UAV industry businesses, is the investor's fault?
14 and 15 is the hottest UAV investment for two years, according to CB Insights data, total 112 cases occurred in the investment in these two years, invested a total of us $ 565 million. In 2016, the total amount of investment has slowed, but trading volume has not decreased significantly.
For some investors, and unmanned aerial vehicles have lost the value of investments. But there are still many investors who shuttled in various roadshows, seeking drone figure. In the eyes of these drones in a draught, they missed a big frontier, could not miss the second.
UAV entrepreneur, how to in a draught forward quickly caught the eye of investors, investment window to get investment, as their chances of survival. Unmanned aerial vehicle is a long development cycle industry, before the product comes up, these entrepreneurs have enough time, relying on a PPT started crazy foreign public opinion campaigns. Problem now is, released six months or even a year in advance of UAV products companies everywhere.
In a large environment forced, many entrepreneurial teams at work also had to embark on road to PPT, to raise money around, heavy business was not formed a vicious circle. Some even say that, 90% the UAV market is purely speculation and financing of the company. These, in addition to the unmanned aerial vehicle industry have a negative impact, and not for the industry has played a positive role in promoting development.
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Although many data show that unmanned aerial vehicle sales steadily increased, and the future of the market space. But in fact, this is one of Xinjiang's one-man show, many unmanned aerial vehicle companies are faced with products hard to sell out of embarrassment. These UAV company products, technologies are basically different from the Xinjiang, while price is not dominant, it makes them very reactive. In this connection, has more than a drone enterprises have expressed this to the network of Lei feng's frustration. And these companies over the past year, received a considerable amount of financing.
According to IDC's China quarterly aerial drones to track reports first quarter of 2016, according to the 2016 aerial unmanned aerial vehicle shipments in the first quarter more than 80,000 units, compared to 2015 fourth quarter 33.6%. Current sales in the Chinese market brand of aerial drones have about 20 or so, including frontier innovation (DJI) still accounted for 70% per cent of the market share. Ted Baker iPhone 6 cover
"Last year, when Xinjiang Elf 3 Standard Edition, many other low-end drones are no way to survive in the market. "The UAV market researcher Xiang Leifeng network said, especially after the big frontier is the Elf 3 Standard Edition price pressure in the 3000, it makes others want to seek breakthrough opportunities outside the price range of Xinjiang drone brand lost its competitiveness. Such as zero Explorer series consumer drones, the study said: "zero explores the first generation (sales) was seriously undermined by the effects of Elf 3, last August and dealers to test the waters immediately releases the second generation, but has still not officially shipped. ”
Investors are also victims
"VC is the impetuous victim of circumstance, not throwing good money says, also indirectly brought bad culture industry. Capital markets need more sober look at drones heads need cooling. "A drone practitioners network laments from Lei feng.
In Baidu in searchn spread with no machine are in outlet in the of speech, these articles all like reference some market research institutions to out of data, that no machine in future 10 years will growth for billion dollars even is billions of dollars of market, and these data and has enough of inflammatory, encourages with more not know by fear of investors gathered came.
"China's external environment, speculation and worry, want to earn quick money. Many companies do not want to do a lifetime thing, hold can earn a little something about some people is not small, outlet on the edge here. Ten bet that nine lost so many people in Las Vegas, some people do not understand the tuition, some are not, some speculative, and Texas almost. "Investors who invested in unmanned aerial vehicles project network from Lei Feng said.
Lei feng's network a few investors, are willing to invest in drones, invested drone or unmanned aerial vehicle industry had a long term concern of investors said they didn't have many chances, is also in the field of UAVs, in the area of consumer drones under this strong market, you don't see a breakthrough.
"There can be no chance, three years ago when we were concerned about Xinjiang, Xinjiang has many opponents, but they can't challenge Jiang. People you don't know? Prefer to follow, and think that they will have a second third of Xinjiang. "One invested in unmanned aircraft project but now the drones was not optimistic about the investment market investors from Lei Feng network said.
Their eyes called a follower, is basically transferred from other areas just as mobile Internet investment, lost investment in an industry worth when they will move the air inlet on the drone. For them, the drone is a new, money-making tool. On a roadshow event in Lei feng's network, many investors a little drone of technology enterprises showed great interest in their network of Lei Feng is optimistic about drones, is because the unmanned aerial vehicle recently and very hot. It can be seen that markets unleashed by the effects of impulsive signal for investors can be seen.
Drone is a small market, technology is the breakthrough point
According to the United States in the aviation and space technology analysis report published in the weekly, starting from 2014, the next ten years, the world UAV market will reach us $ 67.3 billion.
According to the market research firm BI Intelligence predictions, forecasting the future 10 years commercial UAV 12% UAV market share, valued at $ 98 billion.
Internet research firm iResearch recently released the 2016 UAV industry research report on China, saying the small civilian UAV market entered a period of fast growth in China is expected in 2025, total domestic UAV market scale will reach 75 billion yuan.
Above the drone market analysis reports have a lot in the future, these data strongly support the idea, the UAV market is very large.
In practice, however, remains to be seen how big the market for unmanned. Is not difficult to draw such a conclusion, take a look at how many people around you are really playing with drone or interested in drones, or, you ask yourself, do I need a drone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7sLcl50WAk UAV market size is able to solve problems for the user, aerial drones like an SLR, drones like the workers, they are based on the value of tools exist, and people who use such tools, are limited. And they are not irreplaceable.
Meanwhile, UAVs also faced resistance from the outside, once the UAV market growing, using drones, more and more people, appropriate regulatory policies will become more stringent.
All in all drones to be mass consumer items such as mobile phones, in a limited market, was firmly in control of Xinjiang, also caused other unmanned aerial vehicle brands are difficult to break. "The UAV market looking lively, but the concept has actually been fired several waves, not advances in technology, demand could not get up. Unless there are technological advances, in particular can indeed solve the problems of industry. Business basically tame enough, if not breakthrough, new purchases to form. "Lei feng of the industry network (search for" Lei feng's network "public concerns) said.
Is a small market for unmanned drone technology with infinite possibilities. Unmanned aerial vehicles actually belong to the branch of the robot, known as the flying robot. After now drones are solved the stability problems, and move closer to the intelligent direction, such as obstacle avoidance and follow, these technologies can also be used in the service robot, even on the drone. Service Robotics and unmanned voice and face recognition technology, can also be used in an unattended machine. Many technologies are interlinked, and technology should become entrepreneurs as the market breakthrough products.
In fact, when everyone was racing to catch the large footsteps of Xinjiang, ever thought, field patterns of nothing more than drones. Jiang said more than once that, Jiang is open to the future, not just only drones.