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Buntar Aerospace

Ukraine · Founded 2023

Buntar Aerospace builds the Buntar-3, an electric vertical-takeoff reconnaissance drone that navigates without satellite signals, and Buntar Copilot, software that plans and runs drone missions. Both are in use with front-line units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Profile

What it builds and who buys it

  • ·The Buntar-3 is an EW-resilient reconnaissance drone with a tactical range of up to 100 km.Buntar Aerospace
  • ·The Buntar-3 is an electric VTOL drone that navigates without satellite systems and flies missions of up to four hours, according to its developers.Militarnyi, Mar 19, 2026
  • ·Buntar Copilot plans each mission around battery life, weather, altitude and link stability, and predicts when a drone must return and when the next should launch.The Recursive, Oct 5, 2026
  • ·The company says both products are with front-line units across Ukraine and bring it steady revenue.Buntar Aerospace (company release), Oct 5, 2026
  • ·Militarnyi reported that a Buntar-3 guided a missile strike on a Shahed drone storage base at Donetsk airport.Militarnyi, Mar 19, 2026
  • ·Alongside its March 2026 investment, Axon Enterprise and Buntar are developing a strategic partnership on commercial cooperation and technology integration for ISR.Kyiv Post, Mar 23, 2026
  • ·The company plans to move into counter-drone defence and precision strike assistance, and to sell dual-use products outside Ukraine.Tech.eu, Oct 5, 2026

Founders and leadership

  • Ivan KaunovCo-founder and chief executive

    Co-founded the Ukrainian fintech startup Finmap before founding Buntar Aerospace in August 2023.Forbes Ukraine, Oct 5, 2026

  • Bohdan SasCo-founder

    Co-founded the digital agency Sekta.Forbes Ukraine, Oct 5, 2026

Funding

Last valuation

No citable valuation

Last round or tender

$16Mraised

Venture roundBuntar Aerospace (company release), Oct 5, 2026

Led by Freedom Fund and an unnamed international private equity fund, with Gardar, Iron Wolf and Autonomy Capital. The company says the round brings its total funding to $30 million. No valuation was stated.

Latest revenue figure

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Post-money valuation by round

Fewer than two dated figures on file to plot; the table carries what there is.

DateRoundRaisedPost-money
Oct 5, 2026Venture roundLed by Freedom Fund and an unnamed international private equity fund, with Gardar, Iron Wolf and Autonomy Capital. The company says the round brings its total funding to $30 million. No valuation was stated.$16M—
Mar 19, 2026Venture roundLed by Axon Enterprise, the US-listed public-safety technology company, with the Norwegian investment consortium Munkene AS and other private investors. The company told Militarnyi the amount and the lead. No valuation was stated.$10M—
Jun 12, 2024Angel investmentThe four co-founders of the Ukrainian ride-hailing company Uklon invested $200,000, the first investment of their new defence-tech fund. InVenture reported that the company had raised $2.2 million earlier in 2024 from mostly undisclosed Ukrainian and foreign investors. No valuation was stated.$0M—

Primary capital across the rounds on file: $26.6M

Revenue

No citable revenue figure on file.

Secondary venues

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Sources

Researched Oct 15, 2026