The drone technology provider, which counts Intel Capital, GE Ventures and GV among its investors, has secured series C funding and a partnership with State Farm.

Airware, a US-based unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology producer backed by technology and internet conglomerate Alphabet, industrial product maker General Electric and semiconductor manufacturer Intel, raised $30m in series C funding yesterday.

Next World Capital led the round, which included contributions from fellow venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), and John Chambers, the executive chairman of networking technology provider Cisco.

Founded in 2011, Airware has built an operating system for commercial drones called the…