C16 Ventures

Profile and portfolio

Parent CobhamHQ United KingdomFounded 2021

C16 Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Cobham, an aerospace and defense company. It was founded in 2021 and is based in United Kingdom. It invests from Series A to late stage. Sectors it names: space and defense.

Companies backedS2: 4

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Series A to Late stage

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Item	Value
Stage range	Series A to Late stage
Sectors	Space and defense
Geography	North America, Europe

Sources: S3 C16 Ventures: launch and second investment in ICEYE; S1 C16 Ventures home page.

Scale and capital allocated

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Measure	Value	Unit	Kind	Source
Companies backed	4	companies	Stated by the firm	S2
Companies on the firm's portfolio page	4	companies	Counted from the firm's own list	S2

Sources: S2 C16 Ventures portfolio.

Where it invests

Geography

Headquarters: United Kingdom

Investment regionsS3 S1

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	Cobham	Single source	S1
Parent industry	Aerospace and defense	Single source	S1
Founded	2021	Single source	S3
Headquarters	United Kingdom	Single source	S4
Status	Active	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S1
Companies backed	4	Single source	S2
Stages	Series A, Series B, Series C+, Growth, Late stage	Single source	S3

History

2021C16 Ventures made its first investment in D-Orbit.S3
2022C16 Ventures announced its launch and second investment, in ICEYE.S3
2022Press reported four stakes held through C16 Ventures by September 2022.S5

Portfolio

The firm's portfolio page lists 4 companies.S2

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

3 companies on the C16 Ventures portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company website, or by name where no website is published.

Firm	Shared	Companies in common
Caixa Capital	1	D-Orbit
Neva SGR	1	D-Orbit
Terna Forward	1	D-Orbit
Kajima Ventures	1	ICEYE
Lockheed Martin Ventures	1	Slingshot

Companies backed by the most corporate VCs

Every company on the C16 Ventures list

4 companies, as listed on the firm's own website.S2 Read the firm's list.

Albedo
D-Orbit
ICEYE
Slingshot Aerospace

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website c16ventures.com/
Portfolio c16ventures.com/portfolio/

Sources

S1C16 Ventures home pageFirm
S2C16 Ventures portfolioFirm
S3C16 Ventures: launch and second investment in ICEYEFirm
S4Cobham contact page (registered office, archived copy)Parent company
S5This is Money: Cobham venture fund embarks on flurry of investments (11 Sep 2022)Press

Disclaimer and corrections

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