BRINC

Drones · Public Safety · Hardware

Funding

BRINC raises $125M led by Motorola for 911 response drones

The raise arrives as federal restrictions squeeze Chinese drone makers out of the U.S. market, handing domestic builders new room to scale.

• BRINC raised $125 million in a round led by Motorola Solutions, with Index Ventures and Figma CEO Dylan Field also participating, pushing total funding past $280 million.
• The Seattle-based company builds 911 response drones — including Lemur 2, Responder, and Guardian — that give police and fire agencies eyes on scene before humans arrive.
• The capital will fund expanded domestic manufacturing, new product development, and a move by year-end into a Seattle factory three times the size of its current one.
• BRINC more than tripled revenue and quintupled monthly production capacity in 2025, and has signed roughly four times as many 911 drone contracts in 2026 as in the same period last year.
• BRINC's valuation nearly doubled from $480 million a year ago, though it has not yet crossed the $1 billion unicorn threshold, according to GeekWire.
• Motorola Solutions first invested in BRINC via a $75 million round in April 2025 that formed a strategic public-safety alliance between the two companies.
• The FCC blocked foreign-made drones, including those from China's DJI, from receiving new U.S. equipment authorization in December 2025, opening market share for domestic manufacturers like BRINC.
• The deal shows how U.S. drone policy is reshaping public safety procurement, turning regulatory barriers against foreign hardware into a growth lever for domestic startups.