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Airbus Ventures

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Airbus Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Airbus, focusing on early-stage investments in startups impacting the aerospace industry and related deep tech sectors. Founded in 2016, it operates independently from its parent company and invests in areas like autonomy, electrification, advanced materials, and new space technologies. With $465 million in assets under management, Airbus Ventures supports companies that are set to shift the future of aerospace. They actively seek new investments and have a diverse portfolio, including companies in space exploration, satellite technology, and related software and hardware.

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Airbus Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Lavrock Ventures, Pallas Ventures, and Techstars also joined Morpheus Space’s 2020 funding round.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 3.5Apr 9, 2026SmallSat Europe Speaker Focus: Daniel Bock, Morpheus Space

The Series C equity round included participation from Woven Capital, Janus Henderson Investors, Airbus Ventures, the Development Bank of Japan Inc., MESH, NewSpace Capital, and other global investors.

FinancialRelationshipsValue 4.0Feb 4, 2026Series C Capital Round Closed by Cesium Astro

Equity participants in CesiumAstro's Series C round include Woven Capital, Janus Henderson Investors, Airbus Ventures, the Development Bank of Japan Inc., MESH, and NewSpace Capital.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.0Feb 3, 2026NASAs IMAP Begins Primary Science Mission

Other investors in CesiumAstro’s Series C round include Woven Capital, Janus Henderson Investors, Airbus Ventures, the Development Bank of Japan Inc., MESH, and NewSpace Capital.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.0Feb 2, 2026Latest News

Airbus has created SpaceLab and Airbus Ventures to foster startup partnerships and accelerate disruptive technologies.

RelationshipsCapabilityGrowthPlanValue 3.2Oct 28, 2025Latest News

Helicity Space received a $5,000,000 seed round of funding in December from investors including Airbus Ventures, TRE Ventures, Voyager Space Holdings, E2MC Space, Urania Ventures, and Gaingels.

FinancialRelationshipsValue 5.0Apr 4, 2024Helicity Space Secures Funding from Lockheed Martin Ventures for Fusion Propulsion Tech

Helicity Space raised a $5,000,000 seed round with funding from Airbus Ventures, TRE Advisors, Voyager Space Holdings, E2MC Space, Urania Ventures, and Gaingels.

FinancialRelationshipsValue 5.0Dec 12, 2023Airbus Ventures Invests $5 million in Helicity Space

Airbus Ventures Partner Lewis Pinault supports applying space-tested plasma fusion power toward terrestrial plasma fusion applications.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.2Dec 12, 2023Airbus Ventures Invests $5 million in Helicity Space

Airbus Ventures is an investor in Helicity Space's $5,000,000 seed round.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.5Dec 12, 2023Airbus Ventures Announces Its Latest Investment in Helicity Space

Airbus Ventures invested in Impulse Space as part of the company’s oversubscribed $45,000,000 Series A funding round.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.5Aug 4, 2023Impulse Space Secures New Investment from Airbus Ventures

Airbus Ventures is an investor in CesiumAstro.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Jun 16, 2023CesiumAstro to develop satcom terminal for U.S. Air Force drone

Zero-Error Systems raised $7,500,000 in a Series A investment round supported by Airbus Ventures.

FinancialRelationshipsValue 5.0Jun 12, 2023Zero-Error Systems raises $7.5 million

Solestial closed a $10,000,000 funding round led by Airbus Ventures.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.0Oct 11, 2022Solestial closes $10 million round led by Airbus Ventures

Solestial, Inc. closed an oversubscribed $10,000,000 equity financing round led by Airbus Ventures that was joined by AEI HorizonX, GPVC, Stellar Ventures, Industrious Ventures, and others.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.6Oct 11, 2022Solestial’s oversubscribed seed round is led by Airbus Ventures

When Morpheus Space completed its first investment round in 2020, its investors included Germany’s Vsquared Ventures, Lavrock Ventures, Airbus Ventures, Pallas Ventures, Techstars Ventures, and In-Q-Tel.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.0Sep 14, 2022Morpheus Space raises $28 million in Series A round

CesiumAstro secured $60,000,000 in an oversubscribed Series B funding round co-led by Airbus Ventures and Forever Ventures with strategic participation from L3Harris Technologies.

FinancialRelationshipsValue 4.6Mar 20, 2022CesiumAstro Secures $60 Million in Oversubscribed Series B Funding

Aerospacelab raised 40,000,000 EUR ($45,500,000) in a funding round led by Airbus Ventures and XAnge.

FinancialRelationshipsValue 4.7Feb 16, 2022Aerospacelab raises 40 million euros in Series B round

ispace had raised $200,000,000 as of late October, including an investment from Airbus Ventures.

FinancialRelationshipsValue 4.0Jan 21, 2022Plus Ultra’s lunar comsats to hitch rides on ispace moon landers

Q-Ctrl aims to leverage Airbus Ventures’ experience in Earth observation missions while developing infrastructure software to improve quantum sensing solutions.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.2Nov 30, 2021Airbus Ventures leads Q-Ctrl’s $25 million quantum sensor funding round

Q-Ctrl has raised $25,000,000 in a Series B round led by Airbus Ventures.

FinancialRelationshipsValue 4.0Nov 30, 2021Airbus Ventures leads Q-Ctrl’s $25 million quantum sensor funding round
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