# Vertical Aerospace: company

Canonical ID: `d2e6da72-bc7e-457b-9869-3f3f4ff4d8aa`

## Key facts

- **Founded:** 2016, Bristol, UK
- **Founder:** Stephen Fitzpatrick (CEO, ex-OVO Energy founder)
- **Product:** VX4 eVTOL - tilt-rotor design; 4 passengers + pilot; designed for short-haul urban and regional flights
- **Funding:** Series A $25M; B $315M; C $205M; total ~$545M+
- **SPAC:** Merged with Broadstone 2021; NYSE: EVTL
- **CAA:** UK CAA certification in progress; first crewed flight achieved 2023; American Airlines pre-order
- **Strategic:** Rolls-Royce partnership on propulsion; Honeywell avionics; GKN Aerospace structures

- **Slug:** vertical-aerospace

## Models

- [VX4](/models/vx4.md) (aerial) (id: `984f70fe-7fb2-429c-b48f-ccd2f69cdf8c`)

## Current leadership (1)

- [Stephen Fitzpatrick](/people/stephen-fitzpatrick.md) ceo (secondary-verified)

## Supplies to

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## Sources (2)

1. https://vertical-aerospace.com/
2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr584e15l7do

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