Manna raised a $50 million Series B in March to open 40 drone delivery bases in the US and Europe and reach two million deliveries by the end of 2026. Seven months on, its Irish deliveries are paused and its US growth is in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The round took Manna’s total funding to $110 million. Its investors included ARK Invest, the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, Schooner Capital, Coca-Cola HBC, Molten Ventures and Enterprise Ireland. Several reports said ARK led; Manna’s own announcement names no lead.
The Irish pause
On 19 June Manna paused all deliveries in Ireland, in Dublin and Cork, The Irish Times reported. It cited planning refusals by local councils, including Fingal’s refusal of a site at Coolmine on 19 May, and the lack of a national framework.
About 200 staff work for Manna in Ireland, and 300 planned Irish jobs are on hold. Its headquarters and research stay there. Manna called it a “strategic pause”.
Ireland was where Manna built its record. In March the company said it had flown more than 250,000 flights in Ireland, Finland and Texas. It said 60% of households in its most mature markets ordered by air.
Tulsa
In July Manna named Tulsa its US operations and manufacturing hub, with about 1,000 jobs planned over several years and a factory under construction, TechCrunch reported. Kenny Jacobs became executive chair. Manna plans to enter six more US cities by the end of 2027.
Its first Tulsa base opened on 12 August. Two more opened in east Tulsa in October, each with three aircraft, and Manna says a base can handle up to 24 deliveries an hour.
In October Manna put its total at almost 400,000 deliveries, against its target of two million by the end of the year.
