# Wardstone funding: rounds and investors

> Wardstone has raised $500K across 1 round since 2025. Investors include Y Combinator and Pioneer Fund. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Pre-seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Wardstone*

One round we have observed, with the 2 investors 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.

Aerospace & Space

Raised 11 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$500K** raised across 1 round since 2025, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Pre-seed, $500K Dec 2025
- **Investors:** 2

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Dec 2025** Pre-seed **$500K** [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Pioneer Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pioneer-fund-2) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Wardstone's own website: 5 founders, 1 on the team.

**Sebastian Fischer** Co-Founder, CEO

**Tobias Fischer** Co-Founder, CTO

**Ezekiel Bugay** Founding Engineer - Propulsion

**Mason Gawler** Founding Engineer - Avionics & Simulation

**Robert Alviani** Founding Engineer - Aerodynamics

- **Aidan Gilkerson** Strategy and Growth Lead

Advisers *Gur Kimchi* *Ret. Maj. Gen. Charles Corcoran*

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

[Pioneer Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pioneer-fund-2) Private equity **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Wardstone 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.

[Ritual Capital Management Company, LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ritual-capital-management-company-llc) Investor Per its own site

[Shor Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shor-capital) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Wardstone

### Who invested in Wardstone?

Wardstone's investors include Y Combinator and Pioneer Fund.

### How much has Wardstone raised?

Wardstone has raised $500K across 1 round since 2025.

### When did Wardstone last raise?

Wardstone's most recent round was a Pre-seed of $500K in Dec 2025.

### What was Wardstone's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $500K in Dec 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Wardstone first?

Wardstone's first round on record, in Dec 2025, was backed by Y Combinator and Pioneer Fund.

### What stage is Wardstone at?

Wardstone's latest named round is a Pre-seed, in Dec 2025.

### Where is Wardstone based?

Wardstone is based in the United States.

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