Safran

Safran is an international technology group with core businesses in aerospace, defense, and security. They develop, produce, and market engines, equipment for air and space, defense electronics, and security solutions. Safran also funds startups through Safran Corporate Ventures, their corporate venture capital arm, focusing on breakthrough technologies in aerospace, defense, and security markets. Additionally, Safran Data Systems provides high-technology equipment for testing, telemetry, mission data management, and space communications. With a focus on innovation and agile solutions, Safran aims to address the challenges of these industries through funding, expertise, and commercial partnerships. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Paris, France, Safran operates various companies under its umbrella to provide a range of solutions to the aviation industry, defense sector, and space markets.

Grégoire Aladjidi

CEO

Florent Illat

Head of Safran Corporate Ventures

Maxime Teulon

Investment Director

56 past transactions

Airtag

Acquisition in 2015
AIRTAG provides Mobile Shopping eco-system innovations including In-store systems and secure mobile applications, that deliver an interactive and engaging user experience. AIRTAG solutions include: AIRSHOP, Mobile Ordering, Payment, Loyalty & Couponing solution for retailers, grocers and fast food chains. AIRPASS is a white label mobile wallet platform for banks, financial service providers, telecommunications operators and retailers. The solution is a set of software tools that services providers can use to develop applications for contactless mobile payments. Including JavaDoc APIs and detailed developer guides, users can autonomously develop a secure solution that is approved by the card networks. AIRTAG’s quickly growing partner base is comprised of more than 35 retailers including: KFC, Brioche Dorée, McDonald’s, McCafé, Carrefour, Néstle, DIA, G20, Dior, Reebok and Fira de Barcelona and 10+ financial institutions including; MasterCard Worldwide, ING, Rabobank, Crédit Mutuel, BNP Paribas, PayPal and DU.

E-Software

Acquisition in 2004
E-Software is a provider of hi-tech engineering services to the aerospace, energy and ground transport industries.

Zodiac Aerospace

Merger/Acquisition in 2017
Zodiac Aerospace’s position as a major player in cabin interiors was strengthened with the acquisitions of Heath Tecna – cabin retrofit – and Contour Aerospace, a specialist in the design of First Class seats. This latest acquisition ranks Zodiac Aerospace as world No.1 in commercial aircraft seats.

Business Unit of Rockwell Collins, Inc.

Merger/Acquisition in 2018
As of February 1, 2019, Business Unit of Rockwell Collins, Inc. was acquired by Safran SA. Business Unit of Rockwell Collins, Inc. comprises actuators, pilot controls, and special products business. The asset is located in the United States.

Eaton - Aerospace Power Distribution Management Solutions and ICS business

Acquisition in 2014
Eaton - produces illuminated switches, cockpit panel assemblies, pilot controls, and passenger safety unit latches, as well as circuit protection, power distribution and switch components and sub-systems for aerospace and industrial applications.

Kalray

Venture Round in 2017
KALRAY is a fabless semiconductor and software company that develops, markets & sells a new generation of manycore processors for Imaging, Telecommunication infrastructures, Data Security & Network Appliances embedded applications.

SkyFive

Series A in 2021
SkyFive provides true broadband connectivity services and technology to airlines and other aircraft operators in key aviation markets worldwide, based on its patented Air-To-Ground (A2G) solution that leverages standard mobile network components.

Cailabs

Series B in 2019
Cailabs is a French deep tech company, based in Rennes, which designs, produces and sells photonic solutions to fully exploit the industrial potential opened up by the shaping of light. Cailabs develops and produces a unique range of optical components based on its know-how and its patented technological innovations, in particular Multi-Plane Light Conversion (MPLC).

Labinal - Corinth

Acquisition in 2000
Labinal - Corinth Inc. manufactures and distributes wiring harnesses and wire bundle components for commercial jetliners and military aircrafts.

Zodiac Aerospace

Acquisition in 2017
Zodiac Aerospace’s position as a major player in cabin interiors was strengthened with the acquisitions of Heath Tecna – cabin retrofit – and Contour Aerospace, a specialist in the design of First Class seats. This latest acquisition ranks Zodiac Aerospace as world No.1 in commercial aircraft seats.

GE Homeland Protection

Acquisition in 2009
GE Security’s Homeland Protection is a provider of products and services that defend personnel and property in airports, government buildings, high-risk organizations and facilities around the globe. The business plays a key role in helping its customers protect their people, assets and communities.

Dictao Siege

Acquisition in 2014
Dictao Siege is a publisher of software solutions for security and digital trust. Our software platform guarantees the security of digital transactions, and gives users confidence thanks to reliable proof. The platform provides three core functions: strong authentication of users, transaction security (digital signature), and data integrity (digital vault and traceability). Dictao is the only software editor whose product range is tailored to meet high performance levels, is proven in diverse contexts and is certified at the EAL3+ level of the international Common Criteria standards by the FNISA (French Networks and Information Security Agency).

Electric Power Systems Inc.

Private Placement in 2019
Electric Power Systems Inc. provides design, construction, power system operation, engineering, and administration services for electric power systems. It offers construction services, such as control panel installation, relay panel fabrication, equipment installation and commissioning, revenue meter installations, construction inspection, and underground and overhead distribution system inspection and inventories. The company also provides distribution engineering and construction for utility, industrial, and governmental clients; substation testing and maintenance, including power transformers, switchgears, overhead and industrial switches, reclosers, relays, breakers, and regulators for various utilities and industrial customers; transmission; and equipment testing and maintenance services. It serves utilities and other businesses in Alaska, Hawaii, the Pacific Northwest, and the South Pacific. Electric Power Systems Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Anchorage, Alaska.

Cassis International

Acquisition in 2012
CASSIS was established by a team of visionary entrepreneurs and smart card veterans to advance the use of smart card and chip based technologies. TSM services enable mobile network operators and service providers to manage and implement secure credentials on a mobile device for applications such as mobile banking, mobile payment, transit and physical access to secure sites.

Turbotech

Venture Round in 2018
TURBOTECH S.A.S develops energy storage system for aircraft. The company offers turboprops and turbo electric generators for light aircraft which combines recuperated turbine with electric machine. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Toussus-Le-Noble, France.

Oxis Energy

Private Placement in 2019
OXIS Energy Limited manufactures sulphur polymer rechargeable batteries. It develops technology around sulfur based cathode materials, highly stable electrolyte systems, and anode made of lithium metal and intercalation materials. The company offers stable cathode and electrolyte systems which are optimized for performance with different anodes including lithium-metal. Its products include cell components, standard pouch cells, customized cells, and batteries. The company was formerly known as Intellikraft Limited and changed its name to Oxis Energy Limited in July 2005. OXIS Energy Limited was founded in 2000 and is based in Abingdon, United Kingdom.

Goodrich Lighting Systems GmbH

Acquisition in 2013
Goodrich Lighting Systems GmbH develops, designs, manufactures, maintains, and supports aircraft lighting equipment for UAVs, satellites, and ground and naval vehicles.

Sofradir SAS

Acquisition in 2012
Sofradir SAS develops and delivers infrared (IR) detectors and equipment. It offers cooled and uncooled IR detectors, night vision modules, hand-held thermal imaging cameras, and high performance scientific cameras.

Colibrys

Acquisition in 2013
Safran Colibrys is a Swiss MEMS manufacturer, providing capacitive accelerometers and gyros. These sensors are designed for accuracy, offering high-performance and long-term reliability. More than a manufacturer of high-end sensors, Colibrys is a proven partner for those who demand a constant supply of high-tech marvels. This is a key consideration due to the time and costs usually associated with requalification programs for key components such as accelerometers.

Cailabs

Private Placement in 2019
Cailabs is a French deep tech company, based in Rennes, which designs, produces and sells photonic solutions to fully exploit the industrial potential opened up by the shaping of light. Cailabs develops and produces a unique range of optical components based on its know-how and its patented technological innovations, in particular Multi-Plane Light Conversion (MPLC).

Outsight Sa

Private Placement in 2019
Outsight SA develops 3D Semantic Camera, a device that simultaneously perceives and understands the environment in 3D, including the detection of the material composition of objects. Its products is used in commercial and off road vehicles and to measure the physical activity of large areas in real-time. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Paris, France.

Greenerwave

Series A in 2024
We are aiming to change the world by helping every customer to always have a good wireless indoor connection

Numalis

Venture Round in 2023
Operator of a software editor company intended to provide tools and services to make neural networks reliable and explainable. The company offers tools for validating and improving the reliability of critical calculation code and multiplying their accuracy while increasing performance, thereby enabling clients to meet the challenges of code validation in several highly critical contexts.

Cailabs

Series C in 2022
Cailabs is a French deep tech company, based in Rennes, which designs, produces and sells photonic solutions to fully exploit the industrial potential opened up by the shaping of light. Cailabs develops and produces a unique range of optical components based on its know-how and its patented technological innovations, in particular Multi-Plane Light Conversion (MPLC).

Safety Line

Venture Round in 2017
Safety Line SAS provides software and statistical analysis solutions for risk management in the field of air transport, including airlines, maintenance organizations, and airports. It offers SafetyCube, an operational aviation risk management software that integrates various safety aspects; Opti Climb, a solution to optimize and reduce fuel consumption; Flight Scanner for compliance and risk monitoring based on flight data; and Airside Watch, a non-intrusive solution to estimate the braking action. The company offers its solutions for hazard identification and risk assessment, optimization of fuel consumption, and reduction of aviation emissions. Safety Line SAS was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Paris, France.

Turbotech

Private Placement in 2018
TURBOTECH S.A.S develops energy storage system for aircraft. The company offers turboprops and turbo electric generators for light aircraft which combines recuperated turbine with electric machine. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Toussus-Le-Noble, France.

Neelogy

Acquisition in 2019
Neelogy develops and markets non-remanence magnetic sensors (thus very precise and non-intrusive) for the measurement of alternating and continuous electrical currents. The company's mission: to meet new needs related to energy metering, AC / DC energy conversion, electrical energy storage, real-time fault detection and diagnostics.

INERATEC

Series A in 2022
Operator of chemical plants equipped with chemical reactor technology intended for gas-to-liquid, power-to-liquid, and power-to-gas applications products. The company's technology is based on compact and microstructure chemical reactors and allows dynamic, safe, and efficient operation of exothermic and endothermic chemical reactions such as Fischer-tropsch synthesis, methanol synthesis, methanation, and synthesis gas generation via catalytic partial oxidation, enabling chemical plants operators to have integration of the entire chemical plant in transportable containers.

Cailabs

Series A in 2017
Cailabs is a French deep tech company, based in Rennes, which designs, produces and sells photonic solutions to fully exploit the industrial potential opened up by the shaping of light. Cailabs develops and produces a unique range of optical components based on its know-how and its patented technological innovations, in particular Multi-Plane Light Conversion (MPLC).

Diota

Series A in 2016
Diota is a provider of Augmented Reality software solutions dedicated to industry. Strong technological innovations along with business-oriented solutions make of the company a key player of the digital factory and industrial competitiveness, notably in the aircraft, railway, shipbuilding, automotive, oil & gas and chemical industries,in France and Europe. Among Diota’s major references are Safran Group, Dassault Aviation, DCNS, SNCF, PSA Group, Renault, Volkswagen, Daimler, Air Liquide, Total, Bouygues Construction…

Diota

Series B in 2019
Diota is a provider of Augmented Reality software solutions dedicated to industry. Strong technological innovations along with business-oriented solutions make of the company a key player of the digital factory and industrial competitiveness, notably in the aircraft, railway, shipbuilding, automotive, oil & gas and chemical industries,in France and Europe. Among Diota’s major references are Safran Group, Dassault Aviation, DCNS, SNCF, PSA Group, Renault, Volkswagen, Daimler, Air Liquide, Total, Bouygues Construction…

Sdu-Identification

Acquisition in 2008
Sdu-I is a developer and supplier of e-Passports and other sophisticated identity documents to a number of European governments.

Diota

Private Placement in 2019
Diota is a provider of Augmented Reality software solutions dedicated to industry. Strong technological innovations along with business-oriented solutions make of the company a key player of the digital factory and industrial competitiveness, notably in the aircraft, railway, shipbuilding, automotive, oil & gas and chemical industries,in France and Europe. Among Diota’s major references are Safran Group, Dassault Aviation, DCNS, SNCF, PSA Group, Renault, Volkswagen, Daimler, Air Liquide, Total, Bouygues Construction…

MorphoTrust USA

Acquisition in 2011
MorphoTrust USA is a trusted partner for all states as well as many federal agencies and commercial businesses. Their competencies include complete solutions that simplify, protect, and secure the lives of the American people and their identities. Their markets include government-issued ID segments such as driver licenses and passports, as well as border management, public safety, law enforcement, aviation, retail, banking and employee/applicant vetting.

Optics 1

Acquisition in 2009
Optics 1specialized in optics, opto-mechanics and electro-optics, designs, develops and produces integrated systems and subsystems for the defense market in the United States and abroad. It also produces a range of commercial products for the medical, biotechnology and electronics industries.
Optovac is specialized in optronics and night vision equipment.

L-1 Identity Solutions

Acquisition in 2011
L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. (L-1) is a provider of technology, products, systems and solutions, and services that protect and secure personal identities and assets. Through its divisions, L-1 delivers a range of offerings required for solving complex problems associated with managing identity. The Company operates in two reportable segments: Solutions and Services. The Solutions segment consists of the Secure Credentialing and Biometrics / Enterprise Access Divisions. Solutions from these divisions are marketed to Federal agencies, state and local government agencies, including law enforcement and department of corrections, foreign governments, and commercial entities, such as financial and health care institutions and casinos. The Services segment includes the Enrollment Services Division and Government Consulting Services Group. Enrollment Services perform fingerprinting and process background checks for civilians at centers across the United States and Canada.

Kalray

Private Placement in 2017
KALRAY is a fabless semiconductor and software company that develops, markets & sells a new generation of manycore processors for Imaging, Telecommunication infrastructures, Data Security & Network Appliances embedded applications.

Dibotics

Seed Round in 2019
Dibotics develops software for real –time processing of 3D data. It offers mapping and robotic localization solution, known as 3D simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) to achieve mobile autonomy. The company provides outdoor, maritime, airborne, and indoor solutions. It offers outdoor solutions for 3D mapping, autonomous car, autonomous truck convoy, localization in agriculture, driverless car, SLAM on fields, and autonomous shuttle; and maritime solutions for automatic harbor monitoring and 3D real- time dock scanning. It also offers airborne solutions, such as airborne mapping using Lidar, drone security zone, and infrastructure surveillance with drone; and indoor solutions, including 3D ToF camera SLAM, super resolution filter, and SLAM on warehouse ceiling. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Versailles, France.

Aerospace Propulsion Products

Acquisition in 2014
Aerospace Propulsion Products B.V. develops and produces gas generators for various applications. We are a European leader in the field of rocket engine igniters for space launchers as Ariane 5 and Vega. Furthermore, we are active in the field of fast gas generators for dust explosion suppression and we are developing fascinating new products based on patented cool gas generator technology.

SNPE Matériaux Energétiques

Acquisition in 2011
SNPE Materiaux Energetiques (SME) is one of the leaders specializing in the research, development, production and commercialization of high-performance energetic, pyrotechnic and composite materials for Defence, Space, Aeronautics, Transport, Building, and leisure applications.

Safran Power U.S.A. LLC

Acquisition in 2012
Goodrich Electric Power Systems manufactures and distributes aircraft electrical generators and power distribution systems.

Krono-Safe

Venture Round in 2015
Krono-Safe serves markets in need for a safer and more efficient solution for developing real-time embedded applications. These extend to both well established markets such as transportation, industrial automation, energy, medical and military, and new markets springing up where safety and security converge like the Internet of Things.

INERATEC

Series B in 2024
Operator of chemical plants equipped with chemical reactor technology intended for gas-to-liquid, power-to-liquid, and power-to-gas applications products. The company's technology is based on compact and microstructure chemical reactors and allows dynamic, safe, and efficient operation of exothermic and endothermic chemical reactions such as Fischer-tropsch synthesis, methanol synthesis, methanation, and synthesis gas generation via catalytic partial oxidation, enabling chemical plants operators to have integration of the entire chemical plant in transportable containers.

blackshark.ai

Series A in 2023
blackshark.ai provides powerful insights into the world by extracting information from satellite imagery fully automatically. A scalable artificial intelligence builds the core of the blackshark platform, detecting features with incredible precision and speed. A novel machine learning approach was developed to train a neural network for new features rapidly, enabling blackshark to serve various use cases in many different industries. Input sources supported: - satellite imagery - 2D photographs (aerial, street level, ...) - point clouds (photogrammetry or lidar) - HD map data - OSM - & more Examples for feature detection: - buildings (footprint, height, type, roof, orientation, facade) - vegetation - streets - land classification - flood detection - & more blackshark.ai can also fully automatically and semantically reconstruct detected features in 3D, using a patent-pending technology for efficiently storing and streaming petabytes of data. blackshark.ai is a team of 50+ data scientists, geospatial engineers, 3D rendering programmers and developers, based in San Francisco, US, and Graz, Austria. We are on a mission to answer questions such as: - Can my drone land in this backyard? - How many solar panels are installed in India? - How many tents does a certain refugee camp have? - How many cars are parked in a specific parking lot? What would you like to know?

Sintermat

Seed Round in 2022
SAS SINTERmat manufactures metal parts from powder metallurgy for luxury goods, defense, aeronautics, and energy markets. It offers heat exchanger tubes, thermal barriers, metal / ceramic joints for electrical insulation, components for fusion reactor, functional parts, cutting tools and wearing parts, projectiles, shielding, nozzles, and composites and alloys for turbines. It produces dense parts with controlled microstructure from powders of different natures, metal, ceramics, and composites. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Montbard, France.

Krono-Safe

Series B in 2020
Krono-Safe serves markets in need for a safer and more efficient solution for developing real-time embedded applications. These extend to both well established markets such as transportation, industrial automation, energy, medical and military, and new markets springing up where safety and security converge like the Internet of Things.

Dibotics

Series B in 2022
Dibotics develops software for real –time processing of 3D data. It offers mapping and robotic localization solution, known as 3D simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) to achieve mobile autonomy. The company provides outdoor, maritime, airborne, and indoor solutions. It offers outdoor solutions for 3D mapping, autonomous car, autonomous truck convoy, localization in agriculture, driverless car, SLAM on fields, and autonomous shuttle; and maritime solutions for automatic harbor monitoring and 3D real- time dock scanning. It also offers airborne solutions, such as airborne mapping using Lidar, drone security zone, and infrastructure surveillance with drone; and indoor solutions, including 3D ToF camera SLAM, super resolution filter, and SLAM on warehouse ceiling. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Versailles, France.

INERATEC

Venture Round in 2023
Operator of chemical plants equipped with chemical reactor technology intended for gas-to-liquid, power-to-liquid, and power-to-gas applications products. The company's technology is based on compact and microstructure chemical reactors and allows dynamic, safe, and efficient operation of exothermic and endothermic chemical reactions such as Fischer-tropsch synthesis, methanol synthesis, methanation, and synthesis gas generation via catalytic partial oxidation, enabling chemical plants operators to have integration of the entire chemical plant in transportable containers.

Vyoma GmbH

Seed Round in 2023
Developer of satellite-based observation system designed for space debris monitoring. The company utilizes a proprietary fleet of satellites, software suites, sensors, and machine learning algorithms to catalog and identify space debris, process images, assess space traffic, and provide maneuvering instructions for satellites, enabling satellite operators and owners to autonomously navigate and avoid collision with the debris.