Velos Rotors
UAV heavy-lift helicopter manufacturer; Marathon Venture Capital portfolio company.
Velos Rotors designs and manufactures electric heavy-lift UAV helicopters, founded in 2011 by Aris Kolokythas and Tassos Argyros. It launched its first product, the Velos 880, in 2014, followed by the Velos UAV (2016), V2 (2019), and V3 (2021) platforms serving payload and long-endurance use cases. The company is a Marathon Venture Capital portfolio company.
Overview
- Headquarters
- Xylokastro, Greece
- Founded
- 2011
- Employees
- ~10
- Total funding
- Stage
- Status
- active
- Domains
- Website
- velos-rotors.com
Founders2
- FounderAris KolokythasFounded Velos Rotors in 2011 as CTO, pairing electronics/aviation engineering with childhood friend Tasso Argyros's angel funding; still leading engineering as of the 2023 Marathon VC raise.
- FounderTasso ArgyrosChildhood friend of Kolokythas who provided founding angel capital and co-founder credit for Velos Rotors in 2011, while running his primary career in US big-data/martech.
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Frequently asked
- What does Velos Rotors do?
- Velos Rotors designs and manufactures electric heavy-lift UAV helicopters, founded in 2011 by Aris Kolokythas and Tassos Argyros. It launched its first product, the Velos 880, in 2014, followed by the Velos UAV (2016), V2 (2019), and V3 (2021) platforms serving payload and long-endurance use cases. The company is a Marathon Venture Capital portfolio company.
- Where is Velos Rotors headquartered?
- Velos Rotors is headquartered in Xylokastro, Greece and was founded in 2011.
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Velos Rotors began designing its UAV helicopter platform in 2011, launched the Velos 880 in 2014, and later developed the Velos UAV, V2, and V3 platforms.
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