BLADE

About

BLADE is an application that provides short-distance flight management solutions to its clients.

New York,New York,United States
101 - 250
https://www.blade.com

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Seed
Last Funding Money Raised: $6M
Industries: Aerospace,Crowdsourcing,Travel
Founded date: Jan 1, 2014
Number Of Employee: 101 - 250
Operating Status: Active
Stock Symbol: nasdaq:BLDE
Legal Name: BLADE Urban Air Mobility, Inc
Also Known As: BLADE Urban Air Mobility

BLADE is a technology-powered, short-distance aviation company committed to reducing travel friction by enabling cost-effective air transportation alternatives. They leverage their technology to enable travelers to utilize and enjoy air travel. BLADE arranges on-demand charter and scheduled flights across a diverse accessible fleet of helicopters, jets, turboprops, and seaplanes.

BLADE operates in New York City, Long Island and the Hamptons, Los Angeles, Boston, Washington DC, and many other locations.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

5

$540M

BLADE has raised a total of $540M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on May 10, 2021 from a Post-IPO Equity round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
May 10, 2021	Post-IPO Equity	$125M	6	—	—	Detail
May 10, 2021	IPO	$365M	—	—	—	Detail
Mar 22, 2018	Series B	$38M	4	Colony Northstar Lerer Hippeau	—	Detail
Jul 9, 2016	Series A	$6M	5	David Zaslav Raine Ventures	—	Detail
May 19, 2015	Seed	$6M	7	—	—	Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

4

17

BLADE is funded by 17 investors. Colony Northstar and Lerer Hippeau are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
Colony Northstar	Yes	Series B
Lerer Hippeau	Yes	Series B
Raine Ventures	Yes	Series A
Barry Diller	—	Post-IPO Equity
David Geffen	—	Post-IPO Equity
David Zaslav	—	Post-IPO Equity
HG Vora Capital Management	—	Post-IPO Equity
KSL Capital Partners	—	Post-IPO Equity
Robert Pittman	—	Post-IPO Equity
Airbus	—	Series B