Volocopter

Mobility · Bruchsal, DE

Develops electric eVTOL air taxis for urban air mobility.

Founders

Stephan Wolf (Germany · ♂) — After 25 years in software and industrial automation, he conceived a manned multicopter in 2011 and co-founded Volocopter (originally e-Volo) to build electric air taxis.
Alexander Zosel (Germany · ♂) — A lifelong friend of Wolf, he co-founded Volocopter in 2011 to develop the world's first purely electric manned multicopter for urban air mobility.
Thomas Senkel (Germany · ♂) — A physicist and engineer, he co-founded Volocopter and piloted the world's first manned electric multicopter flight in 2011.

Shares the most investors with (number = shared investors):

Date	Round	Amount
Feb 2023	Series D Plus Sumitomo Corporation invested an undisclosed amount in Volocopter as part of its Series E.	—
Nov 2022	Series D Plus German air-taxi unicorn Volocopter raised an additional USD182M in its Series E round from NEOM and GLy Capital Management.	$183M
Mar 2022	Series D Plus Volocopter, a German air-taxi company, raised a US$170M Series E led by WP Investment.	$170M
Mar 2021	Series D Plus German air-taxi startup Volocopter raised an additional EUR200M in its Series D to bring its VoloCity eVTOL to certification.	$200M

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