{"id":30761,"date":"2025-06-30T10:01:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T08:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highest-darmstadt.de\/news\/uncategorized\/wingcopter-takes-off-tu-darmstadt-spin-off-secures-fresh-capital-and-expands-executive-team\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T22:56:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T21:56:44","slug":"wingcopter-takes-off-tu-darmstadt-spin-off-secures-fresh-capital-and-expands-executive-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highest-darmstadt.de\/en\/news\/news-en\/wingcopter-takes-off-tu-darmstadt-spin-off-secures-fresh-capital-and-expands-executive-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Wingcopter takes off: TU Darmstadt spin-off secures fresh capital and expands executive team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    <section id=\"text-default-block-block_918b1eb78918a159ff940ff376705168\" class=\"container-fluid text-default text-default-block\">\n        <div class=\"inner-container\">\n            <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n                <div class=\"container\">\n                    <div class=\"row\">\n                        <div class=\"col col-sm-10 offset-sm-1 offset-lg-2 col-lg-8\">\n\n                            \n                                \n                                \n                                \n                                    \n                                    <div class=\"row text-wrapper container-69dec703e6375\">\n\n                                        \n                                                                                                                                                                                                <div class=\"col intro\">\n                                                        <div>\n<p>Mit seiner j\u00fcngsten Finanzierungsrunde schreibt das TU Darmstadt-Spin-off <strong>Wingcopter<\/strong> ein neues Kapitel in der. Das Unternehmen mit Sitz in Weiterstadt, spezialisiert auf hochleistungsf\u00e4hige Liefer- und Vermessungsdrohnen, hat sich frisches Kapital vom Nordic Secondary Fund, weiteren Bestandsinvestoren und der Europ\u00e4ischen Investitionsbank gesichert \u2013 ein starkes Signal f\u00fcr das Vertrauen in die technologische Exzellenz und Wachstumsstrategie des Start-ups.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                            \n                                            \n                                            \n                                            \n                                            \n                                        \n                                            \n                                            \n                                            \n                                                                                                                                                                                                <div class=\"col text\">\n                                                        <div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u00dcberzeugt hat vor allem Wingcopters Fortschritt bei der internationalen Musterzulassung des Wingcopter 198 sowie die Ausweitung des Gesch\u00e4ftsmodells auf drohnenbasierte Vermessung kritischer Infrastrukturen mittels LiDAR. Gleichzeitig st\u00e4rkt das Unternehmen seine F\u00fchrungsstruktur: Mit Dr. Bernhard Klumpp (Co-CEO) und Tobias Jordan (CFO) erg\u00e4nzen zwei erfahrene Top-Manager das bestehende Gr\u00fcnderteam um Tom Pl\u00fcmmer und Jonathan Hesselbarth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>HIGHEST gratuliert Wingcopter herzlich zu diesem Meilenstein<\/strong> und sieht in der Entwicklung ein beispielhaftes Modell f\u00fcr technologiebasierte Gr\u00fcndungen mit globaler Strahlkraft. Die Erfolgsgeschichte von Wingcopter zeigt eindrucksvoll, welches Innovationspotenzial in wissenschaftsnahen Ausgr\u00fcndungen steckt \u2013 und wie aus vision\u00e4ren Ideen marktf\u00e4hige L\u00f6sungen entstehen, die nachhaltige Wirkung entfalten.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Wingcopter steht damit sinnbildlich f\u00fcr das, was wir f\u00f6rdern wollen: Technologische Exzellenz, mutige Gr\u00fcndung, internationale Ambition.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Wir sind stolz, Teil dieses \u00d6kosystems zu sein und freuen uns auf viele weitere \u201eH\u00f6henfl\u00fcge\u201c aus der TU Darmstadt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                            \n                                            \n                                        \n                                    <\/div>\n\n                                \n                                \n               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