Sevendof closes its first funding round with backing from technology focused angel investors and BKK Grønn InVest, the investing arm of the Norwegian energy group BKK. The funding will be used to fund Sevendof's projects with the Norwegian Research Council, EUREKA, and Innovation Norway, in order to develop the first version of Sevendof's drone platform.

Sevendof, in cooperation with pilot customers TrønderEnergi Nett and Eidsiva Nett, has been awarded the support of Innovation Norway in order to develop a service to provided automated inspection of power line infrastructure. The two-year project enables close cooperation between the pilot customers and Sevendof to ensure that the service becomes an effective and well-integrated tool which in addition to cost savings can improve health and safety and provide superior data quality.

Sevendof, in cooperation with partners Visimind AB and SINTEF AS, has been awarded the support of EUREKA for their Eurostars-project "Long-Range Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) for Automatic Power Line Inspection and Documentation". The aim of the two-year project is to develop the unmanned aircraft system and associated "mDAM" payload capable of gathering high-quality inspection data for automated power line inspection.

The Sevendof team won the 2017 Innovation Challenge with their "Inspection Lab" concept. Innovation Challenge is a national innovation contest hosted by Aftenposten and Accenture, with the final round held at the A-Tech technology conference. The "Inspection Lab" concept focused on how the power grid can be inspected using long-range drones, and how this system can be generalized to solve other important tasks in society.

The Sevendof team won the 2017 student R&D contest hosted by Statnett, Norway's national utility company, which aimed to gather ideas on how technology can improve the Norwegian power grid. The submission focused on how long-range drones can improve Statnett's ability to inspect valuable assets.