# Slingshot Aerospace funding: rounds and investors > Slingshot Aerospace has raised $4.8M across 2 rounds since 2017. Investors include Techstars, Alumni Ventures and Gaingels. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/slingshot-aerospace (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Slingshot Aerospace* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 10 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. Aerospace & Space Manufacturing Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$4.8M** raised across 2 rounds since 2017, from 2 sources **$3.3M** Seed **$1.6M** Venture - **Latest round:** Venture, $1.6M Sept 2025 - **Biggest round:** $3.3M Seed · Dec 2017 - **Investors:** 10 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2019 2021 2023 2025 **$3.3M** Seed **$1.6M** Venture - **First round:** Seed, $3.3M - **Biggest round:** $3.3M - **Between rounds:** 7.8 years ## The rounds - **Sept 2025** Venture **$1.6M** *6 new* [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) [Valor Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-equity-partners) Source recorded - **Dec 2017** Seed **$3.3M** *4 new* [Sway](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sway) [Noname Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/noname-ventures) ATX Seed Ventures/ Okapi Stage Reported by FinSMEs ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 4 on the team. - **David Godwin** Executive Officer, Director i - **Melanie Stricklan** Executive Officer, Director i - **Pieter Kreuk** Executive Officer i - **Thomas Ashman** Executive Officer i On the board, as filed i *Christopher Shonk* *Najib Khouri-Haddad* *Rory McMahon* ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Seed** 2017 **Venture** 2025 [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) [Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) [Valor Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-equity-partners) [Sway](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sway) [Noname Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/noname-ventures) ATX Seed Ventures/ Okapi Stage ## Everyone who backed them [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) VC firm **1** round [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) Private equity **1** round [Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) VC firm **1** round [Draper Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-associates) VC firm **1** round [Valor Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-equity-partners) VC firm **1** round [Sway](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sway) VC firm **1** round [Noname Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/noname-ventures) VC firm **1** round ATX Seed Ventures/ Okapi no record of our own yet **1** round Stage no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=slingshot-aerospace). ## Also claim to have backed them These 5 firms list Slingshot Aerospace as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [ATX Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atx-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site [Horizon Technology Finance](https://millionrounds.com/fund/horizon-technology-finance) Venture debt Per its own site [Stage Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stage-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site [Dcode Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dcode-capital) VC firm Per its own site [C16 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/c16-ventures) Corporate VC Per its own site ## Quick answers about Slingshot Aerospace ### Who invested in Slingshot Aerospace? Slingshot Aerospace's investors include Techstars, Alumni Ventures, Gaingels, Right Side Capital Management and Draper Associates, and 5 more on record. ### How much has Slingshot Aerospace raised? Slingshot Aerospace has raised $4.8M across 2 rounds since 2017. ### When did Slingshot Aerospace last raise? Slingshot Aerospace's most recent round was a Venture of $1.6M in Sept 2025. ### What was Slingshot Aerospace's biggest round? Slingshot Aerospace's largest round on record is $3.3M (Seed), in Dec 2017. ### Who backed Slingshot Aerospace first? Slingshot Aerospace's first round on record, in Dec 2017, was backed by Sway, Noname Ventures and ATX Seed Ventures/ Okapi and 1 others. ### What stage is Slingshot Aerospace at? Slingshot Aerospace's latest named round is a Venture, in Sept 2025. ### Where is Slingshot Aerospace based? Slingshot Aerospace is based in the United States. ## Companies like Slingshot Aerospace In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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