REGENT CRAFT INC. has secured a strategic investment from Japan Airlines Innovation Fund. Pictured is Regent’s Viceroy Seaglider, which took flight for the first time over Narragansett Bay, the company announced in September. / COURTESY REGENT CRAFT INC.
NORTH KINGSTOWN – “Seaglider” technology startup Regent Craft Inc. has secured a strategic investment from Japan Airlines Innovation Fund, the Quonset-based company announced last month, bringing its total fundraising to more than $45 million. Billy Thalheimer, co-founder and CEO of Regent, said in a statement that the investment “speaks to the growing adoption of seaglider technology by major airlines. “At REGENT, we’re at…