Investors in Aviation

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JetBlue Technology Ventures

JetBlue Technology Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of JetBlue Airways, based in California. It invests in early-stage startups across travel, hospitality, transportation and technology, with a focus on airlines, airports and aerospace manufacturers. It also runs an accelerator program that invests about 0.05 million USD in each startup in exchange for equity. Founded in 2016, the firm supports startups aligned with JetBlue's strategic interests in travel and technology.
Made 20 investments in Aviation

Drone Fund

Drone Fund is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm investing in drones and related technologies. It provides capital investment and financing and supports portfolio companies with services such as intellectual property strategy, innovation planning, and drone policy guidance, aiming to build a drone ecosystem where startups and partners can benefit from collaboration and resources.
Made 16 investments in Aviation

Starburst Ventures

Starburst Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 and based in Los Angeles, California. It concentrates on investments in aerospace and defense, including aviation, space, and defense sectors, and supports early-stage companies by accelerating their business development with government and industry partners.
Made 31 investments in Aviation

European Innovation Council

Established in 2020, the European Innovation Council supports innovative startups and researchers with promising ideas, focusing on early-stage companies with positive environmental, social, or governance impacts. It co-invests alongside private investors.
Made 21 investments in Aviation

Shenzhen Capital Group

Shenzhen Capital Group is a government-backed venture capital firm established by the Shenzhen Government in 1999. It focuses on cultivating national industries and brands, promoting economic transformation, and developing emerging sectors. The firm invests primarily in small to medium-sized enterprises and innovative high-tech companies across start-up, growth, and transformation stages, targeting industries aligned with national policies such as information technology, internet and new media, biopharma, new energy, environmental protection, chemical engineering, new materials, high-end equipment manufacturing, consumer goods, and modern services. Through its portfolio, it aims to build national champions and support industrial upgrading in China, leveraging its capital base to support long-term value creation.
Made 12 investments in Aviation

Andreessen Horowitz

Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. Founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, it funds software and technology companies across seed to growth stages, with emphasis on web and mobile applications, cloud infrastructure, enterprise software, fintech, consumer Internet, artificial intelligence, and biotech-adjacent ventures. The firm focuses on technology-enabled businesses and provides strategic support and networks to portfolio companies.
Made 16 investments in Aviation

Alumni Ventures Group

Alumni Ventures Group is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, established in 2013. It targets individual accredited investors who previously had limited access to venture capital by enabling alumni from top entrepreneurial schools to invest together in ventures led by fellow alumni. The firm backs companies with an alumni connection and an institutional lead investor with sector expertise. It offers focused funds that provide accredited investors access to a diversified venture portfolio by type, sector, stage, and geography. The organization engages in seed, early-stage, and late-stage pre-IPO investments across technology, consumer, financial services, health care, life sciences, and other sectors.
Made 15 investments in Aviation

Breakthrough Energy Ventures

Breakthrough Energy Ventures is an investor-led venture capital firm based in Kirkland, Washington, providing patient capital to climate and energy technology companies across seed, early, and later stages. It concentrates on environmental services, climate change, climate technology, and cleantech, investing minority stakes to back technologies that deliver reliable, affordable power while reducing emissions and advancing zero-emission energy solutions.
Made 12 investments in Aviation

Propeller Investments

Propeller Investments is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2008 and based in New York. It pursues early-stage investments in infrastructure-related opportunities, with an emphasis on aerospace and transportation, and targets companies operating in the business products and services sectors, including service and concession ventures and concept-leading operating companies. The firm adopts a value-added approach to early-stage investing and seeks opportunities globally, focusing on infrastructure-driven businesses.

DiamondStream Partners

DiamondStream Partners invests in travel transformation through thematic funds, focusing on travel and aviation-related companies with strong growth potential. Led by seasoned aviation experts who co-founded Volaris, they apply a unique vertical industry approach informed by industry demand drivers.
Made 6 investments in Aviation

Amadeus IT Group

Amadeus IT Group is a global transaction processor for the travel and tourism industry, connecting airlines, hotels, rail, car rental and other providers with travel agencies through a distributed processing platform. It operates a portfolio of IT solutions that automate mission-critical processes such as reservations, inventory management and operations for providers, alongside a distribution network that enables real-time search, pricing, booking and ticketing for travel buyers. The company conducts its business through two segments, Distribution and IT Solutions, serving airlines, airports, hotels, tour operators, ground handlers and travel sellers worldwide. Founded in 1987 by major European carriers and headquartered in Madrid, Spain, it has developed into a leading player in the global distribution system space, with the GDS segment making up about 48% of revenue in 2024 and the IT Solutions segment about 52%, reflecting a balanced mix of software and transaction processing.
Made 12 investments in Aviation

Liquid 2 Ventures

Liquid 2 Ventures is a San Francisco, California-based venture capital firm that provides seed-stage and early-stage investments to technology startups. Founded in 2015 by Joe Montana, Mike Miller, and Michael Ma, the firm focuses on technology companies across software, telecommunications, media, and other TMT sectors, offering early funding and strategic guidance to its portfolio companies.
Made 17 investments in Aviation

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, and Israel. The firm backs early and growth stage start-ups across sectors such as enterprise software, consumer technology, fintech, healthtech, cleantech, and information technology, and pursues opportunities in the United States, Asia, and Israel. It funds a broad range of rounds, including seed, early, later, and expansion, and also provides debt financing for start-ups and growth companies. Lightspeed focuses on helping entrepreneurs scale through capital, strategic guidance, and operational support, and maintains a diversified portfolio across enterprise, consumer, big data, mobile, and internet-enabled sectors.
Made 8 investments in Aviation

Insight Partners

Insight Partners is a global software investor that partners with growth-stage technology and software companies. Headquartered in New York City with offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto, it concentrates on growth-stage software, internet, and data services, with notable focus areas including fintech, cybersecurity, AI/ML, DevOps, and healthcare. Founded in 1995, Insight Partners manages over $75 billion in regulatory assets under management and has invested in more than 750 companies worldwide, with over 55 portfolio companies achieving an IPO. The firm combines capital with hands-on, right-sized software expertise to support portfolio companies on their growth journey from first investment to IPO.
Made 7 investments in Aviation

Draper Associates

Draper Associates is a venture capital firm that backs early-stage startups worldwide, investing from pre-seed to Series A and maintaining an industry-agnostic, opportunistic stance. It seeks transformative ideas across AI, robotics, biotech, fintech, crypto, space, defense, software as a service, cloud, new media, gaming, and other deep technologies, aiming to support teams with the potential to disrupt markets and drive substantial growth. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California.
Made 21 investments in Aviation

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Lockheed Martin Corporation is a global security and aerospace company that researches, designs, develops, manufactures, integrates, and sustains advanced technology systems and services for defense and space. It operates through four segments: Aeronautics, Missiles and Fire Control, Rotary and Mission Systems, and Space Systems, covering combat aircraft, missiles and defense systems, helicopters, ships and submarines, radar and sensors, satellites, space transportation, and related support services. The company serves government customers worldwide and provides engineering, logistics, cybersecurity, and information services. Founded in 1912 and headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin maintains a broad portfolio across defense, space, and security solutions with a long-standing role in major national security programs.
Made 13 investments in Aviation

Itochu

Itochu is a leading Japanese general trading company established in 1858 by Chubei Itoh. As a sogo shosha, it conducts domestic and international trading across sectors including textiles, machinery, chemicals, metals, energy, food, and general merchandise, and engages in related services such as insurance, finance, construction, real estate, and warehousing. The group maintains a broad global footprint with offices in more than 80 countries and operates across investment and business ventures to support its trading activities. Through its information technology and other business units, Itochu also sponsors strategic ventures and partnerships, leveraging its extensive network to create value across industries. The company emphasizes diversified operations, long-term relationships with suppliers and customers, and growth across traditional trade, consumer products, and energy-related sectors.
Made 7 investments in Aviation

SOSV

SOSV is a global venture capital firm based in Princeton, New Jersey, founded in 1995, that focuses on seed to growth investments in deep technology across health, environmental tech, hardware, robotics, and cross border software, with a particular emphasis on Asia. The company runs accelerator style startup development programs, including HAX and IndieBio, which provide facilities, engineering resources, and lab equipment to help founders accelerate product development, acquire customers, and attract later stage funding. SOSV pursues a limited number of high potential startups, offering extensive hands on support to speed commercialization and scale, and aims to back innovations that improve human and planetary health.
Made 12 investments in Aviation

FJ Labs

FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda. It is stage-agnostic and focuses on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups, making seed and Series A investments. Typical checks range from 50,000 to 5,000,000 dollars. The firm supports early-stage companies across sectors such as e-commerce, fintech, ad tech, mobile, and software-as-a-service, seeking opportunities with high growth potential in the United States and internationally. Its portfolio includes a mix of consumer brands and marketplace platforms, reflecting an emphasis on business models that connect buyers and sellers or enable direct consumer experiences. FJ Labs aims to back entrepreneurs building scalable, disruptively positioned products and services, often partnering with founders early in their development to help accelerate growth.
Made 9 investments in Aviation

Antler

Antler is a global venture capital firm based in Singapore that backs early-stage technology companies. It runs incubation programs and provides a global community of co-founders, access to talent, expert advisors, expansion support, and capital to help startups grow. The firm targets a broad range of sectors, including healthcare, finance, software, energy, consumer and B2B technologies, and operates through regional programs across Europe, the United States, the United Kingdom, Southeast Asia, India, Africa, and beyond.
Made 7 investments in Aviation

Par Equity

Par Equity is a venture capital and private equity firm backed by Scottish Enterprise, based in Edinburgh with an office in San Francisco. It specializes in early‑stage and growth investments in technology companies, including software, deep tech and digital health, targeting opportunities in Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland, with cross‑border expansion between the United Kingdom and the United States. The firm funds proprietary technology and proven products poised for international growth, supporting UK companies expanding to the United States and US entrants seeking a UK presence. Typical investments range from £0.25 million to £2.5 million, with enterprise values up to about £10 million. It also provides angel capital to investee companies and focuses on cross‑border deals to accelerate scale.
Made 9 investments in Aviation

Bossa Invest

Bossa Invest is a venture capital firm based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2011, that manages investment portfolios and provides asset management services to clients across sectors, with a focus on software as a service companies, and analyzes market trends to inform its investment decisions while operating in finance, technology, and real estate.
Made 18 investments in Aviation

Accel

Accel is a venture capital firm founded in 1983 by Arthur Patterson and Jim Swartz and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco, London and Bangalore. It funds early- and growth-stage technology companies across software, cloud, SaaS, consumer, enterprise IT and related sectors, and it supports portfolio companies as they scale internationally. With a global network and more than three decades of experience, Accel seeks to help entrepreneurs build world-class, category-defining businesses. Notable investments include Atlassian, Facebook, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, Etsy, Braintree, Cloudera and Qualtrics, among others. Accel operates multiple funds and programs to back companies at different stages, continuing a long track record of backing ambitious technology founders around the world.
Made 9 investments in Aviation

Citigroup

Citigroup is a diversified financial services company providing a broad range of financial products and services to consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions worldwide. It operates through two main segments: Global Consumer Banking, which includes retail banking, Citi-branded cards, and consumer finance, and Institutional Clients Group, which covers wholesale banking, investment banking, fixed income and equity sales and trading, foreign exchange, prime brokerage, research, corporate lending, cash management, trade finance, and securities services. The company maintains a global footprint across regions including Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North and Latin America, and emphasizes sustainability and social responsibility initiatives.
Made 7 investments in Aviation

Indigo Partners

Indigo Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm established in 2002, focusing on growth capital investments primarily in the air transportation sector. The firm aims to identify and support opportunities within the industry, leveraging its expertise to foster the development of innovative businesses. Through strategic investments, Indigo Partners seeks to enhance the operational efficiency and market reach of its portfolio companies, contributing to the overall growth of the air transportation market.
Made 3 investments in Aviation

Global Founders Capital

Global Founders Capital is a Berlin, Germany-based venture capital firm with a global focus that invests across seed, early, and later-stage companies. It maintains a stage-agnostic approach, seeking innovative ideas with potential impact and feasibility in global markets.
Made 9 investments in Aviation

Founder Collective

Founder Collective is a seed- and early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2009 by entrepreneurs who have built and exited technology companies. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with an office in New York, the firm makes early investments across the United States and globally. It is industry-agnostic but prefers ventures with an information technology component, including software and TMT-enabled businesses. The firm focuses on supporting founders at the seed and early stages, drawing on the experience of its partners who have firsthand startup experience.
Made 7 investments in Aviation

Initialized Capital

Initialized Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that concentrates on early-stage technology investments, with a focus on seed opportunities. It manages multiple funds and has a team of investing partners, supporting technology startups through the initial funding stages.
Made 7 investments in Aviation

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm founded in 1911 and headquartered in Redwood City, California. It backs startups across seed to growth stages, focusing on software, cloud, cybersecurity, fintech, consumer and healthcare technologies, and high-growth business models. The firm operates internationally, supporting portfolio companies from early product development through scale, and has backed well-known names such as Pinterest, Shopify, Twilio, Yelp, LinkedIn, Wix and others. BVP emphasizes helping founders establish durable foundations and guides companies through multiple growth phases, leveraging hands-on operational support, strategic networks, and cross-border expertise. With a diversified approach that includes consumer, enterprise and deep-tech investments, the firm seeks to build lasting companies that matter across global markets.
Made 12 investments in Aviation

TechNexus Venture Collaborative

TechNexus Venture Collaborative is a Chicago-based venture platform that brings together corporations and entrepreneurs to create new business models, products, and scalable market access. The initiative combines capital investment, incubation, and collaboration to accelerate opportunities, connecting leading companies with hundreds of startups since its founding in 2007 and earning a reputation as one of the most active venture investors in the United States. The organization targets investments across sectors including audio and consumer electronics, B2B software, health and wellness, manufacturing, marine and outdoor recreation, media production, mobility, and retail.
Made 12 investments in Aviation

Energy & Environment Investment

Energy & Environment Investment is a Tokyo-based venture capital and impact investment firm focused on the environment and energy sectors, with a specialty in clean technology. Founded in 2006, it is noted as Japan's first venture capital dedicated to clean technology, and its core team brings hands-on experience in founding and managing venture companies, providing risk capital and strategic guidance to promising environmental and energy ventures.
Made 4 investments in Aviation

Karman Ventures

Established in 2018 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Karman Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in investments within the technology sector. The firm focuses on supporting early-stage startups with innovative technical solutions.
Made 6 investments in Aviation

Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation

Established in 1985, this organization supports early-stage commercialization and financing for innovative technologies, entrepreneurs, and companies within Virginia. It focuses on seed funding and assisting innovators to launch new businesses, create high-paying jobs, and stimulate economic growth across the state.
Made 5 investments in Aviation

European Investment Fund

European Investment Fund (EIF) is a public institution established in 1994 to improve access to finance for Europe's small and medium-sized businesses. It designs and develops venture capital and guarantee instruments to support SMEs and to catalyse private investment, aiming to build a robust European equity ecosystem. EIF engages in venture capital, growth capital, and guarantee operations, backing innovative entrepreneurs primarily in technology and life sciences, as well as across other sectors. Through cornerstone investments and fund participation, EIF seeks to crowd in private investors and stimulate venture activity across Europe. Its equity portfolio has grown substantially, with assets under management exceeding EUR 14 billion, reflecting its broad role in strengthening SME finance and supporting entrepreneurship and growth.
Made 4 investments in Aviation

KGAL Group

KGAL Group is an independent asset manager and alternative investment manager focusing on real estate, sustainable infrastructure, and aviation assets, as well as venture capital and private equity in European markets. The group emphasizes regulatory compliance and robust governance of transactions, portfolios, and risk management.
Made 1 investment in Aviation

Aero X Ventures

Aero X Ventures is a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm that makes early-stage investments in deep-tech startups. It targets aerospace, defense, national security, and critical infrastructure sectors, including advanced air mobility, with a focus on technologies and applications that can enable safer, more efficient transportation, secure systems, and resilient networks.
Made 1 investment in Aviation

Global Brain

Global Brain is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm founded in 1998 that backs technology companies from seed stage through growth rounds. It targets a broad range of sectors including AI, cloud and software, fintech, robotics, life sciences, media, and mobility, and pursues global investments across Europe, North America, Africa and Asia-Pacific. The firm emphasizes hands-on support and resources for portfolio companies, aiming to help them scale beyond financing. It operates a pure investment fund alongside corporate venture funds formed with leading public companies across telecom, real estate, financial services, beverages, agriculture and food, logistics, and electronics.
Made 5 investments in Aviation

Stellantis

Stellantis is a global automotive manufacturer formed in January 2021 by the merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Peugeot. It ranks among the world’s largest vehicle makers as the fourth-largest OEM by sales at the time of formation. The company offers a broad portfolio spanning mainstream passenger cars, SUVs, pickup trucks, and commercial vehicles under brands such as Fiat, Jeep, Chrysler, Ram, Peugeot, Citroën, Opel, Alfa Romeo, and Maserati. Stellantis pursues mobility solutions through electrification, software strategies, and an ecosystem of partnerships to drive sustainable mobility. In 2024, the group sold about 5.5 million vehicles, with regional shares of 47% in Europe, 26% in North America, and 17% in South America. The company emphasizes electrification, connectivity, and advanced software to support its global product lineup and diversified regional footprint.
Made 5 investments in Aviation

Draper B1

Draper B1 is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm based in Valencia, Spain. Founded in 2010, it targets investments in B2B and B2B2C startups, with a focus on companies operating on the internet or in mobile applications.
Made 7 investments in Aviation

Coinvest Capital

Founded in 2017, Coinvest Capital is a venture capital firm based in Vilnius, Lithuania. It invests in startups and companies across various stages and sectors, with a current focus on DefenceTech, DeepTech, BigData, SaaS, ClimateTech, Life Sciences, Biotech, MedTech, Impact Investing, and supporting women founders.
Made 3 investments in Aviation

Cantos Ventures

Cantos Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2016 that specializes in pre-seed and seed-stage investments in technology-driven startups. It backs companies addressing global challenges through technology, including climate change, biotechnology, aerospace, and computing, and supports ventures applying technology to sectors such as real estate, healthcare, logistics, accessibility, and finance, with a focus on areas like synthetic biology, embodied AI, industrial automation, and decentralized finance. The firm typically makes early-stage equity investments and supports founders pursuing ambitious, world-changing ideas.
Made 7 investments in Aviation

Metaplanet Holdings

Metaplanet Holdings is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 and based in Tallinn, Estonia. It backs early-stage companies across a broad range of sectors, including artificial intelligence and robotics, life sciences, enterprise and consumer technology, biotech, cryptocurrency, healthcare, transportation, and other technology-driven fields. The firm supports novel, evidence-based innovations with the potential for outsized returns and aims to create meaningful impact.
Made 6 investments in Aviation

Horizons Ventures

Horizons Ventures is a Hong Kong-based venture capital firm that focuses on investing in disruptive technology startups across seed, early, and late stages. It backs companies operating in artificial intelligence and machine learning, fintech, healthcare technology, and software-as-a-service, aiming to support transformative innovations. The firm has a track record of notable exits from portfolio companies such as Skype, Siri, Facebook, Waze, and Summly, reflecting its capacity to help scale globally. Horizons Ventures emphasizes early identification of potential in technology-driven ventures and provides strategic value to portfolio companies through its international network and expertise.
Made 6 investments in Aviation

AP Ventures

AP Ventures is an independent venture capital firm headquartered in London that focuses on early and growth-stage investments in technologies leveraging platinum group metals to address global challenges. Founded in 2014, the firm targets patentable and advanced technologies across sectors such as hydrogen infrastructure (production, storage, transport, and end-use applications including fuel cell systems), energy storage, water treatment and purification, sensors, durable electronics, and medical devices. Its portfolio emphasizes hydrogen value chain solutions, low-carbon and blue hydrogen production, electrolysis, and applications that enable decarbonization and sustainable energy. By investing in companies that exploit PGMs to support renewables integration, resource efficiency, and growing global needs, AP Ventures aims to back innovators with global reach and scalable impact.
Made 6 investments in Aviation

BlueYard Capital

BlueYard Capital is a Berlin-based venture capital firm that backs seed and early-stage technology companies in Europe and the United States. Founded in 2015, it focuses on transformative ideas across crypto and Web3, frontier biology, and vertical software that disrupts established monopolies, typically investing around 1-3 million as an initial check. The firm pursues opportunities in information technology, computation and intelligence, engineering, aerospace and defense, biology, cryptocurrency, and chemistry, and operates with a global reach to support ventures addressing large-scale societal and technological challenges.
Made 4 investments in Aviation

Tapestry VC

Tapestry VC is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, founded in 2018, that invests in seed and pre-seed opportunities across the United States and Europe. It focuses on backing technical and repeat founders building in these regions.
Made 6 investments in Aviation

Lowercarbon Capital

Lowercarbon Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 and based in Jackson, Wyoming. It invests in companies developing technologies to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, with a focus on sectors including energy, impact, transportation, industrial materials, and agriculture. The firm supports research and commercialization of emissions-reducing solutions and backing for entrepreneurs pursuing ways to lower emissions, remove carbon, and actively cool the planet.
Made 4 investments in Aviation

Dynamo Ventures

Dynamo Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, founded in 2016. It concentrates on seed-stage and pre-seed opportunities in the supply chain and mobility sectors, investing in enterprise business models and supporting founding teams as they build market-defining companies.
Made 6 investments in Aviation

Playground Global

Playground Global is a Palo Alto-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2015 that backs technical and scientific founders with deep engineering expertise. The firm emphasizes a collaborative environment and a first-hand understanding of deep tech, and it targets investments in next-generation computing, automation, energy transition, and engineered biology. Playground Global is known for supporting companies at the intersection of bits and atoms and often serves as an early, sometimes first investor in pioneers across hardware, software, and AI, with portfolio credits including PsiQuantum, Relativity Space, Ultima Genomics, MosaicML, d-Matrix, and Strand Therapeutics.
Made 10 investments in Aviation

ADR Ventures

ADR Ventures is the venture capital arm of Aeroporti di Roma, the operator of Rome’s airports. It invests in early‑stage technology and infrastructure projects that support the aviation sector and broader economic development. The firm focuses on innovative solutions that enhance airport operations, passenger experience, and sustainability, leveraging its parent company’s industry expertise and network.