Ctrip and Japan Airlines-backed supersonic aircraft developer Boom has completed a $100m series B round that brought its total funding to more than $140m.
Boom Supersonic, a US-based supersonic aviation developer backed by air carrier Japan Airlines and travel agency Ctrip, closed a $100m series B round on Friday led by impact investment firm Emerson Collective.
Y Combinator Continuity, the mid-stage venture capital fund operated by accelerator Y Combinator, also took part in the round alongside venture capital firms Caffeinated Capital and SV Angel and assorted angel investors.
Founded in 2014, Boom is working on a supersonic jet called Overture that will reach Mach…
Thierry Heles
Thierry Heles is editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast.
