Performance Drone Works (PDW)
PDW Holdings, Inc.
PDW builds mission-ready drones and aerial robotic systems for defense and public safety, engineered, tested and built at scale in the U.S.
pdw.ai · Huntsville, AL
Funding event
The round itself, as filedInferred stageSeries B
Sold of offered$52.2M of $52.2M
Filed2026-10-06
Days since filing12
- Exemption claimed
- Rule 506(b)
- First-ever Form D
- No
- Date of first sale
- 2026-09-21
Investors
No investors named: Form D does not list them
Officers on the filing
Names and roles as filed; addresses are never stored- Matthew HigginsDirector
- James SliderExecutive Officer · Director
- Nicholas HorbaczewskiDirector
- Samantha GreenbergDirector
- David SpirkDirector
- Raymond Thomas IIIDirector
- William WelchDirector
Health flags
Three flags, each with the raw inputs behind it · as of 2026-10-17UndersubscribedNot flagged100% sold0.9 months since first sale
Prior raiseNot flaggedRaised 53% of its prior round, 10 months on$99.1M prior raise, filed 2025-12-03
AmendedNot flaggedNo amendmentNo D/A on file
Open roles
On the employer's own careers page · checked 2026-10-0720
Pre-posting windowNot enough dataShown once this sector and stage have 20 observed lags from filing to first posting.
- Program ManagerOCT 15Huntsville, AL · G&A · open 3 days
- Staff New Product Introduction (NPI) EngineerOCT 9Huntsville, AL · Engineering · open 9 days
- Senior New Product Introduction (NPI) EngineerOCT 9Huntsville, AL · Engineering · open 9 days
- Electrical EngineerOCT 7Denver, CO · Engineering · open 11 days
- Electrical Engineering TechnicianOCT 7Huntsville, AL · Engineering · open 11 days
- Senior Embedded Software EngineerOCT 7Huntsville, AL · Engineering · open 11 days
- Senior Software QA EngineerOCT 7Burlington, MA, Denver, CO · Engineering · open 11 days
- Staff Electrical EngineerOCT 7Denver, CO · Engineering · open 11 days
- Staff Systems EngineerOCT 7Denver, CO · Engineering · open 11 days
- Engineering Talent CommunityOCT 7Huntsville, AL · Engineering · open 11 days
- Senior FP&A Analyst, Manufacturing & Strategic ExpansionOCT 7Remote (United States) · G&A · open 11 days
- Senior Finance Analyst, FP&AOCT 7Remote (United States) · G&A · open 11 days
- Junior Mechanical EngineerOCT 7Huntsville, AL · Engineering · open 11 days
- Mechanical EngineerOCT 7Huntsville, AL · Engineering · open 11 days
- Principal Electrical EngineerOCT 7Denver, CO · Engineering · open 11 days
- Senior AI/ML EngineerOCT 7Denver, CO · G&A · open 11 days
- Senior Electrical EngineerOCT 7Denver, CO · Engineering · open 11 days
- Engineering Talent CommunityOCT 7Burlington, MA · Engineering · open 11 days
- Senior Cybersecurity GRC EngineerOCT 7Denver, CO · G&A · open 11 days
- Engineering Talent CommunityOCT 7Denver, CO · Engineering · open 11 days
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