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DEXA (Drone Express)

Corporate marketdeliveryCurated record
droneexpress.com

DEXA designs and manufactures its own DE-2020 hexacopter entirely in the US, making it one of only four FAA-certified drone airlines with vertically integrated operations and manufacturing. The company holds the regulatory trifecta: FAA Part 135 Air Carrier Certificate (7th operator, April 2025), a nationwide BVLOS waiver (July 2025), and FAA S-1 airworthiness certification for the DE-2020. The DEXA NOW marketplace app enables 15-minute autonomous drone delivery of retail goods to residential addresses. Retail partners include The Kroger Company, Papa John's International, and Winsupply.

HeadquartersDayton, US
Founded2021
Corporate funding$15M
TeamNot listed
Deployments0
Open roles0
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Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker
Market segmentCorporate
StageSeed
FoundersBeth Flippo (CEO/Founder)
Regions servedUS
Countries deployedNot listed
Service footprintNot listed
Last reviewed2026-07-28
XNot listed
MX

Robot models

Specifications remain vendor-claimed

Machinedelivery

DE-2020

  • Hexacopter design, US-manufactured, FAA S-1 airworthiness certified, BVLOS-capable, autonomous last-mile delivery

    Autonomous delivery hexacopter built and certified by DEXA for commercial drone delivery operations

    Claim source
CA

Funding history

Publicly announced rounds

Investors on recordG2A Investment PartnersVenture 53Tech Square Ventures
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Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2025-09-24$15M oversubscribed seed round closed in three stages (2021, 2023, 2025); retail partners include Kroger and Papa John'sYahoo Finance
2025-07-01Nationwide BVLOS waiver approved by FAA, completing the regulatory trifecta for scaled national operationsdronexl.co
2025-04-17Receives FAA Part 135 Air Carrier Certificate (7th operator in the US) and S-1 List approval, enabling BVLOS commercial drone deliveryprnewswire.com
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Source ledger

3 unique public sources

01
DEXA Closes Oversubscribed $15M Seed Funding to Introduce At Home Drone Delivery in Major Metropolitan MarketsYahoo Finance · retrieved 2026-07-28
02
DEXA Achieves FAA Part 135 Certification and S-1 List Approvalprnewswire.com
03
DEXA Achieves Elite FAA Drone Delivery Certification With Fraction Of Big Tech's Budgetdronexl.co