Bruchsal\/ Munich \u2014 SITA, the worl\u00add\u2019s leading specia\u00adlist for commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons and infor\u00adma\u00adtion tech\u00adno\u00adlogy in avia\u00adtion, has joined Volo\u00adc\u00adop\u00adter as a new inves\u00adtor in the Series E finan\u00adcing round and will become its digi\u00adtal and IT systems part\u00adner for vertiports.<\/p>\n
SITA was selec\u00adted by Volo\u00adc\u00adop\u00adter as the prefer\u00adred digi\u00adtal and IT systems part\u00adner for Verti\u00adports. Under this agree\u00adment, SITA is the latest inves\u00adtor to parti\u00adci\u00adpate in Volo\u00adc\u00adop\u00adter\u2019s Series E funding round, under\u00adpin\u00adning the stra\u00adte\u00adgic vision of this part\u00adner\u00adship. A team led by D\u00fcssel\u00addorf-based Heuking part\u00adner Dr. Martin Imhof provi\u00added legal advice to SITA on the successful invest\u00adment and conclu\u00adsion of a stra\u00adte\u00adgic part\u00adner\u00adship with Volocopter.<\/p>\n
Volo\u00adc\u00adop\u00adter is a pioneer in the field of urban air mobi\u00adlity (UAM). The company is deve\u00adlo\u00adping elec\u00adtric verti\u00adcal take-off passen\u00adger cabs (eVTOL) and cargo drones that will fly auto\u00adno\u00admously. Volo\u00adc\u00adop\u00adter brings air mobi\u00adlity to the worl\u00add\u2019s mega\u00adci\u00adties, provi\u00adding sustainable and scalable UAM ecosys\u00adtems with infra\u00adstruc\u00adture and opera\u00adti\u00adons part\u00adners to enable a new kind of trans\u00adpor\u00adta\u00adtion. Volo\u00adc\u00adop\u00adter GmbH, head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in Bruch\u00adsal, Germany, was foun\u00added in 2011 and today employs more than 500 people in Germany and Singa\u00adpore. The company has seve\u00adral inves\u00adtors, inclu\u00adding Geely, NEOM, Merce\u00addes-Benz Group, Intel Capi\u00adtal, Honey\u00adwell and BlackRock.<\/p>\n
In 2022, Volo\u00adc\u00adop\u00adter laun\u00adched a new Series E funding round to advance the global certi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion process with EASA, FAA and other avia\u00adtion autho\u00adri\u00adties, as well as the launch of commer\u00adcial air taxi services in cities such as Singa\u00adpore, Osaka, Rome and Paris.<\/p>\n
SITA is the IT provi\u00adder for the air trans\u00adport indus\u00adtry, deli\u00adve\u00adring solu\u00adti\u00adons for airlines, airports, aircraft, govern\u00adments and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal orga\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adons. The Group designs, deve\u00adlops and supports tech\u00adno\u00adlogy solu\u00adti\u00adons with the aim of faci\u00adli\u00adta\u00adting all steps of an air jour\u00adney. SITA Group covers 95% of all inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal desti\u00adna\u00adti\u00adons and works with over 2,800 avia\u00adtion and public sector custo\u00admers in all parts of the world. SITA employs more than 4,500 people and opera\u00adtes in 126 count\u00adries worldwide.<\/p>\n
Advi\u00adsor to SITA: Heuking K\u00fchn L\u00fcer Wojtek<\/strong> Bruchsal\/ Munich \u2014 SITA, the worl\u00add\u2019s leading specia\u00adlist for commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons and infor\u00adma\u00adtion tech\u00adno\u00adlogy in avia\u00adtion, has joined Volo\u00adc\u00adop\u00adter as a new inves\u00adtor in the Series E finan\u00adcing round and will become its digi\u00adtal and IT systems part\u00adner for verti\u00adports. SITA was selec\u00adted by Volo\u00adc\u00adop\u00adter as the prefer\u00adred digi\u00adtal and IT systems part\u00adner for Verti\u00adports. Under [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1366],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nDr. Martin Imhof (Lead Part\u00adner, Corporate\/M&A)<\/strong>,
\nSlaven Kova\u00adce\u00advic (co-lead, VC\/PE),
\nSebas\u00adtian Poll\u00admeier (Commer\u00adcial and Corpo\u00adrate Law),
\nDr. Chris\u00adtiane Vikto\u00adria Krumme (Corpo\u00adrate Law\/M&A),
\nAstrid Lued\u00adtke (IT\/IP),
\nBeatrice Stange, LL.M. (Anti\u00adtrust Law\/Unfair Compe\u00adti\u00adtion), all in D\u00fcsseldorf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"