Hecto Drone ApS Due Diligence

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Denmark · owned by Independent (Denmark) · hectodrone.com · 6 vendors

Hecto Drone ApS is a Danish company that designs, develops, and manufactures hybrid (gas-electric) UAVs for military and industrial applications. Their flagship products, such as the HD-606, offer heavy-lift payload capacity (up to 50 kg) and extended endurance (3+ hours) using a proprietary compact generator system. The company is headquartered in Hasselager, near Aarhus, Denmark, and holds full SORA compliance for EU Specific Category drone operations.

Resilience scores

Digital Sovereignty: 33
Digital Resilience: 7
Financial Resilience: 4

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Last updated 2026-09-13 · revision 2

6 direct vendors, 128 subvendors

Direct vendors by controlling owner country (sample)

United States: 4
Denmark: 1
Germany: 1

Subvendors by controlling owner country (sample)

France: 3
Sweden: 4
Spain: 1

Compliance

10 in-scope frameworks identified; showing 3.

Financials

Three-year financials

2025: gross profit DKK -154K, EBIT DKK -4.69M, equity DKK 5.13M
2024: gross profit DKK 2.08M, EBIT DKK 690K, equity DKK 4.22M
2023: gross profit DKK 1.80M, EBIT DKK 294K, equity DKK 3.66M

Financial Resilience Score: 4/10

Hecto Drone ApS is a small, early-stage Danish private limited company (ApS) operating in the UAV/drone manufacturing sector. No verifiable financial statements (revenue, EBIT, or equity) could be retrieved in this session, as Danish CVR register and aggregator sources were not accessible. As a Danish ApS, the company is required to file annual accounts with Erhvervsstyrelsen, but class B companies typically file abbreviated accounts and often do not disclose revenue publicly. The minimum share capital requirement for an ApS is only DKK 20,000, suggesting a limited capital base. Qualitatively, the company benefits from favorable tailwinds in European defense spending and NATO-country demand for domestically produced UAVs, particularly as a SORA-compliant, Made-in-Denmark alternative to Chinese platforms. Its hybrid gas-electric propulsion technology (50 kg payload, 3+ hour endurance) addresses a genuine capability gap. However, as an early-stage hardware manufacturer with likely negative EBIT, dependency on founder capital or grants, long defense sales cycles, and significant competition from established European and Ukrainian UAV startups, financial resilience is constrained. The score reflects the combination of attractive market positioning with early-stage financial fragility and lack of transparency.

Key strengths: Attractive end-markets with rising European defense spending post-2022, NATO-country supply chain differentiation vs. Chinese platforms (DJI, Autel), SORA-compliant, Made-in-Denmark positioning, Technology niche: hybrid gas-electric propulsion with 50 kg payload and 3+ hour endurance, Combat-tested marketing claim suggesting possible Ukraine/NATO trials

Risk factors: Small/early-stage ApS with likely limited equity base, Dependent on founder capital, grants, or angel/VC funding, Customer concentration risk with lumpy defense sales cycles, Regulatory risk: SORA authorizations are per-operation, Capital-intensive hardware manufacturing typically producing negative EBIT in early years, Strong competition from Quantum-Systems, Aeronautics/UVision, Nordic Wing, Parrot, and Ukrainian/Baltic UAV startups

Revenue by product/service

HD-408: 0%
HD-606: 0%

Workforce by country

Denmark: 25

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