Grid Aero ↗
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Total raised
$5.6M
1 round on record
Latest round
$5.6M
Venture round · Nov 2024 · 22 mo ago
Team
14
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025
Backers
2
Geodesic Capital, Ubiquity Ventures
The money's age
Due for its next round
22 months since the last round · not hiring
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Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Nov 2024 | $5.6M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Grid Aero, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Brandon FlorianExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Alex KrollExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Chinmay PatelExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Arthur Paul Dubois TaineExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Geodesic Capital 
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News
Reuters April 9, 2026 Grid Aero's Arthur Dubois on reinventing logistics with autonomous cargo planes View More View More
Grid Aero's Arthur Dubois on reinventing logistics with autonomous cargo planes
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BSV Podcast 0085: Grid Aero
Balerion Senior Associate Aidan Daoussis sits down with Brandon Florian, Co-founder & Chief Commercial Officer of Grid Aero, to discuss autonomous logistics.
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Contested Logistics Reimagined: The Case for Dual-Use Air System…
Contested Logistics Reimagined: The Case for Dual-Use Air Systems The Pair Program Ep91 In this episode of The Pair Program, we're joined by Arthur Dubois, CEO of…
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Grid Aero raises $20 million to scale autonomous airlift aircraft UAS Magazine
Grid Aero has raised $20 million in Series A funding to scale its autonomous long-range airlift aircraft. The startup aims to deploy low-cost, uncrewed platforms for contested logistics, humanitarian missions and remote operations.
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Inside the future of aviation with the CEO of Grid Aero
Aerospace engineer Arthur Dubois, Grid Aero's CEO, argues that autonomy in the air coming faster than autonomy on our roads.
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Grid Aero Raises $20 Million As It Preps To Begin Flying Long-Range Cargo UAS
Grid Aero on Jan. 26 said it has raised $20 million in a funding round to move the Lifter Lite long-range, autonomous unmanned aircraft system (UAS) into flight testing and …
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Grid Aero Raises $20M to Scale its Cargo Drone
We've said it before, and we'll say it again: Everyone loves a tiny plane. On Monday, Grid Aero, a California-based startup building autonomous
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Axios January 27, 2026 Grid Aero eyes additional airlift following 20 million raise View More View More
Grid Aero eyes additional airlift following 20 million raise
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Autonomous heavy-lift cargo aircraft company Grid Aero completes USD20 million finance round
Autonomous heavy-lift cargo aircraft company Grid Aero completes USD20 million finance round
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Brandon Florian
Executive Officer, Director
Alex Kroll
Executive Officer
Chinmay Patel
Executive Officer
Arthur Paul Dubois Taine
Executive Officer, Director
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Palo Alto
United States
HQ
10-50 est. staff
Financials
Total raised
$5.6M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2024 | $5.6M | Details |