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Terra Industries

Building autonomous aerial, ground, and sentry systems to protect African critical infrastructure.
ActiveOther / DeeptechDefenseTechAccra, GhanaFounded 2023

What it does

Terra Industries develops autonomous drones, ground vehicles, and AI-powered sentry systems designed to protect national infrastructure, mines, oil pipelines, and military installations across Africa. Operating with manufacturing capacity across West Africa (including Ghana and Nigeria), Terra sealed key agreements with defense entities like DICON.

security-intelhardware

Known for

  • Archer VTOL and Iroko UAV defense drones
  • DICON landmark military defense agreement

Model & industry

B2GB2BDefense & SecurityEnergy & UtilitiesMining

Funding history

$33.8M
Total raised
2
Rounds
Seed
Latest stage
2026
Latest year
DateStageAmountLead investor
2026-02Growth$22.0MLux Capital
2026-01Seed$11.8M8VC

Products & subsidiaries

ArtemisOS · AI Drone Operating SystemArcher VTOL · Autonomous Surveillance UAV