Blade (Series A)
Funding Details
- Awarder
- Inbox
- Date Award
- July 22, 2016
- Vertical
- Aviation
- Funding URL
- View Funding Page
Company Info
- Organizations Involved
- Airbus Helicopters, Colony NorthStar, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, LionTree Partners
- Founders
- Rob Wiesenthal
- Company Description
- BLADE is an asset-light and digitally powered consumer aviation company bringing back the golden age of aviation. We leverage our technology and on-the-ground customer experience network to enable travelers to utilize and enjoy air travel that up until now was only available to owners and charterers of private aircraft. Our unmatched tech platform bridges the needs of consumers and aviation operators to significantly reduce consumers' cost of air travel on private aircraft by maximizing passenger capacity utilization.
- Market
- Consumer Aviation
- Location
- New York, New York, USA
- Coinvestors
- David Zaslav, Raine Ventures