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Financials
Funding and backers
Total raised
$400k
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$250k
Convertible Note · Feb 2025 · 19 mo ago
Team
6
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Aug 2025
Backers
1
Y Combinator
The money's age
Due for its next round
19 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Feb 25, 2025
Raised a round Convertible Note $250k · SEC Form D
Jun 7, 2023
Launched Velontra Introduces the Bronco: A Hypersonic Engine for State-of-the-Art Aviation and U.S. Military Use · wrbl.com
Jun 2022
Went through Y Combinator
Jun 10, 2021
Raised a round Venture round $150k · SEC Form D
2021
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 7%
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Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convertible Note | Feb 2025 | $250k | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Jun 2021 | $150k | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Velontra LLC | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Joel DarinExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Mark Longenecker Jr.Executive OfficerSEC Form D
Robert Keane IIIExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Zachary GreenExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Craig WheldenExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Eric BriggsExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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News
Small Sat or Bust
Small Sat or Bust Find Velontra CEO, Robert Keane, in the Purple to talk about the most Affordable and Reliable LEO access! " The Small Satellite Conference, also known as SmallSat, has become internationally recognized as the premier conference on small
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Go Bronco! Go Bearcats!
Go Bronco! Go Bearcats! We had a blast hosting John Weidner, Dean of Engineering at UC, and Ryan Hays, Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer at UC during a demonstration of our powerful Bronco engine! The University of Cincinnati's aerospace division cont
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Afterburner Hardware
Afterburner Hardware Velontra picked up some new hardware made of nickel super alloy. Thanks, Chris Beck at Innovative 3D Manufacturing and Keith Brady at Renishaw. Looks beautiful! Excited to see it on a test stand. Stay tuned. https://www.innovative3dm.
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Summer Whites
Summer Whites Velontra is proud to have hosted two midshipmen from the United States Naval Academy, Sam Anglen and Ethan Schneider, for a summer internship and collaboration. During their time with us, they were exposed to real engineering projects, propo
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Senator Brown Supporting Aerospace in the Birthplace
Senator Brown Supporting Aerospace in the Birthplace Velontra recently had the pleasure of hosting Senator Sherrod Brown's State Director, John Ryan, and Southwest Regional Director, Joyce Frazier-Powdrill. They took a tour of our test facility and witnes
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Featured in Forbes
Featured in Forbes Velontra is accelerating quickly and literally. With VC funding and multiple government contracts, we have rapidly developed our unique hypersonic technology. The air-breathing propulsion system has been tested at our facility and now i
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Velontra Introduces the Bronco: A Hypersonic Engine for State-of-the-Art Aviation and U.S. Military Use
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Velontra Hypersonic Space Plane Flies into Y-Combinator
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
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Birthplace of Aviation
Velontra is excited to be actively involved in the Ohio ecosystem. We are developing cutting edge hypersonic technology a few miles away from where the Wright brothers built the world's first flying machine. We were very honored to be featured by TechOhio
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People
Joel Darin
Executive Officer, Director
Mark Longenecker Jr.
Executive Officer
Robert Keane III
Executive Officer, Director
Zachary Green
Executive Officer, Director
Craig Whelden
Executive Officer
Eric Briggs
Executive Officer, Director
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Cincinnati
United States
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