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Treeswift

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treeswift.com

Autonomous drone swarms equipped with LiDAR and computer vision for aerial inspection, 3-D mapping, and inventory of forests and utility-line vegetation corridors. AI processes collected imagery into quantifiable forest metrics (biomass, timber volume, carbon data) and vegetation risk scores for wildfire and outage prevention. Spun out of Penn Engineering's GRASP Lab (2020); pivoting from timber forestry to higher-value utility infrastructure inspection.

HeadquartersPhiladelphia, US
Founded2020
Corporate funding$22M
Team11-50
Deployments0
Open roles10
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Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker
Market segmentCorporate
StageSeries A
FoundersSteven Chen (CEO), Elizabeth Hunter (COO), Michael Shomin (CTO), Vaibhav Arcot
Regions servedNorth America
Countries deployedUS
Service footprintHQ Philadelphia, PA; operations in Southeast US, Pacific Northwest, Northeast, and California
Last reviewed2026-07-05
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Robot models

Specifications remain vendor-claimed

Machineinspection

SwiftCruise

  • Drone swarm that navigates under the forest canopy using LiDAR and cameras to collect individual tree metrics; 10× faster than conventional manual timber cruising

    vendor-stated operational modality and throughput vs. manual data collection

    Claim source
  • Collects biomass, timber volume, carbon sequestration data, and vegetation risk scores for wildfire and utility outage prevention

    vendor-stated data outputs and application domains for SwiftCruise missions

    Claim source
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Funding history

Publicly announced rounds

Investors on recordPathbreaker VenturesCrosslink CapitalTenOneTen VenturesContour Venture PartnersBoom CapitalSusa VenturesDraft VenturesAnorak Ventures
HR

Hiring signal

Public job board · 2026-07-13

Open roles10

Hiring is an operating signal, not deployment evidence. Roles are refreshed from the company’s public careers system.

Backend EngineerEngineering · New York OfficeData Platform EngineerEngineering · New York OfficeForward Deployed EngineerEngineering · New York OfficeFull Stack Software EngineerEngineering · New York OfficeRobotics EngineerEngineering · New York OfficeSenior Site Reliability and Infrastructure EngineerEngineering · New York OfficeField Operations TechnicianField Operations · New York OfficeDeployment LeadProduct · New York Office
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Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2023-09-07Raised $10.81M Series A; investors include Crosslink Capital, National Science Foundation, Convective Capital, and Contour Venture Partners; total funding reaches ~$16.84MCrunchbase
2022-03-28Raised $4.8M seed round led by Pathbreaker Ventures; spun out of Penn Engineering GRASP LabTechnical.ly
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Source ledger

8 unique public sources

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SEC Form D: $10,811,986 sold of $12,711,975 offeringSEC EDGAR · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Treeswift Raises $4.8 Million to Build Next Generation of Forest Monitoring SystemBusinessWire · retrieved 2026-07-05
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SEC Form D: $6,094,990 sold of $6,094,990 offeringSEC EDGAR · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Philadelphia Company Treeswift Uses SwiftCruise Forestry DronesNational Law Review · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Treeswift to automate forestry with swarms of dronesThe Robot Report · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Treeswift's Autonomous Robots Take Flight to Save ForestsPenn Engineering · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Treeswift Series A Funding RoundCrunchbase · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Penn agtech spinout Treeswift uses robotics to 'see the planet a different way'Technical.ly · retrieved 2026-07-05