Joby Aviation
All-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxi aircraft
- Sector
- Aerospace
- Headquarters
- SANTA CRUZ, CA
- Founded
- 2020
- Latest Form D
- $50M offered, Aug 2026
- Total capital
- $560M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $560M
- 3 Form D · last Aug 2026
- 2 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 8
- 4 pending · first 2016
- Rank in peer group#23 of 187
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Offering registeredForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$50M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$500M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$60M
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Standing among 187 peers
Line = medianAerospace · Device
- Granted patents#23 · top 12%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- JoeBen BevirtResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by 7 patents
- Aicha EvansDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Bonny SimiExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Didier PapadopoulosExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Dipender SalujaDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Eric AllisonExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 19 people
- Greg BowlesExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Halimah DeLaine PradoDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Halimah PradoDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- James KuffnerDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Justin LangExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Kate DeHoffExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Laura WrightDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Matthew FieldExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Michael HuertaDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Michael ThompsonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Paul SciarraDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Reid HoffmanDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Tetsuo OgawaDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 8 granted of 12- GrantedVtol Aircraft Using Rotors To Simulate Rigid Wing Aero DynamicsUSPTOUS 11,130,566
- GrantedAerodynamically Efficient Lightweight Vertical Take-off And Landing Aircraft With Pivoting Rotors And Stowing Rotor BladesUSPTOUS 10,625,852
- GrantedAerodynamically Efficient Lightweight Vertical Take-off And Landing Aircraft With Pivoting Rotors And Stowing Rotor BladesUSPTOUS 10,556,700
Show all 12 patent records
- Vtol Aircraft Using Rotors To Simulate Rigid Wing Aero DynamicsSep 28, 2021 · US 11,130,566Granted
- Aerodynamically Efficient Lightweight Vertical Take-off And Landing Aircraft With Pivoting Rotors And Stowing Rotor BladesApr 21, 2020 · US 10,625,852Granted
- Aerodynamically Efficient Lightweight Vertical Take-off And Landing Aircraft With Pivoting Rotors And Stowing Rotor BladesFeb 11, 2020 · US 10,556,700Granted
- Articulated Electric Propulsion System With Fully Stowing Blades And Lightweight Vertical Take-Off And Landing Aircraft Using SameJun 11, 2019 · US 10,315,760Granted
- Impact Resistant Propeller System, Fast Response Electric Propulsion System And Lightweight Vertical Take-Off And Landing Aircraft Using SameAug 14, 2018 · US 10,046,855Granted
- Aerodynamically Efficient Lightweight Vertical Take-off And Landing Aircraft With Multi-configuration Wing Tip Mounted RotorsJul 31, 2018 · US 10,035,587Granted
- Aerodynamically Efficient Lightweight Vertical Take-off And Landing Aircraft With Pivoting Rotors And Stowing Rotor BladesJul 4, 2017 · US 9,694,911Granted
- Aerodynamically Efficient Lightweight Vertical Take-Off And Landing Aircraft With Multi-Configuration Wing Tip Mounted RotorsDec 27, 2016 · US 9,527,581Granted
- Vtol Aircraft Using Rotors To Simulate Rigid Wing DynamicsApplication 62416168Pending
- Aerodynamically Efficient Lightweight Vertical Take-off And Landing Aricraft With Pivoting Rotors And Stowing Rotor BladesApplication PCTUS2015021350Pending
- Aerodynamically Efficient Lightweight Vertical Take-off And Landing Aircraft With Pivoting Rotors And Stowing Rotor BladesApplication PCTUS2015021344Pending
- Vtol Aircraft Using Rotors To Simulate Rigid Wing DynamicsApplication PCTUS2017059809Pending
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Regulatory activity · Aerospace
- Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Special Conditions: AMAC Aerospace, The Boeing Company Model 747- 8 Airplane; Side-Facing SeatsFederal Aviation Administration
- Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
- Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International AirportFederal Aviation Administration
- Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia AirportFederal Aviation Administration
- Special Conditions: Honeywell Aerospace US LLC, Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 900EX Airplane; Electronic System Security Protection From Unauthorized External AccessFederal Aviation Administration
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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