Ryze Mobility is a mission-driven aerospace company building a transformable road-to-air VTOL vehicle for time-critical missions—where dispatch speed, reliability, and controlled deployment matter most.
We’re developing Ryze 1, a compact dual-mode platform that drives as a car and transitions into vertical takeoff and flight, enabling hub-based operations without requiring vertiport-style infrastructure.
What we believe
- Physics-first engineering: simulation leads; hardware validates.
- Safety as a system: redundancy, fault tolerance, and health monitoring are engineered in from day one.
- Pragmatic architectures: we evaluate propulsion pathways based on mission constraints and real power/energy margins—not trends.
Team
Leadership
- Joshua Lombardo-Bottema — Founder
- Burak Korkut, PhD — Aerospace Engineer
- Prof. Moein Mehrtash, PhD, LEL — Automotive & Vehicle Engineer
Vision architect. 4x Founder (multiple exits), entrepreneurship, fundraising, early adopters & regulatory strategy.
Aerospace systems architecture, simulation & aerospace expertise.
Professor and advisor — automotive systems, engineering and design.
Engineers
- Wenhoa G. — Mechanical Design
- Zihao L. — Mechanic Design
- Hunter D. — Prototype Build
- Bradley T. — Prototype Build
- Ainsley B. — Prototype Build
- Zicheng W. — Simulation and Testing
Offices
- United States — Corporate Office
- Canada — R&D and Engineering Office
- Netherlands — Aerospace Modeling Office
251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, Delaware 19808, USA
McMaster University Automotive Resource Centre (MARC), 200 Longwood Road South, Hamilton, ON
Spakenburglaan 26, 8244DX Lelystad, The Netherlands
Contact
- Investors / partners: invest@ryzemobility.com
- Media: press@ryzemobility.com