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October 17, 2024

Who should save Lilium?

Munich-based flying taxi startup Lilium desperately needs to raise capital — who should the company’s white knight be?


Lilium founders next to eVTOL jet

Flying taxi startup Lilium faces insolvency if it doesn’t raise more capital. Talks with the German government for a €100m loan are reportedly off the table, leaving the country’s tech ecosystem abuzz with discussion over who the company’s white knight should be.

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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is a senior reporter and investigations lead at Sifted. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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