Investors / Starburst
Starburst
Accelerator
Starburst runs startup accelerators, strategy consulting, and venture investments for the aerospace and defense industry. It connects startups with corporates, investors, and government, and provides strategic growth and investment consulting services.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsaerospacedefensedeep techspaceaviationdrones
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Or find every investor that fitsStarburst lists 44 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (59%), Space & Defense (14%) and Fintech (9%). 41% of its companies are based in France. It invests most often alongside Agoranov, Capital Factory and Creative Destruction Lab.
No funding round on record names Starburst yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Starburst's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 44. 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 59% | 18% |
| Space & Defense | 14% | 3% |
| Fintech | 9% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 4% | 15% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 4% | 7% |
| Climate & Energy | 3% | 1% |
| Cybersecurity | 1% | 4% |
| Enterprise Software | 1% | 8% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Agoranov | 3 |
| Capital Factory | 3 |
| Creative Destruction Lab | 3 |
| Expansion | 3 |
| ADIV | 2 |
| Alpine Space Ventures | 2 |
| High-Tech Gründerfonds | 2 |
| Techstars | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 77th | 39 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 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 | 89th | 59% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 88th | 7 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers4398%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company12%
- 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.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Starburst head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
44 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerix Systems develops modular aerial robotic systems with omnidirectional propulsion and open architecture | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Airfree provides a digital marketplace for onboard shopping and services | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Aletiq centralizes technical data and processes into a single source of truth | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Ampaire develops and flies hybrid-electric aircraft | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| AndroMach makes access to the very high atmosphere repeatable, affordable, and sovereign for science, industry, and defense | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company connects networks in space with networks on the ground using laser communication systems. | Space & DefenseCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
FintechFintech | Portfolio page | |||
| AstroTeq provides earthquake forecasting and early warning system solutions | AI & Machine LearningClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| Central Admixture Pharmacy Services provides high-quality medications and compounding services to patients and healthcare facilities. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| ColibriTD develops quantum-driven multiphysics simulation tools for complex engineering systems. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Deepwave provides intelligent RF data and infrastructure to extract intelligence from RF signals and inform automated systems and workflows. | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Disaitek tackles environmental and public health challenges by leveraging state-of-the-art satellite technologies and AI. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Emproof develops and provides embedded software security solutions to protect against reverse engineering, hacking, and tampering. | Industrial & ManufacturingHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Evitado develops and provides collision avoidance systems for airport ground safety, specifically a LiDAR perception system for pushback tugs and ground equipment. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Flyvercity builds the assurance, traffic intelligence and fleet systems that keep growth manageable for drone operations. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| FuelX produces Alane fuel and Alane fuel cell power systems | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Hybrogines is an aerospace engineering and research company, specialising in propulsion subsystems for space vehicles. | 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 | ||
| Infinidome develops and provides GPS jamming protection solutions for various assets, including drones, fleets, and critical infrastructure. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
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About this data
site last read 13 Nov 2026- Site
- starburst.aero
- Last read
- 13 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 44
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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