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Pluto Aerospace

Pluto Aerospace is a West Lafayette, Indiana-based startup developing affordable access to hypersonic flight testing. Their recoverable DASH rocket carries customer experiments to approximately Mach 5 and returns hardware for inspection, with flights starting at $50,000 and lead times of 60-90 days. The company aims to expand flight cadence, grow its team, and increase production of its solid rocket motors.

Total raised
Undisclosed
tracked to date
Latest round
Seed
Oct 30, 2026
Known investors
5
led by FUSE

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Funding history

  1. 1
    $2.5MSeedOct 30, 2026

    Led by FUSE

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Founder

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Chris Nilsen
founder and chief executive officer

Investors in Pluto Aerospace

Backers from this company's tracked funding rounds.

  • FFUSELead investorVC firm
  • EElevate VenturesVC firm
  • PPaul StahuraAngel
  • PPurdue Research FoundationVC firm
  • TThirdRail VenturesVC firm

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