French electricity supply company GDF Suez has invested in Redbird, a company that analyses data captured by civilian drones.

Redbird, a France-based drone-captured data analytics company, has gained a €2m ($2.15m) investment from GDF Suez New Ventures, the corporate venture subsidiary of electric utility company GDF Suez.

The partnership between the two companies will allow GDF Suez to work with Redbird to reduce the monitoring costs of its natural gas infrastructure. It will also allow Redbird to develop its services for industrial clients such as enhancing security at public events and providing thermography and topography reports to industry clients.