Valerii Iakovenko is a medical doctor by background and a private entrepreneur since 2008 He had significant corporate experience in various spheres including Insurance, banking, and Investments, as well as marketing and digital communications. In 2013 together with a partner Drone.UA was established, the company that over a short time achieved a market leader position as a system integrator of robotics technologies in Ukraine. Today, DroneUA is a long-term reliable partner to the many industrial users across Ukraine in spheres of agriculture, energy, oil and gas, surveying, industrial inspections, and more. 

Drone.UA operates in the fields of energy and the oil and gas industry, as well as in the fields of geodesy and topography. The main areas of work of Drone.UA are the development and implementation of industry solutions based on drone technology, the provision of services using UAVs, as well as the processing of data obtained using unmanned aerial vehicles. Drone.UA technologies are used on more than 4 million hectares of sown area in ​​Ukraine.

The Drone.UA group of companies is TOP-3 the most innovative enterprise in the agricultural sector of Ukraine according to the FORBES. And is included in the list of the TOP-20 most innovative enterprises in Ukraine.

Nowadays, Drone.UA is involved in the defense of Ukraine during the russian aggression.