# Transcend Air funding: rounds and investors

> Transcend Air has raised $200K across 1 round since 2025. Investors include MassVentures. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/transcend-air (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Transcend Air*

One round we have observed, with the one investor named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$200K** raised across 1 round since 2025, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Grant, $200K May 2025
- **Investors:** 1

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **May 2025** Grant **$200K** [MassVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/massventures) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Transcend Air's own website: 17 on the team.

- **Aerospace Manufacturing** Kaman Aerospace - President, oversaw K-MAX helicopter restart
- **Gregory Bruell** CEO
- **Rick Heise** President & Cso Of Swift Engineering
- **Clifford Gunsallus** Chief Engineer
- **Octavian Pintilie** chief programmer
- **Peter H. Schmidt** COO
- **Rick Simmons** Certification Lead / Chief Test Pilot
- **Robert Schulman** Chief Software Officer
- **Andrew Schmertz** VP Marketing
- **John Unghire Iii** VP Sales & Business Development
- **Alina Alexandru** Art Director
- **Dr. Willem Anemaat** Aircraft Design Lead
- **Laszlo Revesz** creative director
- **Megan O'Neil** Director of System Design and Strategy
- **Melissa O'Shea** Airline Sales Lead
- **Paul Keary** Lead Engineer - Aircraft Structures
- **Terry Tomeny** Test & Evaluation Lead

Advisers *Jim Altschul* *Mark Ozenick* *Erik J. Heels* *Mike Rosen* *Vanessa Blakeley*

## Everyone who backed them

[MassVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/massventures) VC firm **1** round

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## Quick answers about Transcend Air

### Who invested in Transcend Air?

Transcend Air's investors include MassVentures.

### How much has Transcend Air raised?

Transcend Air has raised $200K across 1 round since 2025.

### When did Transcend Air last raise?

Transcend Air's most recent round was a Grant of $200K in May 2025.

### What was Transcend Air's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $200K in May 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Transcend Air first?

Transcend Air's first round on record, in May 2025, was backed by MassVentures.

### What stage is Transcend Air at?

Transcend Air's latest named round is a Grant, in May 2025.

### Where is Transcend Air based?

Transcend Air is based in the United States.

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