bluShift Aerospace

10/19/2026

Sascha's back on the road. Apparently, three cities in one week weren't quite enough.

After pitching bluShift to investors in San Francisco and Charlotte, our founder and CEO Sascha Deri is back in Washington, DC, for another Kingscrowd Startup Showcase.

He'll be sharing bluShift's approach to hybrid rocket propulsion and the commercial opportunities we're pursuing in hypersonic testing and defense.

DC is an especially relevant market for us as we continue building relationships with people across the aerospace, defense, and investment communities.

We're grateful to Kingscrowd for another opportunity to get bluShift in front of investors and connect with people interested in what's next for the industry.

In D.C.? Come meet Sascha!
Tuesday, October 20 | 3 PM ET

Space is limited. Register here:
https://hubs.la/Q04BCVbc0

10/16/2026

What do rocket engines, recycled plastic, and affordable housing have in common?

More than you might think.

We're launching a new series on the Throttle Up Podcast featuring some of the companies that joined us at our recent engine test event in Maine.

First up: Matt Pouliot, co-founder and CEO of Atlas.

Atlas is developing building materials made from recycled plastics and glass fiber using large-format 3D printing. Their goal is to make construction faster, reduce installation labor, and help address the growing need for more affordable housing.

Matt joins Justin Starbird to talk about the technology, the challenges of bringing a new material to market, and the growing community of Maine companies tackling difficult engineering and manufacturing problems.

He also shares why events like bluShift's engine test matter: they bring together people working on different challenges who might find unexpected opportunities to collaborate.

And yes, they even discuss whether Atlas could build a tiny home light enough to launch on one of our rockets.

Watch Throttle Up Episode 10:

Building a house in a day out of recycled plastic? It's not science...

10/14/2026

Sascha's been getting plenty of opportunities to talk about bluShift lately, and one of those conversations is now available to listen to.

Our founder and CEO joined Chris on Kingscrowd's Inside Startup Investing podcast for Episode 192, discussing bluShift's hybrid rocket propulsion technology and the work we're doing to bring it into commercial applications.

As our team in Maine continues preparing MAREVL 400 for testing and advancing customer work, Sascha has been meeting with investors and people across the aerospace and defense communities.

The podcast is another opportunity to share why we're approaching propulsion differently, and how we're working to turn years of engineering into a scalable business.

Thanks to Chris and the Kingscrowd team for having Sascha on.

Listen here:
https://hubs.la/Q04BbpPw0

Join Kingscrowd as an investor at wefunder.com/blushiftaerospace

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10/08/2026

Kingscrowd dug into bluShift. Then they invested $20,000.

Their investment team spent time looking at the technology we've built, why we've changed our commercial strategy, the market we're pursuing, our competition, the risks ahead and what bluShift still has to prove.

Their conclusion included this:
“bluShift still has the moonshot potential of an aerospace company, but it now has a path to near-term revenue that could help fund its technology development without relying entirely on repeated equity raises.”

Kingscrowd Capital invested $20,000 in our current Wefunder round.

They also rated bluShift 4.5 and named us a Kingscrowd Top Deal.

What we appreciate most about their analysis is that they didn't just tell the good part of the story. They looked at the challenges too: manufacturing, competition, capital requirements and the work required to turn years of propulsion development into a commercial business.

If you've been following bluShift or thinking about investing their report is worth a look.
https://hubs.la/Q04zFGHJ0

Invest alongside Kingscrowd at https://hubs.la/Q04zFGtW0

10/07/2026

Sascha is spending a good part of World Space Week on airplanes.

Washington, D.C. → San Francisco → Charlotte.

bluShift CEO Sascha Deri is making his way across the country this week, with three very different stops and a lot of conversations about where bluShift fits into what's happening in aerospace right now.

He started in D.C. at the MissionLink accelerator kickoff, spending time alongside other dual-use technology companies and people working across government and defense.

Now he's making his way to San Francisco to pitch bluShift in front of investors with .

Then it's back across the country to Charlotte for another Kingscrowd investor event surrounding the NASCAR race.

Meanwhile, the engineering work continues. This week is about making sure bluShift is also in the rooms with the people thinking about what's next in aerospace and defense and the investors interested in helping build it.

Quite a way to spend World Space Week.

Follow Sascha's trip https://hubs.la/Q04zvv5y0

From dual-use defense accelerators in D.C. to VC pitches in San Fra...

10/02/2026

📺 We're live today! Join us for a new episode of Superpowers for Good from The Super Crowd, Inc., featuring Sascha Deri, Founder & CEO, bluShift Aerospace

Watch today at 11:00 a.m. Eastern / 8:00 a.m. Pacific on SuperCrowd.tv, available FREE on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and the e360tv TV Network. Visit https://tv.supercrowd.tv/ to watch online, or download the SuperCrowd.tv or e360tv Network app on your Roku, Amazon Fire TV, or mobile device. Hosted by Devin Thorpe, this is an episode you won't want to miss!

10/02/2026

What if rocket fuel could be cleaner, safer, and less expensive—without sacrificing performance?

Sascha Deri, Founder & CEO of bluShift Aerospace, is working to make that vision a reality with bio-derived rocket fuel designed to reduce environmental harm while delivering strong performance.

From a world-record biofuel-powered commercial rocket launch to the next phase of commercialization, bluShift is exploring a new path for aerospace propulsion.

Innovation matters most when sustainability and business performance move forward together.

🎙️ Hear Sascha’s story on Superpowers for Good, hosted by Devin Thorpe.

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10/02/2026

Sascha's conversation with Devin Thorpe on Superpowers for Good is live.

Devin has actually been a bluShift investor for years, so their conversation went quite a bit deeper than the usual “tell us about your company” interview.

They went back to Sascha's earliest rocket experiments on his brother's farm in Maine, the accidental discovery that eventually led to bluShift's proprietary bio-derived fuel, and the years of engine development that followed.

But a lot of the conversation was really about where bluShift is now.
Sascha put it this way:
“There's a time for curiosity. There's a time for exploration. And then there's a time for doing and ex*****on that's needed to bring the commercial opportunity home.”

That's where much of our attention is today: taking the propulsion technology we've spent years developing and testing and getting it into commercial applications.

It's a good conversation about rockets, building a company, knowing when to keep experimenting and knowing when it's time to execute.
Watch the episode here: (https://hubs.ly/Q04y_JTn0)

And if you haven't visited our Wefunder page recently, we've just given it an update to better reflect the company we're building today. Check it out and join Devin as an investor: https://hubs.ly/Q04y_JV80

09/29/2026

We’re going on Superpowers for Good! 🚀

This Thursday, bluShift founder and CEO Sascha Deri joins Devin Thorpe on Superpowers for Good.

The show brings together entrepreneurs, investors and other changemakers to talk about the problems they're tackling, what they're building, and what they've learned along the way. It's part of the broader SuperCrowd community focused on impact investing and expanding participation in investment crowdfunding.

Sascha and Devin get into the bluShift story, more than a decade of propulsion development, and why our work is increasingly focused on propulsion for hypersonic testing and targets while we continue building toward a broader future in research and commercial space.

Thank you to Devin and the Superpowers for Good team for having us and for giving founders like Sascha a place to tell the stories behind what they're building.

The episode premieres Thursday, October 1 at 11 AM ET on https://hubs.la/Q04yGHfw0 and will also be available on YouTube, LinkedIn and Facebook.

Watch on Thursday (https://hubs.la/Q04yGGQL0)

09/25/2026

“The more I got to know Sascha, the more I invested.”

John Rockwell was one of bluShift’s early investors, and over the years, he’s made the trip to Brunswick for four or five of our engine tests.

He originally discovered bluShift while living in Massachusetts. A rocket company being built in Maine caught his attention, but getting to know Sascha and seeing the team’s work firsthand is what kept him following the journey.

As John put it:
“Each test gets bigger and better. They’re going in the right direction and they’ve got a lot of momentum right now.”

We love hearing bluShift through the perspective of the people who have been along for the ride.

🎥 Meet John and hear why he invested in bluShift. https://hubs.ly/Q04ykkjd0

Interested in joining him? bluShift is currently raising on Wefunder, which means you don’t have to be a VC or accredited investor to invest.

🚀 Explore the offering and invest in bluShift https://hubs.ly/Q04ykkfl0

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