Velocity Labs
Defense and Commercial Aviation Maintenance Logistics:
Currently in technology trials for pre-flight inspections
Ohio’s Aerospace & Defense Supply Chain Gross Domestic Product was $10,738,000,000 in 2023
Getting the right parts and diagnosis on time can save lives and our customers millions.
From boarding your flight to keeping you in the air, Velocity Labs is dedicated to keeping us moving safely and swiftly.
By Velocity Labs
Join Us in our
Seeding round this august!
our tech
Deliver. Observe. Protect.
One modular platform.
Meet Manta.
What is manta?
Drones for Change
Our world class encryption and counter-detection technology has found a home protecting those in need
We’re proud to be partnering with the Plunk Foundation to protect over 80 million vulnerable individuals from sexual slavery
Donate
Find out more
What we shared with Plunk:
Encryption
Initially developed for our flight systems, our proprietary end-to-end encryption protocol keeps personnel and affected families safe while they communicate and collaborate across the world.
Detection
Bad guys dont sleep, now we dont either.
Protection
Automatically alert local authorities and families of dangers
Tech. Stacked.
Experts in our fields
We want to bring the future of logistics and disrupt:
Artificial Intelligence Navigation Systems
Last and First Mile delivery
Manufacturing
Healthcare
Search and Rescue
Wildlife Management
With collectively over 50 years experience in shipping products you already use today, We know that the only place that counts is execution.
Our rag-tag team of killers shipped parts for iPhones, Rockets, Aircraft and Pushed to prod on cell-networks, All in the birthplace of aviation.
Founding Members
CEO
Specialized in high precision manufacturing in aerospace. Focused on technology to enable world class customer service at unprecedented scale.
Ben is no stranger to startups, and he loves pressure.
This is his 4th rodeo.
His latest venture is a passion project resurrecting film processing and development.
Frustrated at inconsistency in delivery, processing quality, and hundreds of friends asking him to do their film, it was time.
In Dec 2024, The gloves came off and Velocity Film Lab was born, a film processing company that uses AI to improve film processing quality, employee experience and customer satisfaction, without betraying the artistic integrity that is at the soul of the film medium.
After a geometric explosion in growth, Ben needed help collecting film from all corners of his state.
Enter Velocity Labs.
After years of experience handling industrial processes, Ben understands aerospace manufacturing is an art of its own.
He wants to bring the same winning formula Apple uses to integrate the best aspects of emerging technologies to bring the art of aerospace to the modern day.
Meeting requirements to produce high quality components at scale for the future.
Priyan Rai
Prev: Nokia Cloud Ai Systems, Rakuten, SHP software
COO
Software Architect
- KUBERETES
- CELL NETWORK DEVELOPMENT
- AI DECISION-MAKING
- EMBEDDED REAL TIME SYSTEMS
- iOS development
Nicholas Bosticco
Prev: Apple, Tesla, Google, SpaceX, Atricure
Lead Engineer
At Apple, worked on the manufacturing processes for the iPhone 15 Pro Display modules. Leveraged historical data to implement SPC and control limits on processes.
Conducted characterization, correlation, and GRR studies to qualify IQC/OQC metrology equipment. I led conversations with vendors to aid in root cause investigations.
Developed an automated data pipeline using Python to pull vendor data, compile, and report through tableau to support quick root cause investigations.
Contributing Members
Ben Russ
Industrial/ Human Systems Design
Boston Whaler
Clean Earth Robots
BRP
Alejandro Rivera - Mechanical Engineer
Mechanical Engineer, USC 2020.
Lead Structures Engineer for USC Rocket Propulsion Lab (RPL) Avionics payload.
Contributor on USC's "Traveler IV" becoming the first student built rocket to reach space (340,000 ft.) in April 2019.
Nate Sowder
Investor Relations
After building products at Littlelines and Origami Made, I now lead ecosystem innovation at Fifth Third Bank, serve as Executive in Residence at Cintrifuse, and mentor founders through The Entrepreneurs Center in Dayton. My focus? Helping people and companies use innovation—without the buzzwords.
Board Members
John Cavanaugh
John Cavanaugh is the Founder & Executive Director of the Plunk Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit that protects 30M people from their abusers online.
He is the project manager for the Risk and Safety Team at the Cincinnati AI Catalyst Under Dr. Kelly Cohen, sits on the board of the Eagle Scout Association, and is the International Association for Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Fellow in Information Privacy and Cincinnati KnowledgeNet Chapter Chair
John is a PhD Candidate at the University of Cincinnati for Aerospace Engineering, with a focus on Privacy and Threat Detection in AI systems. He is a monthly podcast contributor to Legal4Tech to describe the privacy landscape of the United States, and holds three IAPP certifications, CIPP/US, CIPT, & CIPM.
John is also the co-founder of the landmark SHIELD: Global Online Safety Conference, the first global conference of its kind to give voices across the world on the effects of an online world, representing 49 countries and 341 attendees on its first year.
John and Ben first met at the University of Cincinnati in 2017 and quickly started working on the for-profit version of Plunk that went on to be successfully sold.
They share a passionate bond around the role of privacy in technology that they continue to renew to this day.
Together we hope to change the way people connect without giving away our freedom.
Velocity Labs
Defense and Commercial Aviation Maintenance Logistics:
Currently in technology trials for pre-flight inspections
Ohio’s Aerospace & Defense Supply Chain Gross Domestic Product was $10,738,000,000 in 2023
Getting the right parts and diagnosis on time can save lives and our customers millions.
From boarding your flight to keeping you in the air, Velocity Labs is dedicated to keeping us moving safely and swiftly.
By Velocity Labs
Join Us
Seeding 5M+
Help us build your dream drone.
our tech
Deliver. Observe. Protect.
One platform.
Meet Manta.
register For our BEta Flights
Drones for Change
Our world class encryption and counter-detection technology has found a home protecting those in need
We’re proud to be partnering with the Plunk Foundation to protect over 80 million vulnerable individuals from sexual slavery
Donate
Find out more
What we shared with Plunk:
Encryption
Initially developed for our flight systems, our proprietary end-to-end encryption protocol keeps personnel and affected families safe while they communicate and collaborate across the world.
Detection
Bad guys dont sleep, now we dont either.
Protection
Alert local authorities and families of dangers
Deep Tech for a Bright Future
Whats not to love?
Tech. Stacked.
Experts in our fields
We want to bring the future of logistics and disrupt:
Artificial Intelligence Navigation Systems
Last and First Mile delivery
Manufacturing
Healthcare
Search and Rescue
Wildlife Management
Meet the Team
Coffee’s for closers only.
With collectively over 50 years experience in shipping products you already use today, We know that the only place that counts is execution.
Our rag-tag team of killers shipped parts for iPhones, Rockets, Aircraft and Pushed to prod on cell-networks, All from the birthplace of aviation.
Founding Members
CEO
Specialized in high precision manufacturing in aerospace. Focused on technology to enable world class customer service at unprecedented scale.
Ben is no stranger to startups, and he loves pressure.
This is his 4th rodeo.
His latest venture is a passion project resurrecting film processing and development.
Frustrated at inconsistency in delivery, processing quality, and hundreds of friends asking him to do their film, it was time.
In Dec 2024, The gloves came off and Velocity Film Lab was born, a film processing company that uses AI to improve film processing quality, employee experience and customer satisfaction, without betraying the artistic integrity that is at the soul of the film medium.
After a geometric explosion in growth, Ben needed help collecting film from all corners of his state.
Enter Velocity Labs.
After years of experience handling industrial processes, Ben understands aerospace manufacturing is an art of its own.
He wants to bring the same winning formula Apple uses to integrate the best aspects of emerging technologies to bring the art of aerospace to the modern day.
Meeting requirements to produce high quality components at scale for the future.
Priyan Rai
Nokia Cloud Ai Systems, Rakuten, SHP software
COO
Software Architect
Nokia Cloud Ai Systems,Rakuten,SHP software
- KUBERETES
- CELL NETWORK DEVELOPMENT
- AI DECISION-MAKING
- EMBEDDED REAL TIME SYSTEMS
- iOS development
Nicholas Bosticco
Apple,Tesla,Google, SpaceX, Atricure
Lead Engineer
Supported NPI line bringup by conducting DOEs to characterize the upper and lower bounds of equipment performance. Conducted GRR to ensure equipment is repeatable and reproducible.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams—including quality, controls, equipment, and design engineers—to create PFMEA documentation, mitigating process variation and assessing design risks. Additionally, I provided DFM feedback to design engineers based on field data to help define preliminary specifications.
At Apple, worked on the manufacturing processes for the iPhone 15 Pro Display modules. Leveraged historical data to implement SPC and control limits on processes.
Conducted characterization, correlation, and GRR studies to qualify IQC/OQC metrology equipment. I led conversations with vendors to aid in root cause investigations.
Developed an automated data pipeline using Python to pull vendor data, compile, and report through tableau to support quick root cause investigations.
Ben Russ
Industrial/ Human Systems Design
Boston Whaler
Clean Earth Robots
BRP
Alejandro Rivera - Mechanical Engineer
Mechanical Engineer, USC 2020.
Lead Structures Engineer for USC Rocket Propulsion Lab (RPL) Avionics payload.
Contributor on USC's "Traveler IV" becoming the first student built rocket to reach space (340,000 ft.) in April 2019.
Nathan Sowder
Investor Relations
After building products at Littlelines and Origami Made, I now lead ecosystem innovation at Fifth Third Bank, serve as Executive in Residence at Cintrifuse, and mentor founders through The Entrepreneurs Center in Dayton. My focus? Helping people and companies use innovation—without the buzzwords.
Contributing Members
Board Members
John Cavanaugh
John Cavanaugh is the Founder & Executive Director of the Plunk Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit that protects 30M people from their abusers online.
He is the project manager for the Risk and Safety Team at the Cincinnati AI Catalyst Under Dr. Kelly Cohen, sits on the board of the Eagle Scout Association, and is the International Association for Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Fellow in Information Privacy and Cincinnati KnowledgeNet Chapter Chair
John is a PhD Candidate at the University of Cincinnati for Aerospace Engineering, with a focus on Privacy and Threat Detection in AI systems. He is a monthly podcast contributor to Legal4Tech to describe the privacy landscape of the United States, and holds three IAPP certifications, CIPP/US, CIPT, & CIPM.
John is also the co-founder of the landmark SHIELD: Global Online Safety Conference, the first global conference of its kind to give voices across the world on the effects of an online world, representing 49 countries and 341 attendees on its first year.
John and Ben first met at the University of Cincinnati in 2017 and working on the for-profit version of Plunk that went on to be successfully sold.
They share a passionate bond around the role of privacy in technology that they continue to renew to this day.
Together we hope to change the way people connect without giving away our freedom.
Velocity Labs
Currently in technology trials for preflight inspections
Ohio’s Aerospace & Defense Supply Chain Gross Domestic Product was $10,738,000,000 in 2023
Getting the right parts and diagnosis on time can save lives and our customers millions.
From boarding your flight to keeping you in the air, Velocity Labs is dedicated to keeping us moving safely and swiftly.
By Velocity Labs
Join Us in our
Seeding round this august!
our tech
Deliver. Observe. Protect.
One platform.
Meet Manta.
register For our BEta Flights
Drones for Change
Our world class encryption and counter-detection technology has found a home protecting those in need
We’re proud to be partnering with the Plunk Foundation to protect over 80 million vulnerable individuals from sexual slavery
Donate
Find out more
What we shared with Plunk:
Encryption
Initially developed for our flight systems, our proprietary end-to-end encryption protocol keeps personnel and affected families safe while they communicate and collaborate across the world.
Detection
Bad guys dont sleep, now we dont either.
Protection
Alert local authorities and families of dangers
Deep Tech for a Bright Future
Whats not to love?
Tech. Stacked.
Experts in our fields
We want to bring the future of logistics and disrupt:
Artificial Intelligence Navigation Systems
Last and First Mile delivery
Manufacturing
Healthcare
Search and Rescue
Wildlife Management
Meet the Team
Coffee’s for closers only.
With collectively over 50 years experience in shipping products you already use today, We know that the only place that counts is execution.
Our rag-tag team of killers shipped parts for iPhones, Rockets, Aircraft and Pushed to prod on cell-networks, All in the birthplace of aviation.
Founding Members
CEO
Specialized in high precision manufacturing in aerospace. Focused on technology to enable world class customer service at unprecedented scale.
Ben is no stranger to startups, and he loves pressure.
This is his 4th rodeo.
His latest venture is a passion project resurrecting film processing and development.
Frustrated at inconsistency in delivery, processing quality, and hundreds of friends asking him to do their film, it was time.
In Dec 2024, The gloves came off and Velocity Film Lab was born, a film processing company that uses AI to improve film processing quality, employee experience and customer satisfaction, without betraying the artistic integrity that is at the soul of the film medium.
After a geometric explosion in growth, Ben needed help collecting film from all corners of his state.
Enter Velocity Labs.
After years of experience handling industrial processes, Ben understands aerospace manufacturing is an art of its own.
He wants to bring the same winning formula Apple uses to integrate the best aspects of emerging technologies to bring the art of aerospace to the modern day.
Meeting requirements to produce high quality components at scale for the future.
Priyan Rai
Nokia Cloud Ai Systems, Rakuten, SHP software
COO
Software Architect
- KUBERETES
- CELL NETWORK DEVELOPMENT
- AI DECISION-MAKING
- EMBEDDED REAL TIME SYSTEMS
- iOS development
Nicholas Bosticco
Apple,Tesla,Google, SpaceX, Atricure
Lead Engineer
Supported NPI line bringup by conducting DOEs to characterize the upper and lower bounds of equipment performance. Conducted GRR to ensure equipment is repeatable and reproducible.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams—including quality, controls, equipment, and design engineers—to create PFMEA documentation, mitigating process variation and assessing design risks. Additionally, I provided DFM feedback to design engineers based on field data to help define preliminary specifications.
At Apple, worked on the manufacturing processes for the iPhone 15 Pro Display modules. Leveraged historical data to implement SPC and control limits on processes.
Conducted characterization, correlation, and GRR studies to qualify IQC/OQC metrology equipment. I led conversations with vendors to aid in root cause investigations.
Developed an automated data pipeline using Python to pull vendor data, compile, and report through tableau to support quick root cause investigations.
Contributing Members
Ben Russ
Industrial/ Human Systems Design
Boston Whaler
Clean Earth Robots
BRP
Alejandro Rivera - Mechanical Engineer
Mechanical Engineer, USC 2020.
Lead Structures Engineer for USC Rocket Propulsion Lab (RPL) Avionics payload.
Contributor on USC's "Traveler IV" becoming the first student built rocket to reach space (340,000 ft.) in April 2019.
Nathan Sowder
Investor Relations
After building products at Littlelines and Origami Made, I now lead ecosystem innovation at Fifth Third Bank, serve as Executive in Residence at Cintrifuse, and mentor founders through The Entrepreneurs Center in Dayton. My focus? Helping people and companies use innovation—without the buzzwords.
Board Members
John Cavanaugh
John Cavanaugh is the Founder & Executive Director of the Plunk Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit that protects 30M people from their abusers online.
He is the project manager for the Risk and Safety Team at the Cincinnati AI Catalyst Under Dr. Kelly Cohen, sits on the board of the Eagle Scout Association, and is the International Association for Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Fellow in Information Privacy and Cincinnati KnowledgeNet Chapter Chair
John is a PhD Candidate at the University of Cincinnati for Aerospace Engineering, with a focus on Privacy and Threat Detection in AI systems. He is a monthly podcast contributor to Legal4Tech to describe the privacy landscape of the United States, and holds three IAPP certifications, CIPP/US, CIPT, & CIPM.
John is also the co-founder of the landmark SHIELD: Global Online Safety Conference, the first global conference of its kind to give voices across the world on the effects of an online world, representing 49 countries and 341 attendees on its first year.
John and Ben first met at the University of Cincinnati in 2017 and started working on the for-profit version of Plunk that went on to be successfully sold.
They share a passionate bond around the role of privacy in technology that they continue to renew to this day.
Together we hope to change the way people connect without giving away our freedom.