Funding Round Boosts China’s Volant EVTOL

Graham Warwick April 27, 2026 Volant is conducting crewed flight tests of the VE25-100 eVTOL air taxi. Credit: Volant Aerotech Attracting its first investment from the Middle East, Chinese startup Volant Aerotech has raised more $300 million to continued development of its VE25-100 air taxi. Shanghai-based Volant says the Series C round led by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) private equity company