Velontra (Founding)

Funding Details
Awarder
YCombinator
Date Award
July 12, 2022
Vertical
Industrials,Aviation and Space
Funding URL
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Company Info
Founding Year
2022
Company Description
Velontra is building a hypersonic space plane that can takeoff from anywhere in any weather. This horizontal takeoff increases launch reliability and enables customers to directly access any orbit. Our air-breathing propulsion system is up to 6 times more fuel efficient than any rocket, and uses oxygen from the air which creates thousands of pounds of additional payload capacity. We have millions in current government/commercial contracts and LOI’s. We have assembled a team of industry experts, government senior executives, and a NASA astronaut. The hypersonic space plane will work by taking off from any runway with a jet propulsion system. Next, it will climb to over 100,000’ and Mach 5. At this point, it will launch a 2nd stage rocket directly into the desired Low Earth Orbit. Velontra is “boldly going where no one has gone before.”
Market
Industrials
Location
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Coinvestors
YCombinator

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