REGENT
YC W21 ↗North Kingstown, US · Founded 2020 · Delaware corporation · 40 employees · 23 known investors
REGENT designs and manufactures Seaglider wing-in-ground-effect aircraft for regional coastal transportation and defense logistics, offering high-speed zero-emission travel between coastal cities and military applications.
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Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W21)
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Billy ThalheimerinFounder
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Michael KlinkerinFounder
Investors · 23
Founders Fund✓ verifiedSan Francisco · $500K – $5Mvia Delian Asparouhov · led
Aurum Venture PartnersPleasanton
Darco CapitalPhiladelphia
E14 FundCambridge · $1M – $5M
Future Planet CapitalLondon
Global BrainTokyo · $100K – $184M
Graph VenturesNew York · $5K – $5M
Kohala VenturesSan Franciscovia Eric del Balso · inferred
MOL SwitchPalo Alto
Muirwoods VenturesSeoul
Olive Tree CapitalBoston
Point72 VenturesNew York · $1M – $75M
The E14 FundCambridge · $1M – $5M
Toba CapitalIrvine · $1M – $10M
TransLink CapitalSilicon Valley · $1M – $5M
VU Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $200K – $1M
Winklevoss CapitalNew York · $100K – $5M
Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K
8090 IndustriesreportedNew York
Lockheed Martin VenturesreportedBethesda
Mark Cubanreported
Trousdale VenturesreportedLos Angeles · $1M – $10M
YAMATO HOLDINGSreported
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements▶$60.5MraisedMar 2024 · 30 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$60.5MraisedMar 2024 · 30 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- William ThalheimerExecutive Officer, Director
- Michael KlinkerExecutive Officer, Director
- Kerem OzmenDirector
- Offering amount
- $61.2M
- Amount sold
- $60.5M
- First sale
- Jul 2023
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2020
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$24.8MraisedJan 2022 · 61 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$24.8MraisedJan 2022 · 61 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- WILLIAM THALHEIMERExecutive Officer, Director
- MICHAEL KLINKERExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $28.8M
- Amount sold
- $24.8M
- First sale
- Dec 2021
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2020
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$8.2MraisedJun 2021 · 33 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$8.2MraisedJun 2021 · 33 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- WILLIAM THALHEIMERExecutive Officer, Director
- MICHAEL KLINKERExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $8.2M
- Amount sold
- $8.2M
- First sale
- Mar 2021
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2020
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
In the news
- It’s a Boat! It’s a Plane! It’s a Flying Boat!inc.com · 2025
- Regent Raises 60m Series | Aviation News Onlineaviationnews-online.com · 2023
- REGENT Craft raises $60 million, partners with Japan Airlines - AeroTimeaerotime.aero · 2023
- Regent aims to fly its electric seagliders over the waterways of Japancnbc.com · 2023
- With new investors and a full-size prototype on the way, R.I.-based seaglider company looks to take off - The Boston Globebostonglobe.com · 2023
- REGENT Lands Strategic Investment From Japan Airlinesaviationweek.com · 2023
- REGENT Raises $60M Series A to Define New Era of Sustainable Transportationglobenewswire.com
