Virgin Hyperloop

About

Virgin Hyperloop is a developer of a transportation technology used to deliver fast, direct, and sustainable transportation at scale.

Los Angeles,California,United States
251 - 500
https://virginhyperloop.com/

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Series B
Last Funding Money Raised: $85M
Industries: Industrial Engineering,Logistics,Transportation,Travel
Founded date: Jan 1, 2014
Number Of Employee: 251 - 500
Operating Status: Active
Legal Name: Hyperloop Technologies, Inc.
Also Known As: Hyperloop Technologies, Hyperloop One

Virgin Hyperloop is a developer of a transportation technology used to deliver fast, direct, and sustainable transportation at scale. Its technology is a first-generation vehicle system that makes trains go as fast as 760 miles per hour and utilizes a vacuum tube designed for transportation of people and cargo that enables companies to have direct movement of freight and people to travel quicker from origin to destination.

It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

9

$368.42M

Virgin Hyperloop has raised a total of $368.42M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on May 13, 2019 from a Series Unknown round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
May 13, 2019	Series Unknown	$172.22M	—	—	—	Detail
May 22, 2018	Secondary Market	—	—	—	—	Detail
Dec 18, 2017	Private Equity（PE）	$50M	6	Caspian VC Partners DP World Group Virgin Group	—	Detail
Sep 21, 2017	Series B	$85M	6	—	—	Detail
Oct 13, 2016	Convertable Note	$50M	1	DP World Group	—	Detail

Investments

Number of Investments

Number of Lead Investments

4

0

Virgin Hyperloop has made 4 investments. Their most recent investment was on Dec 15, 2021, when Swimply raised $40M.

Date Company Name	Round	Money Raised	Industry	Lead Investor
Dec 15, 2021 Swimply	Series Unknown	$40M	Marketplace	—
Aug 16, 2018 SFOX	Series A	$23M	Bitcoin	—
Jun 8, 2018 Starship Technologies	Seed	$25M	Artificial Intelligence	—
Feb 8, 2017 Tourlane	Seed	$1.50M	Internet	—

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

6

35

Virgin Hyperloop is funded by 35 investors. Caspian VC Partners and DP World Group are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
Caspian VC Partners	Yes	Private Equity（PE）
DP World Group	Yes	Private Equity（PE）
Virgin Group	Yes	Private Equity（PE）
ACME Capital	Yes	Series Unknown
China Investment Corporation	—	Private Equity（PE）
Manta Ray Ventures	—	Private Equity（PE）
Russian Direct Investment Fund	—	Private Equity（PE）
OurCrowd	—	Series B
Jaws Ventures	—	Series B
Kaspar Ventures, LLC	—	Series B