Investors / France / Expansion
Expansion
Venture capital · Paris, France · Europe
Expansion is a European DeepTech investment fund focused on Sustainable Aerospace & Defence. It backs companies in areas such as satellite systems, space data, in-orbit services, secure communications, AI for defence, and robotics and autonomous systems.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense
In its own wordsaerospacedefencespacetechdeeptechsatellitesautonomous systems
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Or find every investor that fitsExpansion lists 24 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (77%), Space & Defense (18%) and Healthcare & Biotech (2%). 62% of its companies are based in France. It invests most often alongside Rymdkapital, Starburst and Agoranov.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Expansion, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Expansion's whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 24. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
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 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 0 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 59th | 24 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 61th | 4% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 93th | 77% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 91th | 8 countries |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Rymdkapital | 3 |
| Starburst | 3 |
| Agoranov | 2 |
| Cherry Ventures | 2 |
| High-Tech Gründerfonds | 2 |
| Karista | 2 |
| OTB Ventures | 2 |
| Red River West | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers24100%
- 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
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 77% | 18% |
| Space & Defense | 18% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 2% | 15% |
| Media & Entertainment | 2% | 4% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Expansion 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 Expansion| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Sept 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Expansion
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Expansion's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
24 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldoria provides space technology products and services for surveillance, protection, and safety in space operations | Space & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Alta Ares develops autonomous defense systems adapted to modern warfare. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Arkadia develops and manufactures propulsion systems for satellites and space vehicles | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Ascendance designs and industrializes hybrid-electric propulsion systems for aircraft. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| ATMOS Space Cargo builds reusable spacecraft and return logistics for spaceflight | Space & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| DCUBED produces and sells space engineering products, including release actuators and solar arrays. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| EOS Technologie is a French manufacturer of fixed-wing drones intended for ISR and ISTAR type missions. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| ExoBiosphere enables large-scale, automated testing in space for disease models and drug discovery | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company builds spacecraft for humanity, including a reusable capsule and a high-thrust rocket engine. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| HyPrSpace develops and offers hybrid rocket propulsion systems for launching satellites into space | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| ION-X develops and markets propulsion systems for small satellites | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Latitude provides dedicated launch services for SmallSats | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Look Up Space delivers Space Situational Awareness and Space Domain Awareness solutions for defence, commercial and institutional actors | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Messium provides precision nitrogen management for crops using satellite and AI technology to determine exact nitrogen levels and application recommendations. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Miratlas offers a platform that measures cloud cover and atmospheric turbulence to support reliable direct-to-Earth laser communication | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Orbify helps procurement, legal, and compliance teams manage EUDR compliance in one platform | Space & DefenseSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| OSMOS X develops a space propulsion technology and aims to launch a line of space thrusters and operate a fleet of space vehicles powered by its proprietary propulsion system. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| ReOrbit manufactures small GEO satellites for critical communications and 5G satellites for defence | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Skynopy provides ground station services for satellite operations | Space & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| The company enables industries to manufacture in space at scale to improve life on Earth. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- expansion-vc.eu
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 10 Sept 2025
- Companies checked
- 24
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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