Investors: Khosla Ventures, Canaan Partners, Founders Fund, RTX Ventures, Bling Capital, In-Q-Tel, Cox Enterprises, Socium Ventures, Destiny Tech100, Georgia Tech Foundation, 137 Ventures, GSBackers
Hermeus closed $350M Series C ($200M equity, $150M debt) to scale manufacturing and build multiple hypersonic aircraft variants simultaneously, reaching $1B valuation.
View article →Investors: Khosla Ventures (lead), Canaan Partners, Founders Fund, RTX Ventures, Bling Capital, In-Q-Tel, Cox Enterprises (via Socium Ventures), Destiny Tech100, Georgia Tech Foundation, 137 Ventures, GSBackers, Silicon Valley Bank (First Citizens division), Pinegrove Venture Partners, Hercules Capital, Trinity Capital
Hermeus closed $350M Series C ($200M equity, $150M debt) led by Khosla Ventures, reaching $1B unicorn valuation to scale production of Quarterhorse hypersonic demonstrator aircraft.
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Hardware testing platform Nominal closed Series B-2 at $1B valuation, then secured $53M Air Force IDIQ to standardize DoD test infrastructure, the real inflection point.
Hermeus Gets FAA Supersonic Green Light, Closes $350M Series C
Hermeus closed a $350M Series C and received FAA authorization for supersonic flights within 48 hours, positioning itself as the Pentagon's first commercially operated hypersonic testbed.
Hermeus hits $1B valuation on $350M Series C, Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 in flight
Hermeus closed $350M Series C led by Khosla Ventures, reaching unicorn status days after successfully flying Quarterhorse Mk 2.1—a delta-wing hypersonic demonstrator the size of an F-16—positioning the startup to move from prototype to DoD-ready production.
Venture-backed defense aviation company building the Quarterhorse high-Mach uncrewed testbed aircraft.
Hypersonic aircraft startup developing Mach 5 passenger and military vehicles powered by proprietary turbine engines.
Hypersonic aircraft developer building Mach 5 capable vehicles for military and commercial point-to-point travel.
Hypersonic aircraft startup developing Mach 5 capable vehicles for defense reconnaissance and commercial passenger transport.
Hypersonic aircraft startup developing Mach 5 capable vehicles for rapid global transport and defense.