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DJI Innovations

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Developing and manufacturing innovative drone and camera technology for commercial and recreational use

Ningbo, ChinaFounded 2006Robotics
Valuation $10–50B Last recorded · 2026
Revenue $10–50B Latest reported FY
Headcount 5–10k Current team size
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At a glance

Founded
2006
Headquarters
Ningbo, China
Sector
Robotics
Outcome tier
Decacorn$10B+ valuation tierThoroughbred$100M+ revenue

Knowledge graph

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Founder mafia
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Market maps in Robotics
Market map The State of the Robotics Ecosystem Jun 24, 2026 Market map World models, physical AI, robotics general intelligence Market map 100 Physical AI Companies 2026 Nov 5, 2026
Unicorn lists
Robotics unicorns Unicorn list Robotics unicorns Unicorns in China Unicorn list Unicorns in China

News

News China makes 96% of hobbyist 3D printers as Creality lists at HK$12B Oct 18, 2026 News Yueqian raises angel round to build a camera-wielding robot for creators Oct 16, 2026 News DJI alone ≈300× current US annual drone output — a production-dominance slide goes viral Sep 23, 2026

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DJI Innovations in the Ningbo ecosystem

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Investors

7 investors on the cap table

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  • LH Capital Mangement (Shanghai)

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Series B and later5 investors entered at this stage

Talent

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Employees mapped 5,494 incl. 4 AI specialists
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Key operators 11 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
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Startup mafia 12 alumni-founded startups
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Alumni founders

5 of 12 startups shown

Former DJI Innovations employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.

CrestaEst. 2017
Tim ShiUnited States
Signal score96
BRINCEst. 2019
Blake ResnickUnited States
Signal score95
RoboSenseEst. 2014
XZXiaorui ZhuChina
Signal score93
Boundary.AIEst. 2020
Haimin WengChina
Signal score82
CarsomeEst. 2015
ECEric ChengMalaysia
Signal score77
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Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
70 countries with
team presence
🇨🇳 China45.4%
🇺🇸 United States12%
🇩🇪 Germany3.6%
🇳🇱 Netherlands3.1%
🇦🇺 Australia3%
Top 5 of 70 shown
Web traffic by country
15M monthly visits
across markets
🇨🇳 China12.6%
🇺🇸 United States12%
🇩🇪 Germany6.1%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom5%
🇯🇵 Japan4.8%
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Patents

Estimated portfolio value
$432M

1,493 active patent families included in this estimate.

A patent family groups patent filings for the same invention. Source: Dealroom · PatSnap.

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Investments and acquisitions

Disclosed deals where DJI Innovations was the backer or acquirer, 2015–2022. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.

Portfolio analysis

8 deals across DJI Innovations's capital deployment.

Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.

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        Where DJI Innovations deploys vs peers

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        Market sentiment

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