# Canopy Aerospace & Defense

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/canopy-aerospace-defense

- Industry: Aerospace
- Headquarters: Dallas, US
- Website: www.canopy-ad.com
- Latest round: Seed (Aug 9, 2022)
- Investors on record: 1

## About

Based in Texas, US, and founded in 2021 by its CEO, Matt Shieh, and CTO, John M. Howard, Canopy A&D Inc., trading under the name Canopy Aerospace & Defense operates as a manufacturing company that offers commercial thermal protection systems for the emerging space and hypersonic industries. In August 2022, Canopy Aerospace Inc. raised seed funding from investor PenFed Foundation Veteran Entrepreneur Investment Program. As of 2023, the company has partnered with companies like StarBurst, Polsky, Techstars, and many more.

Canopy Aerospace offers thermal protection systems (TPS) that are used in hypersonic systems and space vehicles. The company offers software solutions for Aerothermal conditions for different trajectories, fully automated design for TPS materials, full insight into production scheduling, and detailed reporting of component costs The company also provides maintenance, repair, and overhaul services that include real-time component identification, rapid refurbishment of damaged tiles, automated testing of installed TPS components, detailed reporting of servicing, and updated TPS designs.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Aug 9, 2022 — PenFed Foundation Veteran Entrepreneur Investment Program

## Investors

- PenFed Foundation Veteran Entrepreneur Investment Program (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/penfed-foundation-veteran-entrepreneur-investment-program) — Seed