Supersonic Jet Startup Boom Technology Is Now a Unicorn

The company expects to test a prototype next year. 

A model of a Boom Supersonic passenger jet.

Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
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Boom Technology Inc., a Colorado-based startup working on a new supersonic aircraft, is raising a $50 million funding round that will bring the company’s valuation to more than $1 billion, according to Chief Executive Officer Blake Scholl.

The investment, led by WRVI Capital’s Michael Marks, brings Boom’s total funding to $210 million, and takes the company one step closer to its objective of broadly accessible high-speed flight.