Lilium GmbH is based in Munich, the company that recently attempted a successful maiden flight of world’s first ‘electric jet’ and in my opinion this is the second major breakthrough after Tesla’s success in bringing long-range electric vehicles into the mainstream.

Founded in 2015 by Daniel Wiegand and three academic fellows from The Techical University of Munich. Lilium is relatively a new & small company to achieve such a milestone. But as Simon Sinek puts it together, it’s the “why” that makes great things happen not the resources alone.

Last year Lilium secured a funding round of €10 million from the venture capital firm Atomico in order to multiply their efforts towards the critical mission.