Arrive

Arrive (formerly DroneDek) provides a smart mailbox (a landing platform) for last-mile delivery drones and robots. The company claims its patented product can receive multiple delivery products including hot or cold food deliveries and can accommodate multiple packages at the same time. The mailbox is equipped with sensors, GPS to communicate with the drones, an autonomous landing pad receptacle, a barcode scanner to verify the delivery, and inbuilt disinfection by UV rays. The users can open its sliding door via an encryption code with the Arrive’s app, upon which the drone can release the parcels into a cushioned platform. The company unveiled its second-generation product in May 2023. The company offers the product to residential customers for a subscription fee.

In December 2023, the company acquired AirBox Technologies, a company that provides IoT-connected and lockable mailbox solutions for end-point delivery, to complement its product offering.

Key customers and partnerships

Arrive’s deployment partners include Speedy Eats (June 2022), Good Samaritan Hospital and Community Health Network in Indiana (October 2023), A2Z Drone Delivery (October 2022), and AllMart Marketplace (February 2024).

The company’s product partnerships include

1. Nova Labs, to use Nova Labs' LongRange network (November 2021)

2. Bharat Electronics (November 2022), Vayu Aerospace (March 2022), and HUSH Aerospace (May 2022) to develop its drone landing stations

3. Joule Case to obtain emission-free battery power for the units (July 2022)

4. Sera4 to develop a secure way to grant temporary access to delivery and pickup services by issuing digital keys (August 2022)

5. Helium Network to transmit sensor data for its drone-compatible smart mailbox system (December 2022)

6. Amazon Sidewalk for connectivity (July 2023)

Funding and financials

In December 2023, Arrive announced plans to go public via a merger with Bruush Oral Care, a Canada-based oral care company, to focus on advancing Arrive's smart mailbox-as-a-service (MaaS) platform (deal expected to close in Q1 2024).

In July 2023, Arrive raised USD 1.3 million via a crowdfunding campaign first launched in October 2022, targeting to raise USD 5 million at a valuation of USD 330.7 million. The company intended to utilize the funds to expand operations and its customer base.