Danish-Ukrainian Company Raises $2.8 Million for AI-based Explosive Threat Detection

Danish-Ukrainian company Dropla Tech ApS raised €2.4 million ($2.8 million) in a pre-seed round to accelerate its AI-based explosive threat detection systems.

The funding was allocated from Maj Invest Holding, the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO), and Final Frontier, a Nordic venture capital firm.

As of August 2025, 137,058 square kilometers (52,929 square miles) of Ukrainian territory remains potentially contaminated, including occupied territories and waters, Ukraineʼs Ministry of Economy data reveals.

Founded in 2023, Dropla is headquartered in Odense, Denmark, with research and development operations in Ukraine. According to the company, it helps reduce the risks from hidden explosives in modern conflict zones. It also maintains Europe’s most comprehensive real-world landmine detection dataset, Dropla reported in a press release.

Dropla’s technology targets NATO’s need for threat detection that works without cloud connections. Its edge-based system runs directly on rugged devices, keeping data under command control while detecting landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXOs), improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and ambush drones with accuracy of under 15 centimeters (6 inches).

According to Dropla, it has built Europe’s most extensive real-world landmine detection dataset after two years of testing in Ukraine. Its dedicated test site includes over 170 confirmed explosive targets, offering conditions that lab simulations cannot match.

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The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence contributed operational requirements to shape Dropla’s systems. Danish authorities also support the project, framing it as part of Denmark’s broader military assistance to Ukraine, which totals more than DKK 60 billion ($9.3 billion).

Dropla’s dual-use platform, the Seer Complex, is designed for both military operations and humanitarian demining, the press release says.

After some Ukrainian territories were deoccupied from Russian forces, many areas still have active mine threats, posing a direct danger to civilians, especially farmers working on mine-affected fields.

In the first seven months of 2025, Ukraine has checked and returned nearly 2,000 square kilometers (770 square miles) of potentially mined territories to productive use. In total, 36,942 square kilometers (14,263 square miles) of land have been cleared, Ukraine’s Ministry of Economy reported.

Ukraine has a total of 110 certified mine action operators as of August 2025, according to Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense.

In February, the Ukrainian subsidiary of the Swiss-German equipment manufacturer, GCS, launched a rental service for landmine clearance machines in Ukraine. Operators carrying out demining activities will also have the option to purchase the machines after renting them.

Ukraine’s allies are also helping with demining. By 2025, the Demining Coalition, with participation from 23 countries, had raised €93 million for Ukraine ($108.7 million), the Ministry of Defense reported.