Brinc Raises $25 Million Series A Funding Led By Index Ventures With Participation From Sam Altman, Tusk Venture Partners, Jeff Weiner’S Next Play Ventures, Dylan Field, Elad Gil, Patrick Spence, Alex Wang
Brinc Raises $25 Million Series A Funding Led By Index Ventures With Participation From Sam Altman, Tusk Venture Partners, Jeff Weiner’S Next Play Ventures, Dylan Field, Elad Gil, Patrick Spence, Alex Wang
10/12/21, 1:00 PM
Location
las vegasMoney raised
$25 million
Round Type
series a
The real-word danger faced by first responders has been highly visible in 2021, from tragic scenes of search and rescue, to a national surge of active, mass shooter situations. BRINC, an American technology company building a new class of drones in response to the mass shooting at The Mandalay Bay, today announced that it has raised $25 million in Series A funding for its mission to keep people safe in dangerous situations. The financing was led by Index Ventures with participation from Sam Altman, Tusk Venture Partners, Jeff Weiner’s Next Play Ventures, Dylan Field, Elad Gil, Patrick Spence, Alex Wang, and former Acting Secretary of Defense, Patrick Shanahan. BRINC previously raised a seed round of $2.25M led by Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI.
Company Info
Location
las vegas, south carolina, united states
Additional Info
At BRINC we are driven by a spirit of service. Our team works hand in hand with our customers to imagine and build American-made technologies that protect first responders and people in situations of real-world danger. A tragic moment led to BRINC’s invention: the 2017 mass shooting at The Mandalay Bay, in our hometown of Las Vegas. This began a 3-year journey to live the problem faced by first responders, and development of our first drone: The LEMUR. BRINC launched in 2021, and today we are a diverse team of more than 50 engineers, technicians, technologists, and public safety specialists. We develop technology to make the world safer, and we share a deep commitment to our ethics and values. Follow us on Twitter @BrincDrones, LinkedIn @BRINC, Instagram @brinc_drones, and YouTube BRINC.