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Terrafugia

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Terrafugia (terra-FOO-gee-ah), based inWoburn, MA, is comprised of a team of award-winning engineers who have been advancing the state of personal aircraft since 2006. Founded by five pilots who are graduates of MIT and supported by a world-class network of advisors and private investors, Terrafugia’s mission is the innovative expansion of personal mobility. “Terrafugia” is Latin for “escape from land.”

Recent Milestones

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  Terrafugia received $1M in Venture Round funding. (5/25/12)
  Posted 5/25/12 at 5:31pm via masshightech.com
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  Terrafugia — won special construction exemptions from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for its flying car (6/30/11)
  Posted 6/30/11 at 10:26am via masshightech.com
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  Terrafugia received $960k in Venture Round funding. (12/26/10)
  Posted 12/27/10 at 7:58pm via masshightech.com
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  Terrafugia — Terrafugia to start building flying cars in Woburn (9/8/10)
  Posted 9/9/10 at 3:25am via masshightech.com
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  Terrafugia received $1.53M in Series A funding. (11/11/08)
  Posted 4/6/09 at 10:27pm via sec.gov
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  Terrafugia received $258k in Debt funding. (1/4/07)
  Posted 4/6/09 at 10:27pm via sec.gov
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  Terrafugia received $30k in Seed funding. (5/1/06)
  Posted 4/6/09 at 10:27pm via cnn.com
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  Terrafugia received () in Venture Round funding. (1/1/05)
  Posted 3/18/09 at 8:01am via terrafugia.com
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  Terrafugia added Anna Mracek Dietrich as COO, Co-founder.
  Posted 3/18/09 at 8:01am
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  Terrafugia added Samuel Schweighart as Director, VP of Engineering, Co-founder.
  Posted 3/18/09 at 8:01am
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  Terrafugia added Carl Dietrich as CEO, CTO, Co-founder.
  Posted 3/18/09 at 8:01am
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  Terrafugia added Col. (Ret.) Phil Meteer as Flight Test Coordinator, Test Pilot.
  Posted 3/18/09 at 8:01am
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  Terrafugia added Richard Gersh as VP of Business Development.
  Posted 3/18/09 at 8:01am
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  Terrafugia added Alex Min as Director, VP of Sales & Marketing.
  Posted 3/18/09 at 8:01am
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  Terrafugia added Andrew Heafitz as VP of Product Development.
  Posted 3/18/09 at 8:01am
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  Terrafugia added John Telfeyan as Senior Engineering Technician.
  Posted 3/18/09 at 8:01am

Videos

Screenshots

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Above: Transition® First Flight
Uploaded: 4/9/09

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Sources

1. Privately Funded (terrafugia.com) [edit]
2. The car of the future: It flies (money.cnn.com) [edit]
3. SEC Form D (sec.gov) [edit]
4. SEC Form D (sec.gov) [edit]
5. Terrafugia takes in $960K in new funding (masshightech.com) [edit]
6. Terrafugia gets $1M, tests flying car (masshightech.com) [edit]
Terrafugia to start building flying cars in Woburn (masshightech.com) [edit]
Terrafugia's flying car lands NHTSA exemptions (masshightech.com) [edit]