Copley Equity Partners Recapitalizes and Merges Aethon Aerial Solutions & Flight Evolved
October 5, 2020
Copley Equity Partners completed an investment to recapitalize and facilitate the merger of Aethon Aerial Solutions and Flight Evolved, creating a combined aerial inspection and asset-management platform serving utilities. The combined business brings together helicopter-based inspections, UAV/LiDAR sensing, spatial data and machine‑learning-driven analytics to expand capabilities and support global growth in utility asset inspection and wildfire-risk mitigation.
- Buyers
- Copley Equity Partners
- Targets
- Aethon Aerial Solutions, Flight Evolved
- Industry
- Energy
- Location
- California, United States
- Transaction Type
- Recapitalization
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