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Airbus Ventures
Venture capital · Menlo Park, CA, United States · North America
Airbus Ventures is a conviction-led investment firm that backs founders building critical infrastructure and critical industrial systems. It describes its strategy as constructing a symbiotic portfolio of companies across interdependent domains, aligned with DoD strategic priorities and DARPA's horizon-scanning pipelines.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense
In its own wordscritical infrastructuredefenseindustrial systemsunderwater autonomyspace
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Or find every investor that fitsAirbus Ventures lists 6 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 5 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 40% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (55%), Space & Defense (18%) and Education (9%). 40% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Global Brain, 10x Group and Abies Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Airbus Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundAirbus Ventures does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 40% |
| Series B | 20% |
| Growth | 40% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 1 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 0 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 8th | 6 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 87th | 55% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Global Brain | 2 |
| 10x Group | 1 |
| Abies Ventures | 1 |
| Ascot Capital Partners | 1 |
| Assembly Ventures | 1 |
| BMW i Ventures | 1 |
| BRICKS FUND TOKYO | 1 |
| Balderton Capital | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers6100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 55% | 18% |
| Space & Defense | 18% | 3% |
| Education | 9% | 7% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 9% | 7% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 9% | 1% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Airbus Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Airbus Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Jul 2026 | Series A | |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Series A | |
| 2 Feb 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 6 May 2025 | Series C+ | |
| 6 Jul 2023 | Series B |
Round details for Airbus Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Airbus Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
6 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerospacelab designs, builds, and operates satellite infrastructure, including platforms, payloads, and operations | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Cesium Astro designs, manufactures, and tests communication systems and satellites | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Feb 2026Series C+ | Funding round | |
| The company provides serverless hosting for large language models. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Apr 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Quantum Systems develops advanced autonomous systems for defense and security operations across multiple domains, powered by integrated software and AI. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | May 2025Series C+ | Funding round | |
| Starlight Engine aims to solve energy challenges and create a sustainable future through the practical application of fusion energy. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Jul 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| The company creates robotics | Robotics & Hardware | Jul 2023Series B | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- airbusventures.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 6 Jul 2023
- Companies checked
- 6
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