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Dainis Kruze

Founder

Founder at Aerones Holdings · Founder/CEO at Aerones

Riga, Latvia

FoundedAerones · YCAerones Holdings

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About

Dainis Kruze is Co-Founder and CEO of Aerones, a company providing robotic systems for wind turbine services. His background includes developing a fleet management system and energy monitoring systems prior to Aerones' work on heavy lifting drones and robots for the wind industry.

Founder at Aerones Holdings

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Aerones Holdings's investors · 1

Change VenturesTallinn · $100K – $750K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Aerones Holdings

JP
Janis PutramsExecutive Officer, Director

Founder/CEO at AeronesYC W18

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YC

Dainis went through Y Combinator (Winter 2018) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Aerones's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Aerones's investors · 12

ACTIVATE CAPITAL PARTNERSSan Francisco · $10M – $30M checks · since 2022Ahren Innovation CapitalCambridge, Cambridgeshire · since 2022CarbonAmsterdam · $100K checks · since 2022Change VenturesTallinn · $100K – $750K checks · since 2022Evergy VenturesKansas City · since 2022Extantia CapitalBerlin · $1.1M – $5.5M checks · since 2022Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbHsince 2022Future Positive Capitalsince 2022MetaplanetTallinn · $500K – $10M checks · since 2022Pace VenturesBerlin · $550K – $1.6M checks · since 2022S2G InvestmentsChicago · $1M – $5M checks · since 2022Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2018

Co-founders at Aerones

JPJanis Putrams
Janis PutramsFounder/CTO

Experience

  1. AeronesCo-Foundercurrent2015 — presentRiga, Latvia
  2. AeronesChief Executive Officercurrent2021 — present
  3. Intelligent Systems SIAFounder and CEO2007 — 2024Riga, Latvia
  4. State Plant Protection ServiceInformation Technology Department Manager2002 — 2018

Skills & more

Business Strategy38Business Development27Entrepreneurship25Telemetry10GPS13Fleet Management6Electricity7Software Project Management5Project Management3Business Planning3Wind Energy3Engineering1
+12 moreElectrical Engineeringwind energyGIS ApplicationTask ManagementdronesGPS TrackingAcceleratorOffshore Wind EnergyGISEmbedded SoftwareMicrosoft OfficeStrategic Planning

Languages English · Latvian · Russian

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Who is Dainis Kruze?
Dainis Kruze is Co-Founder and CEO of Aerones, a company providing robotic systems for wind turbine services. His background includes developing a fleet management system and energy monitoring systems prior to Aerones' work on heavy lifting drones and robots for the wind industry.
Where does Dainis Kruze work?
Dainis Kruze is Founder/CEO of Aerones and Co-founder at Aerones Holdings.
What companies did Dainis Kruze found?
Dainis Kruze founded Aerones, Aerones Holdings.
Where did Dainis Kruze go to school?
Dainis Kruze studied at Y Combinator (startup); Latvijas Universitate (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Software Engineering); Siguldas Valsts Ģimnāzija.

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