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Volocopter GmbH

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About Volocopter GmbH

Volocopter is building the world’s first sustainable and scalable urban air mobility (UAM) business to bring affordable UAM services to megacities worldwide. Volocopter is developing the first eVTOL aircraft portfolio (VoloCity, VoloConnect, and VoloDrone) for multi-range and multipurpose use cases to provide complete, safe, and quiet urban mobility coverage for passengers and logistics. Together with partners in infrastructure, operations, and air traffic management, Volocopter is leading the way to build the ecosystem necessary for the commercial launch of UAM services at scale.

In 2011, Volocopter performed the first-ever crewed flight of a purely electric multicopter and has since showcased numerous public flights with full-scale aircraft. Some additional noteworthy milestones include Volocopter’s flight at Singapore’s Marina Bay in October 2019 and the world’s first autonomous eVTOL flight in Dubai 2017.

Founded in 2011 by Stephan Wolf and Alexander Zosel, Volocopter has 400 employees in offices in Bruchsal, Munich, and Singapore. The company has raised a total of €322 million in equity. Volocopter‘s investors include Daimler, Geely, DB Schenker, BlackRock, and Intel Capital amongst others.

Find out more at: www.volocopter.com

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Über Volocopter GmbH

Volocopter baut das weltweit erste nachhaltige und skalierbare Urban Air Mobility-Business, um erschwingliche UAM-Services in den Megastädten dieser Welt zu etablieren. Das Unternehmen entwickelt das erste eVTOL-Produktportfolio (VoloCity, VoloConnect und VoloDrone) für eine weitreichende und vielseitige Abdeckung des gesamten UAM-Ökosystems, um vollständige, sichere und leise Mobilität für Passagiere und Logistik zu bieten. Volocopter arbeitet mit führenden Partnern für Infrastruktur, Betrieb und Flugsicherung (ATM) zusammen, um das gesamte Ökosystem rund um diese Produkte skalierbar aufzubauen.

2011 führte Volocopter den ersten bemannten Senkrechtflug eines elektrisch angetriebenen Multikopters durch. Seither hat das Unternehmen mehrere öffentliche Flüge mit seinem zweisitzigen Volocopter in Originalgröße durchgeführt. Darüber hinaus ist Volocopter im Logistik- und Landwirtschaftsbereich mit der VoloDrone aktiv.

Stephan Wolf und Alexander Zosel gründeten Volocopter 2011. Das Unternehmen hat mittlerweile über 400 Mitarbeiter in Büros in Bruchsal, München und Singapur. Volocopter hat in Summe über € 322 Millionen Kapital von Investoren wie Daimler, Geely, DB Schenker, BlackRock, Intel Capital u.a. eingesammelt.

Mehr Informationen unter: www.volocopter.com

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Location: Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Bruchsal

Employees: 201-500

Phone: +49 7251 936940

Total raised: $1.45B

Valuation: $1.87B

Founded date: 2011

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Date	Name	Website
-	Intel Capi...	intel.com

Funding Rounds 9

Date	Series	Amount	Investors
11.11.2022	Series E	$182M	-
06.03.2022	Series E	$579M	-
04.03.2022	Series E	$170M	-
05.03.2021	Series D	$242.14M	-
24.02.2020	Series C	$94.39M	-
22.02.2020	IPO	$94M	-
13.09.2019	Series C	$55.24M	-
06.11.2017	-	$5.81M	-
01.08.2017	-	$30M	-

Mentions in press and media 53

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03.11.2022	Saudi’s Neom invests $175m in German aviation startup Volocopter	Neom, the smart and sustainable regional development in northwest Saudi Arabia, announced that it has invested $175 million in German urban air mobility startup Volocopter. The investment was part of the additional $182 million that Neom ra...
02.11.2022	NEOM invests USD 175m in Volocopter to accelerate electric urban air mobility	NEOM, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NEOM, the smart and sustainable regional development in northwest Saudi Arabia, has announced a USD 175 million Series E investment in Volocopter, the pioneer of Urban Air Mobility. The land ...
01.11.2022	Now closing in on close to $1 billion raised, Volocopter lands another $182 million in second signing of Series E round	In the second signing of its Series E financing round, Bruchsal, Germany-based urban air mobility company Volocopter has raised an additional $182 million. While previous funding rounds have been aimed at assisting in the certification proc...
01.11.2022	Volocopter raises $182M to bring air taxi closer to certification	Volocopter, a German startup building electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles, has secured $182 million for the second signing of its Series E round. That’s on top of the $170 million Volocopter raised for the same round in M...
01.11.2022	Air taxi startup Volocopter raises $182M in new funding Show your support for our mission by joining our Cube Club and Cube Event Community of experts. Join the community that includes Amazon Web Ser...	Air taxi startup Volocopter GmbH today announced that it has secured $182 million in new funding. The capital was raised in the second signing of a Series E funding round that the startup originally disclosed earlier this year. In the first...
01.11.2022	German air-taxi unicorn Volocopter raises €183M to propel its plans to launch commercial operations	Germany-based Volocopter, an urban air mobility company that develops eco-friendly air taxis to transport people, announced on Tuesday that it has raised an additional $182M (approximately €183M) in its Series E funding round. Earlier this ...
01.11.2022	Volocopter Raises Additional USD 182 million in Second Signing of Series E Financing Round	BRUCHSAL, Germany, Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Volocopter, the pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM), has raised an additional USD 182 million in the second signing of its Series E funding round. NEOM – the Red Sea's smart, cognitive region ...
01.11.2022	Germany-based Volocopter raises an additional USD 182 million in Series E	Bruchsal, Germany-based urban air mobility (UAM) company, Volocopter, raised an additional USD 182 million in recent financing. The second signing of the Series E round took place on November 1, 2022. NEOM – the Red Sea’s smart, cognitive r...
01.11.2022	Volocopter Raises Additional USD182M in Series E Financing	VoloCity prototype flight testing in Germany Volocopter, a Bruchsal, Germany-based urban air mobility (UAM) company, raised an additional USD 182m in the second signing of its Series E funding round. NEOM – the Red Sea’s smart, cognitive re...
04.03.2022	Volocopter lands $170 million as it eyes the certification finish line and commercial launch	German urban air mobility company Volocopter has announced the “first signing” of a Series E round that’s provided the firm with $170 million. The funding will be used to further assist the company's certification process and is expected to...
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04.03.2022	Air Taxi Volocopter raises $170 million in its first financing round	A first Series E investment round headed by South Korean investor WP Investment netted Volocopter a pre-money value of $1.7 billion while raising $170 million. The money received, which is made up of capital from new and current investors,...
04.03.2022	Volocopter raises $170M, now valued at $1.87B, to fuel first commercial launches of flying taxi fleet in 2024	Volocopter, the startup out of southern Germany (Bruchsal) that has been developing electric VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft and a business model for operating them in taxi-style fleets in urban areas, has picked up another big...
04.03.2022	Flying taxi startup Volocopter raises $170M in funding Show your support for our mission by joining our Cube Club and Cube Event Community of experts. Join the community that includes Amazon Web Serv...	Volocopter GmbH, a startup developing flying taxis and cargo drones, today announced that it has raised $170 million in funding at a pre-money valuation of $1.7 billion. The investment was led by South Korea-based WP Investment with partici...
04.03.2022	Volocopter closes financing round with €153 million	-
04.03.2022	Volocopter Raises USD 170 million in First Signing of Series E Financing Round	BRUCHSAL, Germany, March 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Volocopter, the pioneer of urban air mobility, has raised USD 170 million in the initial signing of its Series E funding round led by South Korean investor WP Investment, at a pre-money valua...
04.03.2022	This german unicorn is flying high! Air-taxi startup Volocopter raises €154.23M at €1.54B valuation	Bruchsal, Germany-based Volocopter is an urban air mobility company that develops eco-friendly air taxis to transport people. The company announced on Friday that it has raised $170M (approx €154.23M) in the initial signing of its Series E ...
05.03.2021	Volocopter Raises $240 Million for Air Taxis: Travel Startup Funding This Week	PayPal founder Peter Thiel once said: “We wanted flying cars. Instead we got 140 characters.” But some investors now think flying driverless taxis will be viable by 2024. We have that and other travel startup news in this week’s roundup. — ...
04.03.2021	Flying taxi startup Volocopter collects €200M Series D	Autonomous air taxi developer Volocopter has raised €200 million. New investors including BlackRock, Atlantia, Tokyo Century, Jericho Capital and Avala Capital participated in the Series D, alongside existing backers. The funds will be used...
03.03.2021	German air-taxi startup Volocopter raises €200M; aims to launch its service in the next two years	Currently, last-mile mobility and inter-city travel sectors are dominated by electric vehicles and e-scooters as they can help reduce harmful emissions as well as reduce traffic in metro cities. However, with advanced technologies coming in...
03.03.2021	Volocopter raises 200 million euros for air taxi certification push	German aviation startup Volocopter said on Wednesday it had raised 200 million euros ($242 million) from investors including funds run by U.S. asset manager BlackRock as it seeks certification for its battery-powered flying taxi. Volocopter...
03.03.2021	Volocopter Raises €200 Million in Series D Funding Round USA - English Deutschland - Deutsch
03.03.2021	Volocopter Raises €200M in Series D Funding	Volocopter, a Bruchsal, Germany-based urban air mobility (UAM) company, raised a €200m Series D funding round. Backers included new investors funds managed by BlackRock, Atlantia S.p.A., Avala Capital, Continental AG, Jericho Capital, NTT v...
03.03.2021	Electric air taxi startup Volocopter raises €200 million in Series D funding	Germany-based urban air mobility (UAM) firm Volocopter has secured €200 million in new funding as it gears up for certification – and commercialisation – for VoloCity, its electric air taxi. The list of new backers is mighty long and includ...
03.03.2021	Volocopter closes $200 million financing round	-
02.03.2021	‘Flying taxi’ startup Volocopter picks up another $241M, says service is now two years out	In a year where mass transit on airplanes, trains and buses has had lower traveler numbers in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, one of the startups hoping to pioneer a totally new approach to getting individuals from A to B — flying taxis ...
24.02.2020	German air taxi startup Volocopter extends Series C funding to €87M to bring air taxi service to reality	Currently, the mobility sector is highly dominated by e-scooters and electric vehicles as these help in reducing harmful emissions. With continuous advancements in this sector, electric air taxis services are said to come into picture to sa...
24.02.2020	Volocopter extends Series C to €87M	Autonomous air taxi startup Volocopter has extended its latest funding round to €87 million with the backing of global logistics provider DB Schenker. Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group, TransLink Capital and Btov Partners also joined the roun...
21.02.2020	Volocopter extends Series C funding to $94M with backing from logistics giant DB Schenker and others	Autonomous air mobility company Volocopter has added to the Series C funding round it announced in September 2019. The German electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft maker announced €50 million ($54 million at today’s exchan...
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21.02.2020	DB Schenker Invests in Volocopter’s €87M Series C Round	Volocopter, a German Urban Air Mobility (UAM) company, received an investment from global logistics service provider DB Schenker. With the deal, Volocopter extended its Series C funding, which now totals €87m. Besides DB Schenker, Mitsui Su...
21.02.2020	Flying taxi startup Volocopter raises $40 million and touts potential IPO	Volocopter, a German company that’s developing autonomous electric takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for commercial air taxi services, has extended its series C funding by another €37 million ($40 million). This takes the round total to ...
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09.09.2019	Volocopter raises $55 million to commercialize flying taxis	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Volocopter, a German company that’s developing el...
09.09.2019	Volocopter raises $55 million to commercialize flying taxis	Volocopter, a German company that’s developing electric takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, announced it has raised €50 million ($55 million) in a series C round of funding led by Chinese automotive company Zhejiang Geely, which owns such...
09.09.2019	Geely invests €50M in Volocopter air taxis	-
09.09.2019	Volocopter Raises €50M in First Closing of Series C Funding Round	Volocopter, a Bruchsal/Frankfurt, Germany-based urban air mobility company, held the €50M first closing of its Series C funding round. The round was led by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group. The first closing will increase the total capital that...
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06.11.2017	Volocopter raises further €5 million for its autonomous flying taxi	Flying taxi Volocopter has raised a further €5 million in funding from Intel and new investor btov Partners. Volocopter is an autonomous flying taxi that can carry two passengers and is capable of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL). The a...
03.08.2017	Volocopter Raises Over €25m in Funding	Volocopter, a Bruchsal, Germany-based flying air taxi startup, raised over €25m in funding. Backers included Daimler, technology investor Lukasz Gadowski from Berlin and further investors. The company intends to use the funds to further exp...
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01.08.2017	Flying autonomous taxi Volocopter raises €25 million from Daimler	German aviation startup Volocopter has raised €25 million from automotive firm Daimler and other investors, including entrepreneur Lukasz Gadowski for its flying autonomous taxi. The new funds will be used for further development of the fir...
01.08.2017	German aviation startup Volocopter secures €25 million to conquer the world with Flying Air Taxis	The objective of making flying possible for everyone has drawn closer: The aviation startup Volocopter just closed a funding deal over €25 million with the German automobile giant Daimler and joined by business angels like Lukasz Gadowski (...
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