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Air-Rops

air-rops.es ↗ ·Pamplona ·Seed

Air-Rops is a Pamplona (Navarra, Spain) engineering company that develops an automatic Rollover Protective Structure (ROPS) for narrow tractors and agricultural ATVs/quad bikes, using telescopic steel tubes that deploy pyrotechnically in under 0.2 seconds during a rollover. Founded in 2012 by a team of mechanical/electrical engineers and occupational-safety professionals, it has been through a public equity crowdfunding round (via Startupxplore) and received regional/EU co-financing (Sodena, ICEX, ERDF) rather than typical VC rounds.

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2012

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SectorsAgtech, Hardware, Automotive/Vehicle Safety, Occupational Safety Start-up MapDeeptech & Hardware › Advanced manufacturing & industrial equipment

Profile updated 27 Jul 2026

Founders

Carmelo Perez de Larraya

Founder

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Javier Perez de Larraya

CTO (Founder)

Jose Andres Palacios

CEO / Co-President

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Investors 1

Sodena (Sociedad de Desarrollo de Navarra)

sodena.com

Investor Spain

Funding rounds 1

Debt

Sodena granted Air-ROPS a participative loan. It was part of €144,000 in loans shared between IKAN Biotech, Vehortu and Air-ROPS; the per-co…

2021-01-26

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