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Orqa
Osijek, Croatia · Founded 2018
Orqa designs and manufactures FPV drones and their components, from flight controllers and radios to motors, cameras and goggles, in Osijek, Croatia, without Chinese-made parts. It sells to defence and commercial customers and has partner factories abroad build standardized systems on its designs.
Profile
What it builds and who buys it
- ·Orqa designs and makes flight controllers, radios, motors, cameras and printed circuit boards in-house, and avoids Chinese-made components.Vestbee, Mar 10, 2026
- ·Its headquarters in Osijek can produce up to 280,000 NDAA-compliant drones a year, according to the company.Orqa (release via sUAS News), Mar 10, 2026
- ·Under its Global Manufacturing Partnership Program, partner factories build standardized systems from Orqa designs and components, with a stated aim of more than one million drones a year. The company says partnerships are in place in North America, Europe, the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific.Orqa (release via sUAS News), Mar 10, 2026
- ·The MRM2-10 is a 10-inch carbon-fibre drone for payloads up to 3.5 kg, controlled over Orqa’s jam-resistant IRONghost link on licensed sub-GHz bands.Orqa (product page)
- ·Orqa U.S. won a $38 million contract in October 2026 to manufacture MRM2 drones for the Department of War’s Drone Dominance program, after delivering 240 drones under an earlier $1.5 million award. By Light builds the systems at its facility in Port Orange, Florida.Orqa U.S. (release via sUAS News), Oct 13, 2026
- ·Vestbee reported that Orqa has supplied drones to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.Vestbee, Mar 10, 2026
- ·Its chief financial officer told Lider that the Series A will also fund a new facility in Osijek and possible acquisitions of complementary companies.Lider Media, Mar 10, 2026
- ·The company says it has more than 150 employees.Orqa
Founders and leadership
- Srdjan KovacevicCo-founder and chief executive
Co-founded Orqa with Ivan Jelusic and Vlatko Matijevic. He says the company has spent almost a decade in FPV and the last four years supplying the Western FPV ecosystem in defence.Orqa (release via sUAS News), Mar 10, 2026
- Ivan JelusicCo-founder
Founded Orqa in Osijek in 2018 with Srdjan Kovacevic and Vlatko Matijevic.Orqa
- Vlatko MatijevicCo-founder
Founded Orqa in Osijek in 2018 with Srdjan Kovacevic and Ivan Jelusic.Orqa
Funding
- Last valuation
No citable valuation
- Last round or tender
Series A
Orqa (release via sUAS News), Mar 10, 2026
A €12.7 million Series A, the euro amount as stated and not converted. Led by Expeditions, with Lightspeed Venture Partners, Taiwania Capital, Aymo and Radius Capital. 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.
| Date | Round | Raised | Post-money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2026 | Series AA €12.7 million Series A, the euro amount as stated and not converted. Led by Expeditions, with Lightspeed Venture Partners, Taiwania Capital, Aymo and Radius Capital. No valuation was stated. | — | — |
| Dec 20, 2024 | SeedA €5.8 million seed round, the euro amount as stated and not converted. Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with Radius Capital, Decisive Point and existing investor Day One Capital. No valuation was stated. | — | — |
Revenue
No citable revenue figure on file.
Secondary venues
- Caplightpublic page seen Oct 15, 2026
No price on the public page.
Listed as Orqa FPV, under the slug orqafpv. No public MarketPrice: the page says no recent secondary market data is available and puts historical pricing behind a login.
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Reads
Tracked only. No read has been prepared for this company; the figures above are the record.
Sources
- Orqa U.S. Awarded $38 Million for U.S. Department of War Drone Dominance Gauntlet II CompetitionOrqa U.S. (release via sUAS News), Oct 13, 2026
- Orqa raises €12.7m Series A led by Expeditions to scale its Global Manufacturing ProgramOrqa (release via sUAS News), Mar 10, 2026
- Croatian drones maker Orqa raises €12.7M led by ExpeditionsVestbee, Mar 10, 2026
- With a new investment, Orqa is building a new facility in OsijekLider Media, Mar 10, 2026
- Defence tech made in Croatia: Taylor Wessing Germany and Taylor Wessing Ireland advise Lightspeed on financing in drone start-up OrqaTaylor Wessing (counsel to Lightspeed), Dec 20, 2024
- About - OrqaOrqa
- Payload Drone - NDAA Compliant Tactical Asset - OrqaOrqa (product page)
Researched Oct 15, 2026