Airbus Ventures
Profile, fund size and portfolio
Airbus Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Airbus, an aerospace and defense company. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Menlo Park, United States. It invests from seed to Series B. Sectors it names: space and defense, industrial technology and robotics, climate and energy, mobility and automotive.
- Commitment by parentS5
- USD 150M
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Snapshot
Data behind this graphic
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Stage range | Seed to Series B |
| Sectors | Space and defense, Industrial technology and robotics, Climate and energy, Mobility and automotive, Semiconductors and hardware, Artificial intelligence |
| Geography | Global |
| Offices | Menlo Park, United States, New York, United States |
Sources: S5 Airbus: Airbus Group Becomes Fully Operational in Silicon Valley; S3 AV Portfolio page.
Data behind this graphic
| Item | Companies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New Space | 9 | 26.5% |
| Frontier Tech | 9 | 26.5% |
| Autonomy | 6 | 17.6% |
| Industrial Efficiency | 5 | 14.7% |
| Connectivity | 4 | 11.8% |
| Materials | 1 | 2.9% |
A company can carry more than one tag
Sources: S3 AV Portfolio page.
Data behind this graphic
| Measure | Value | Unit | Kind | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headline size | USD 150M | Commitment by parent | Stated by the firm or its parent | S5 |
| Companies on the firm's portfolio page | 54 | companies | Counted from the firm's own list | S3 |
Sources: S5 Airbus: Airbus Group Becomes Fully Operational in Silicon Valley; S3 AV Portfolio page.
Where it invests and who leads it
Geography
- Headquarters
- Menlo Park, United States
- Offices
- Menlo Park, United States
- New York, United States
Investment regionsS5S3
Key facts
| Fact | Value | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent company | Airbus | Single source | S4 |
| Parent industry | Aerospace and defense | Single source | S4 |
| Founded | 2015 | Single source | S4 |
| Headquarters | Menlo Park, United States | Single source | S10 |
| Status | Active | Single source | S1 |
| Capital source | Parent company only | Single source | S5 |
| Headline size | USD 150M (Commitment by parent) | Single source | S5 |
| People on the team page | 11 | Single source | S2 |
| Stages | Seed, Series A, Series B (inferred from announced rounds) | Estimate | S5 |
Portfolio
The firm's portfolio page lists 54 companies: 44 active, 7 exited.S3
| Tag | Companies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Active | 44 | 81.5% |
| Exited | 7 | 13% |
| Tag | Companies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New Space | 9 | 16.7% |
| Frontier Tech | 9 | 16.7% |
| Autonomy | 6 | 11.1% |
| Industrial Efficiency | 5 | 9.3% |
| Connectivity | 4 | 7.4% |
| Materials | 1 | 1.9% |
Every company on the Airbus Ventures list
54 companies, as listed on the firm's own website: 44 active, 7 exited, 3 listed.S3 Read the firm's list.
Active 44
- Aerospacelab
- Apex.AI
- Atlas AI
- Bcomp
- Bifrost AI
- C12 Quantum Electronics
- CATALOG
- CesiumAstro
- Cognata
- CUR8
- DUST Identity
- e-peas
- Ellona
- Eureka Robotics
- Featherless
- Fourier
- GBatteries
- Helicity Space
- Humatics
- Impulse Space
- Infostellar
- Isar Aerospace
- Jiko
- Koniku
- LeoLabs
- Morpheus Space
- Parsable
- Q-CTRL
- QC Ware
- Quantum Systems
- Qunnect
- Rain Neuromorphics
- Ravel Technologies
- Solarcore
- SpinLaunch
- Sun Metalon
- Tekion
- Telexistence
- Transcelestial
- UAVIA
- Vatn
- Venus Aerospace
- Verity
- Zero-Error Systems (ZES)
Exited 7
- AEye
- Astra
- Astrocast
- IonQ
- ispace
- Solestial
- uAvionix
Listed 3
- Astroscale
- Vatn Systems
- York Space Systems
For founders
| Item | What the firm says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Stages | Seed, Series A, Series B. Inferred from announced rounds; the firm does not state a range. | S5 |
Fund vehicles
| Vehicle | Size | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus Ventures initial commitment | USD 150M | 2015 | S4 |
History
Official pages
Read the firm's own pages for current information.
- Website www.airbusventures.vc/
- Portfolio www.airbusventures.vc/portfolio
- LinkedIn company page www.linkedin.com/company/airbus-ventures
Sources
- S1AV (Airbus Ventures) About pageFirm
- S2AV Team pageFirm
- S3AV Portfolio pageFirm
- S4Airbus: Airbus Group Establishes Venture Capital Fund and Innovation Center in Silicon ValleyParent company
- S5Airbus: Airbus Group Becomes Fully Operational in Silicon ValleyParent company
- S6AV: Thomas d'Halluin bioFirm
- S7AV: Nicole Conner bioFirm
- S8AV: Mathieu Costes bioFirm
- S9AV on LinkedInThird-party report
- S10SEC EDGAR: Airbus Ventures filing 021-463071Filing
- S11AV (Airbus Ventures) news pageFirm
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