Volund Manufacturing
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About
Volund Manufacturing is a Huntington Beach, California-based defense propulsion startup founded in 2025 by Eric Hostetler (CEO), Steven Stanley (CTO), Ken Spaulding (Chief Manufacturing Officer), and James Sonntag (COO) 123. The company designs and manufactures low-cost gas turbine engines for attritable defense systems such as cruise missiles and unmanned aerial systems, using a vertically integrated factory model that pairs proprietary digital manufacturing systems with in-house CAD-to-floor automation 13. The team includes veterans from Anduril, Apple, Aerojet Rocketdyne, Blue Origin, Yeti, and Oakley 13. Volund is working with integrators including Anduril, Raytheon, and Lockheed Martin, and aims to produce hundreds of engines per year by end-2027 and thousands per year by 2028 3.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-04 | Seed | $12M | Root Ventures, Squadra | Output Capital, Marlinspike, Alpha Delta Ventures, First In 123 |
What Investors Say
No independently sourced investor commentary on the round was found at time of profile creation.
What Founders Say
CEO Eric Hostetler said: “We’re building a new factory model that’s optimized for this new world of attributable mass.” 1
Hostetler also said the team will use the new capital to scale up R&D and “supercharge engineering efforts.” 3
Sources
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Tectonic Defense, “Exclusive: Volund Manufacturing Raises $12M Seed,” June 4, 2026. Accessed June 11, 2026. https://www.tectonicdefense.com/exclusive-volund-manufacturing-raises-12m-seed/↩↩↩↩↩
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Dealroom.co, “Volund Manufacturing raises $12M seed led by Root Ventures to build low-cost gas turbine engines,” June 2026. Accessed June 11, 2026. https://app.dealroom.co/news/note/volund-manufacturing-raises-12m-seed-led-by-root-ventures-to-build-low-cost-gas-turbine-engines↩↩
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citybiz, “Volund Manufacturing Raises $12 Million Seed Round to Scale Defense Propulsion Production,” June 2026. Accessed June 11, 2026. https://www.citybiz.co/article/858659/volund-manufacturing-raises-12-million-seed-round-to-scale-defense-propulsion-production/↩↩↩↩↩↩