The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Lilium: 1 model, 3 deployments across 1 region, $571.0M raised. 2 sources back the record.
Lilium has 1 FAA action pending, per the DEPLOY registry.
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Appears ineVTOL & passenger air mobility
Overview
German eVTOL developer of the Lilium Jet, a seven-seat electric jet with 36 ducted fans. EASA design organization approval. Insolvency proceedings opened 2024-10-24; assets acquired by Mobile Uplift in 2025.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 3 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries C post-money
Key facts
Founded
Founders
Product
SPAC
EASA
Challenges
Data & sources
News coverage
1
Web sources
1
2 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Lilium on the deployment map
View the global map3 verified deployments across 1 region, newest verified Jan 2026. Explore where Lilium's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Lilium deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Daniel Wiegand ceosince 2015-01-01secondary-verified
- Matthias Mezger ctosince 2015-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Daniel Wiegandcofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Lilium.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Lilium3 deployments
Recent coverage
Lilium in third-party press
Meet the 5 air taxis set to define the future of urban mobility in 2026 - Interesting Engineering
Archer and Karem Aircraft Announce Exclusive Collaboration to Utilize Military-Grade Rotor Technology on Archer’s Next-Generation Dual-Use VTOL Aircraft - Archer Aviation - Investor Relations
16th Golden Indie Music Awards winners: Hsien Ching, Robot Swing, Lilium, ELLE SHIMADA, & more sweep awards - bandwagon.asia
Peers
99 peers across 1 segment. Every Lilium competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
drone(99)
57 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 1809.2177305910177) · leader Anduril Industries at 3057%
- AEVEX Aerospacedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ATL Global Holding AGdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aereodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AeroVironmentdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AgXeeddirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AirForestrydirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $571.0M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (4)
Lilium’s 4 disclosed rounds, $571M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series C2020-01-01
$240M(reported) · $2.4B post
Investors: Baillie Gifford (lead), LGT Capital Partners
- Series B2019-01-01
$240M(reported) · $1.9B post
Investors: Tencent (lead), Baillie Gifford
- Series A2017-01-01
$90M(reported) · $540M post
- Seed2015-01-01
$1M(reported) · $4M post
Regulatory filings (1)
- faa_actionfaa action · us_faapending
Linked models: Lilium Jet
Timeline
Every recorded move in Lilium’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
New supplierNew supplier: Denso Corporation
2026-08-23Supply: Electric motors co-developed with Honeywell from Denso Corporation
New supplierNew supplier: Honeywell International
2026-08-23Supply: Electric motors co-developed with Denso from Honeywell International
Funding roundSeries C funding round
2020-01-01Series C raising $240000000
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2019-01-01Series B raising $240000000
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2017-01-01Series A raising $90000000
Funding roundSeed funding round
2015-01-01Seed raising $1000000
Key hireMatthias Mezger joins as cto
2015-01-01Matthias Mezger appointed cto (current)
Key hireDaniel Wiegand joins as ceo
2015-01-01Daniel Wiegand appointed ceo (current)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Lilium Jet Demonstrator Achieves First Main Wing Transition For...
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Test Flight September 28: Lilium Jet Demonstrates Maneuverability
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Lilium Jet eVTOL trailer
- Record createdJun 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment recordedJan 1, 2026
Lilium Jet at Germany
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Medium confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- secondary-established-publication
- Established publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Lilium.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Lilium from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Meet the 5 air taxis set to define the future of urban mobility in 2026 - Interesting Engineering
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Archer and Karem Aircraft Announce Exclusive Collaboration to Utilize Military-Grade Rotor Technology on Archer’s Next-Generation Dual-Use VTOL Aircraft - Archer Aviation - Investor Relations
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16th Golden Indie Music Awards winners: Hsien Ching, Robot Swing, Lilium, ELLE SHIMADA, & more sweep awards - bandwagon.asia
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Archer Aviation Acquires Lilium GmbH Patent Portfolio - Future Transport-News
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Ambitious Air Mobility Group Wants to Invest in Lilium - All-About-Industries
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AAMG forges big plans for Lilium – including military applications - electrive.com
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Wisk Aero and NASA Deepen Research Partnership - Forecast International
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Lilium Jet to fly over greater Houston area from Hobby Airport - InnovationMap
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Lilium Jet Debuts in US at Houston Hobby Airport - Future Transport-News
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Groupe ADP to Expand Lilium Jet eVTOL Infrastructure in France - Airport Industry-News
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UAM Snapshot – Lilium Jet - Forecast International
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Lilium Air Taxi Factory Installs Assembly Equipment - Assembly Magazine
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/lilium.md
- RSS feed: /companies/lilium/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/0e3d091f-39d9-4c56-aa67-ae13ff106e4c
- Revision history: /companies/lilium/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
- Baykar4 models
- Earendil Robotics4 models
Video
This robot is the Lily Catgirl Model 7 which is built by Lilium Robotics. This is perhaps the world's best robotic cat girl so far. The video demonstrates so
This is a short video demonstrating Lily Mini. This robot cat girl was created by lilium robotics and is capable of advanced movement of the arms and legs
Demonstration of the software and chatbot functions for the robot cat girl - Lily Model 7
Short talk showing the Lily Delta V7 head with the Khadas Vim3 SBC
Lilium Robotics presents the AI Robot Head V8 It sits on your desk and is capable of looking around, and talking. There are also additional function. Learn m
Potential for millions of households / companies to have their own robots. Affordable general purpose androids into the lives of millions. Just like personal c
In today's episode we are going to look at the progress of Hands free hectare project. They just robotically harvested the first completely autonomous crop of s
Here's a breakdown of the latest tech news this week, where I talk about how a team from South Korea is helping people with disabilities walk, the plan to get L
A longer demo of the chatbot where multiple complex topics are discussed. Most of the conversation seems quite human.
Explanation video about the Software for the android - Lily Delta V7
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Lilium draws attention at the 60th percentile but verifies reality at the 64th percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap -4.1, 70th widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 3 verified deployments. Thin IP estate relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 6, 2026