# Vertical Aerospace funding: rounds and investors

> Vertical Aerospace has raised $850M across 2 rounds since 2026. Investors include Y Combinator. Every round with its source.

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

United Kingdom · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Vertical Aerospace*

2 rounds we have observed, with the one investor 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

Raised 8 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$850M** raised across 2 rounds since 2026, from 2 sources

**$79K** Grant **$850M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $850M Mar 2026
- **Step-up i:** 10759.5×
- **Investors:** 1

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.

2027

**$79K** Grant

**$850M** Round

- **First round:** Grant, $79K
- **Biggest round:** $850M

## The rounds

- **Mar 2026** Round **$850M** *1 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Source recorded
- **Feb 2026** Grant **$79K** *1 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Source recorded

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Vertical Aerospace as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Sun Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sun-capital-partners) Private equity Per its own site

## Quick answers about Vertical Aerospace

### Who invested in Vertical Aerospace?

Vertical Aerospace's investors include Y Combinator.

### How much has Vertical Aerospace raised?

Vertical Aerospace has raised $850M across 2 rounds since 2026.

### When did Vertical Aerospace last raise?

Vertical Aerospace's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $850M in Mar 2026.

### What was Vertical Aerospace's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $850M in Mar 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Vertical Aerospace first?

Vertical Aerospace's first round on record, in Feb 2026, was backed by Y Combinator.

### What stage is Vertical Aerospace at?

Vertical Aerospace's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Mar 2026.

### Where is Vertical Aerospace based?

Vertical Aerospace is based in the United Kingdom.

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