (specialized aerial support beyond inspection), and Tailored Solutions (custom drone applications for specific operational challenges). MaDfly sells directly to enterprise and government clients across multiple sectors — commercial shipping (Brittany Ferries, Oldendorff, Berge Bulk, Scorpio Bulkers), offshore energy (EDF Renouvelables, Saipem, BW Ideol), defense and naval (Naval Group, Marine Nationale), industrial chemicals (Dow), and grid infrastructure (RTE) — leveraging these logo relationships as social proof within its marketing.

Revenue is generated on a professional services basis, project-by-project or under ongoing service agreements, with pricing not publicly disclosed. The firm employs six people, claims a global service footprint, and concentrates its value proposition on safety, cost, and immobilization-time benefits relative to traditional inspection methods. No funding rounds, ownership details, revenue figures, or management team are publicly disclosed in the available source material.

Name

MaDfly - Marine Drone Services

Legal name

MaDfly - Marine Drone Services

Website

https://madfly.eu

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

MaDfly is a France-based drone services firm providing Remote Inspection Techniques qualified by six major maritime classification societies for vessel, offshore, port, and industrial inspection clients globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Marine Inspection Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Water Transportation (4883)

akta.pro primary industry

Underwater Inspection, Maintenance & Repair (UWILD, Diving/ROV, In-water Cleaning) (IMAJAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Underwater Hull Inspection, Cleaning & Propeller Services (TLAKAKAJ), Underwater Hull Services (Diving, In-Water Cleaning, Propeller Polishing, Inspection) (TLAHAMAL), Marine Surveying, Inspection & Claims (EDAOANAO)

Keywords

• Marine drone inspection
• Remote inspection services
• Vessel inspection services
• Offshore structure inspection
• Drone-based surveys

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Drone Inspection Services: MaDfly generates revenue by providing drone-based inspection services to maritime and industrial clients. The company deploys qualified remote inspection techniques to assess vessels, offshore structures, and industrial facilities, eliminating the need for traditional inspection methods that require scaffolding, rope access, or underwater divers. Pricing is likely project-based or contracted based on scope and frequency of inspections.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

MaDfly provides drone-based inspection services for marine vessels, offshore structures, and industrial installations using Remote Inspection Techniques (RIT) qualified by six major international classification societies. Services eliminate the need for scaffolding, rope access, or diver deployment during maintenance surveys. The company also offers other drone interventions and tailored solutions for specialized marine operations.

Product overview

MaDfly is a marine drone services company offering a portfolio of three interconnected service offerings. The core service is Inspection, which provides Remote Inspection Technics (RIT) qualified by major class societies. This is complemented by Other interventions for specialized aerial support and Tailored Solutions for custom client-specific drone applications. The services are unified by drone technology that eliminates the need for scaffolding, divers, or platform immobilization during marine inspections.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Inspection Drone-based inspection services for marine vessels and infrastructure, enabling remote assessment of hard-to-reach areas without requiring scaffolding, rope access, or divers. Qualified by RINA, Lloyd's Register, Class NK, DNV GL, ABS, and Bureau Veritas for class survey compliance.
• Other Interventions Additional drone intervention services beyond standard inspection, providing specialized aerial support for various marine operations including above-water and below-water tasks.
• Tailored Solutions Custom drone solutions designed to meet specific client requirements and unique operational challenges in the marine industry, addressing complex inspection and intervention needs beyond standard offerings.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced inspection costs through elimination of scaffolding, rope access, and diver deployment
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• RINAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRINA, a major international classification society, has certified MaDfly for Remote Inspection Techniques (RIT). This qualification means that drone-based inspections conducted by MaDfly are accepted by RINA for class survey purposes, enabling vessels to maintain class certification without traditional inspection methods.
• Lloyd's RegistercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLloyd's Register has qualified MaDfly for Remote Inspection Techniques, recognizing the company's drone-based inspection services as compliant with class survey requirements. This approval enables MaDfly to serve vessels registered under Lloyd's Register classification.
• Class NKcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClass NK (Nippon Kaiji Kyokai), a leading Japanese classification society, has certified MaDfly for Remote Inspection Techniques, enabling the company to conduct drone inspections accepted for class surveys on vessels under NK classification.
• DNV GLcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDNV GL has qualified MaDfly for Remote Inspection Techniques, providing approval for drone-based inspections to be used in lieu of traditional inspection methods for vessels under DNV GL class. This partnership is significant given DNV GL's strong position in offshore energy sector classification.
• ABS (American Bureau of Shipping)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerABS has certified MaDfly for Remote Inspection Techniques, enabling the company to conduct drone-based inspections accepted for class surveys on vessels and offshore structures classified with ABS.
• Bureau VeritascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBureau Veritas has qualified MaDfly for Remote Inspection Techniques, accepting drone-based inspections conducted by MaDfly for class survey compliance purposes across vessels and offshore installations under BV classification.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Delair: French drone manufacturer and service provider offering fixed-wing UAVs and inspection solutions for industrial mapping and asset monitoring — overlapping French drone ecosystem and industrial inspection use cases.
• Percepto: Autonomous drone-in-a-box inspection and monitoring platform for industrial sites including energy and maritime infrastructure — comparable drone-based industrial inspection target market with differentiated autonomous operations.

Direct peers

• Sharper Shape: Nordic drone inspection company specializing in utility and industrial asset inspection using UAVs — comparable technology and service model for industrial infrastructure inspection.
• Sky-Futures: Drone inspection services provider for industrial assets including offshore platforms and vessels, with global delivery — closely comparable drone inspection offering and target customer base.
• Cyberhawk: UK-based drone inspection specialist serving oil & gas, utilities, and maritime sectors with aerial inspection and integrity assessment — directly comparable drone-based industrial inspection model to MaDfly.
• ABJ Drones: Industrial drone inspection services company offering UAV-based inspection for industrial facilities — comparable drone-inspection services business model targeting enterprise clients.
• Azur Drones: France-based autonomous drone-in-a-box provider for industrial inspection, security, and surveillance — comparable French drone-services peer with overlapping enterprise inspection use cases.

Broad incumbents

• Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore: Major classification society and marine inspection services provider — MaDfly's approvals are certified by BV, and BV is both a partner and a potential competitive incumbent in marine surveying services.
• DNV (Maritime): Global classification society and assurance provider with maritime and offshore energy inspection services — comparable end-customer base and a society that has qualified MaDfly, representing both partnership and competitive context.

Regional players

• Drone Volt: France-based drone manufacturer and services provider serving industrial inspection, security, and agriculture — regional peer in the French drone market with overlapping industrial inspection applications.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/madfly

Compliance6 records

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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