Keep pulling the thread on Scott Morton.
Revel, a 15-month-old company, recently raised $150 million at a valuation of $1.005 billion.
By implementing Revel's platform, Impulse Space increased its rocket engine testing frequency by over 5x, from once every other day to multiple times per day.
Revel has a 100% conversion rate from pilot programs to paying customers.
For the second orbital flight of Starship, Elon Musk mandated a switch to a "hot staging" maneuver, where the ship's engines ignite while still connected to the booster.
To enable hot staging, SpaceX engineers invented a new, disposable stage to sit between the Starship and its booster, and the design worked on its first attempt.
Revel has raised a total of $180 million since its founding 15 months ago.
Index Ventures led Revel's most recent funding round.
Redpoint Ventures was a major participant in Revel's latest funding round.
Thrive Capital led a preemptive Series A funding round for Revel.
Dylan Field, founder of Figma, is a significant investor in Revel.
Scott Morton believes the industrial control software sector has experienced a "brain drain" because most software engineers focused on internet technologies, leaving the field with solutions developed in the 1980s and 1990s.
Revel's customer base includes Impulse Space and K2 Space in the satellite sector, Radiant for small modular reactors, and Astromechanica for jet engine testing.