Radical

Radical builds persistent high-altitude aircraft infrastructure. The Seattle company is a Y Combinator W23 startup developing solar-powered aerial systems for long-duration operations in the sky.

Facts

Segment: Aerial Robotics And Drones
Country: United States
Founded: 2022
Website: https://www.radicalaero.com/

Funding

2024-04-24 - Seed - $4.5M - Radical raises $4.5M seed round - Radical raised a $4.5 million seed round to develop solar-powered high-altitude autonomous aircraft. - source: techcrunch.com

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Investors

Inflection Mercury Fund - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-04-24
Scout Ventures - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-04-24
Y Combinator - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-04-24

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Market context

Comparable profiles and adjacent companies connected by shared workflow, capability, or stack position.

Airbus UpNext - comparable profile - peer: Aerial Autonomy Builder
EHang Holdings Limited - comparable profile - peer: Aerial Autonomy Builder
SPARO / 硅羽科技 - comparable profile - peer: Aerial Autonomy Builder

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Team

James Thomas - Founder
Cyriel Notteboom - Founder

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