Patrick Murphy (Tapestry VC): Why drone delivery could replace millions of car journeys

Sending a car or moped across a city to deliver a single meal is an expensive and inefficient way to move food. Drone delivery offers a different model, with the potential to make last-mile logistics faster, cheaper and cleaner.

Patrick Murphy, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Tapestry VC and a founding investor and board member at Manna, explains how autonomous drone delivery is moving into real-world use.

He shares how Manna has completed 300,000 deliveries, partnered with major delivery platforms and raised $50 million to support its global expansion.

The conversation covers the economics of drone delivery, how the technology works in practice and why replacing delivery cars and mopeds could change the way local logistics operate.

Highlights

• Why delivery by car is so inefficient

• How drone delivery can reduce cost and delivery time

• Why Manna believes autonomous delivery is ready to go mainstream

• How the drones operate in practice

• What 300,000 completed deliveries have demonstrated

• Why major delivery platforms are partnering with Manna

• How the company plans to expand to hundreds of cities

• Why drone delivery could replace millions of car journeys

This session was recorded at the Love Tomorrow Summit, where EUVC curated the investor-focused programme.