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Rushed for time? Here is the top 5 Early Stage Venture investors for Aerospace startups. Scroll down for more information on these investors or to view the rest of the investors.
Name | Website | Stages | Location | Socials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The Carlyle Group | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity | Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North America | ||
Promus Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture | Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America | ||
NASA | Early Stage Venture | Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North America | ||
Airbus Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Menlo Park, California, United States, North America | ||
Starburst Accelerator | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Los Angeles, California, United States, North America |
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We’ve ranked the top Aerospace Early Stage Venture investors in United States. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Aerospace Investors & Funds (United States)
The Carlyle Group
The Carlyle Group is a company involved in the private equity industry primarily. They operate more than $81.1 billion of equity capital under management. The firm operates four fund families, focusing on leveraged buyouts, venture & growth capital, real estate, and leveraged finance investments. They recently opened up another arm for their hedge funds. The firm employs more than 575 investment professionals in 21 countries with several offices in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia; its portfolio companies employ more than 286,000 people worldwide. Carlyle has over 1200 institutional and private investors in 68 countries.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity
Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North America
Industries: Aerospace, Asset Management, Financial Services, Management Consulting
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Promus Ventures
Investing in visionary and tenacious early-stage software and hardware teams.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Industries: Aerospace, AgTech, FinTech, Robotics, Software, Space Travel, Venture Capital
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NASA
NASA’s vision is to reach for new heights and reveal the unknown so that what we do and learn will benefit all humankind. President Dwight D. Eisenhower established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 1958, partially in response to the Soviet Union’s launch of the first artificial satellite the previous year. NASA grew out of the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA), which had been researching flight technology for more than 40 years. President John F. Kennedy focused NASA and the nation on sending astronauts to the moon by the end of the 1960s. Through the Mercury and Gemini projects, NASA developed the technology and skills it needed for the journey. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first of 12 men to walk on the moon, meeting Kennedy’s challenge. Meanwhile, NASA was continuing the aeronautics research pioneered by NACA. It also conducted purely scientific research and worked on developing applications for space technology, combining both pursuits in developing the first weather and communications satellites. After Apollo, NASA focused on creating a reusable ship to provide regular access to space: the space shuttle. First launched in 1981, the space shuttle flew more than 130 successful flights before retiring in 2011. In 2000, the United States and Russia established permanent human presence in space aboard the International Space Station, a multinational project representing the work of 16 nations. NASA also has continued its scientific research. In 1997, Mars Pathfinder became the first in a fleet of spacecraft that will explore Mars in the next decade, as we try to determine if life ever existed there. The Terra and Aqua satellites are flagships of a different fleet, this one in Earth orbit, designed to help us understand how our home world is changing. NASA’s aeronautics teams are focused on improved aircraft travel that is safer and cleaner. Throughout its history, NASA has conducted or funded research that has led to numerous improvements to life here on Earth.
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North America
Industries: Aerospace, National Security, Robotics, Space Travel, Technical Support
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Airbus Ventures
Airbus Ventures invests in autonomous mobility, electrification, low-carbon economy, advanced materials, manufacturing systems, next-generation computing, sensing, security, and beyond. AV continuously fosters close and trusted relationships with other leading venture firms, actively offering hands-on expertise to our portfolio companies. We proudly leverage the richly dense networks of our mothership Airbus and its supply chain, as well as the wider ecosystem of our Limited Partners. We work with multiple LPs – including Airbus SE, Development Bank of Japan Inc., Mitsubishi HC Capital, Fuyo General Lease Co., Ltd., and McKinley Capital – to better enable our entrepreneurs to grow and succeed.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Menlo Park, California, United States, North America
Industries: Aerospace, Asset Management, Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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JetBlue Technology Ventures
JetBlue Technology Ventures invests in and partners with early-stage startups improving the future of travel and hospitality. They provide funding to promising startups, but they do so much more than that. They believe that partnering with game-changing technology companies is a way to do it.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: San Carlos, California, United States, North America
Industries: Aerospace, Finance, Financial Services, Travel, Venture Capital
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Elefund
Founded in July 2015, Elefund is a US-based venture capital firm with its headquarters in Mountain View, California. The firm has invested in several well-known companies whose products and services have benefited millions of people all over the world and created thousands of jobs.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Mountain View, California, United States, North America
Industries: Aerospace, Developer APIs, Financial Services, FinTech, Insurance, InsurTech, Mobile Apps, Payments, Residential, Wellness
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Starbridge Venture Capital
Starbridge Venture Capital is a venture capital fund focused on the overlap between the space technology sector and traditional technology investments. There is true innovation happening across multiple sectors of space science and technology and at a pace that is quite obviously accelerating. Our focus is on finding and investing in companies whose products will play an important role in developing new commercial space activity, while at the same time having large profit potential in existing markets right here on earth. We call these companies and products ‘Space Scalable,’ and believe they are the foundation on which the next decade of both commercial space and successful space investing will be built.
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North America
Industries: Aerospace, Satellite Communication, Space Travel, Telecommunications, Venture Capital
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Hudson Valley Startup Fund
The Hudson Valley Startup Fund is a geographically focused investment fund, formed by successful business and community leaders to foster growth of the region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. The fund provides pre-seed and seed stage funding, mentoring, and connections for entrepreneurs operating within or with meaningful connection to New York’s Hudson Valley region. We aim to support a vibrant and thriving local economy by being a catalyst for the growth and development of high potential ventures with connections to the region.
Stages: Convertible Note, Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Kingston, New York, United States, North America
Industries: Aerospace, Angel Investment, EdTech, Food and Beverage, Mobile Apps, SaaS, Software
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UP Partners
UP Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs building companies that support multi-dimensional mobility.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States, North America
Industries: Aerospace, Air Transportation, Autonomous Vehicles, Drone Management, Drones, Logistics, Mapping Services, Navigation, Shipping, Space Travel
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Outcome Capital
Outcome Capital is a unique investment banking firm that provides middle-market growth companies in the life sciences, healthcare services and technology markets with a value-added client-centric approach to merger, acquisition and corporate finance advisory services. The firm utilizes its proven approach to value enhancement by assisting boards and management teams in navigating both the financial and strategic markets and in implementing the best path for success. Outcome Capital’s strength stems from its unique ability to draw on its wide range of operational, strategic and private equity experience, its expertise across the value building life-cycle and its broad industry relationships. The professionals at Outcome Capital take pride in their ability to help their clients to make well-informed strategic decisions and recognize the full value created by their vision. For more information, visit: www.outcomecapital.com. Outcome provides comprehensive strategic advisory and investment banking services in the following areas: Life Science: •Pharma •Medical Devices •Biotech •Healthcare Services •Diagnostics •Tools and Research Technology: •Saas Software •IT Services •New Media •Tech Enabled Services •Business Services •Financial Services/Technology •Government Services/Technology
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Location: Reston, Virginia, United States, North America
Industries: Aerospace, Financial Services, Life Science
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Veteran Ventures Capital
Veteran Ventures Capital invests in vetted investment opportunities to qualified veteran-affiliated businesses. We interact in businesses with military veteran leadership exclusively because we recognize the value of their experience, training, and character. We are a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) full-service investment and consulting firm. Veteran Fund I (Fund) is a venture fund formed in Knoxville, TN, in partnership with Shefford Capital and InfraLinx Capital. VVC is linked to the Sheltowee Capital Network and Appalachian Angel Investor Alliance, both of which are devoted to identifying high-growth ventures throughout the country. The Fund is engaged in the business of investing exclusively in veteran-led companies that the Managers believes are viable but, require new strategies, more capital, and enhanced management. Using multiple strategies, the Fund seeks to achieve a high level of absolute returns that are uncorrelated with the market. The Fund pursues its investment objective focused on capital appreciation while reducing volatility. The Fund was initially capitalized at $1M, but will continue to raise funds until $50M is reached or the Fund is fully invested. The Fund plans to typically invest $250K-$1M at the early stage, where investors are actively involved with the founders to help them build successful companies, and may provide larger follow-on investments.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, North America
Industries: Aerospace, Cyber Security, Drones, Financial Services, Government, Logistics, Military, National Security, Supply Chain Management
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Tremendous View Capital
Tremendous View Capital is a venture capital firm that seeks investments into commercial space companies, leveraging the new platform that has emerged around cheap, frequent access to space. The firm practices environmental philanthropy with the same enthusiasm, diligence, and data-driven analysis that characterizes its investment process.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States, North America
Industries: Aerospace, Satellite Communication, Space Travel, Venture Capital
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DiamondStream Partners
DiamondStream Partners is the manager of a thematic fund that invests in travel transformation. The firm seeks to invest in travel and aviation related companies with solid growth prospects in existing markets that have potential for accelerated growth from new technology trends. The Managing Partners co-founded Volaris and are seasoned aviation experts with investing, technology, and operating backgrounds, and apply a unique vertical industry approach informed by drivers of industry demand.
Stages: Convertible Note, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Venture
Location: Seattle, Washington, United States, North America
Industries: Aerospace, Air Transportation, Travel
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Hula
THE FUND AT HULA IS A BUSINESS ACCELERATOR AND VENTURE CAPITAL FUND FOCUSED ON ELEVATING VERMONT. WE SUPPORT DARING ENTREPRENEURS, INNOVATIVE IDEAS, AND DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY THROUGH SEED AND EARLY-STAGE FUNDING, MENTORSHIP, AND CONNECTIVITY. WE BELIEVE VERMONT IS THE IDEAL PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY… THAT IS WHY WE ARE STRIVING TO MAKE VERMONT THE IDEAL PLACE FOR GROWING BUSINESSES.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Burlington, Vermont, United States, North America
Industries: Aerospace, Biotechnology, E-Commerce, GreenTech, Information Technology, SaaS, Software
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Lever
Lever is a non-profit organization that specializes in social entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship, and youth empowerment. It aims to create and grow enterprises that leverage the assets of Northern Berkshire County. In addition to supporting existing businesses and help launch new enterprises. Lever was founded in 2014 and headquartered in North Adams, Massachusetts.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Location: North Adams, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Industries: Aerospace, AgTech, Clean Energy, E-Commerce, Health Care, Internet, Life Science, Medical Device, Software, Wellness
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Chenel Capital
Chenel Capital is driven to push the aerospace, artificial intelligence (AI), and semiconductor fields forward through informed investments in innovative companies. As a private equity firm specializing in growth, venture, and angel stage investments, we strive to provide our investors with exceptional returns while imparting expert guidance to those companies we invest in. Chenel Capital’s patterned success is built upon our commitment to being attentive to the ever-evolving industry and investment landscape while being deeply attuned to the specific needs of our investors and investment companies. Our true alignment with the investment environment, in tandem with, the diversity of our perspectives is what gives us our edge. Chenel Capital’s team composition allows us to apply a multicultural and multidisciplinary lens to a variety of investment vehicles such as collateralized debt offerings (CDOs), special purpose vehicles (SPVs), and co-investments, as well as, overall investment strategy. We pride ourselves on being creative with how we underwrite our investments and the approach we take in developing our investment pipeline.
Stages: Convertible Note, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed, Venture
Location: New York, New York, United States, North America
Industries: Aerospace, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology, Health Care, Internet of Things, SaaS, Semiconductor, Venture Capital
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TechX Ventures
TechX Ventures is an early stage investment fund and start-up accelerator. We focus on the intersection between hardware and software (“HardTech”) for companies creating innovative products to support a number of markets including the IoT, Robotics, factory automation, transportation, medtech and energy. Although located in Boston, we look to invest primarily in US based start-ups. We have partnerships with VCs and companies that have a global presence. We provide capital, mentorship and market access to our companies through cohorts of programs and opportunistic investing. Success is measured in having our companies gain the next round of institutional funding. We do this by providing the resources and expertise necessary to help the founders achieve their company’s next stage of development.
Stages: Crowdfunding, Debt, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Warren, New Jersey, United States, North America
Industries: Aerospace, Digital Entertainment, Electronics, Hardware, Internet of Things, Manufacturing, Smart Building, Transportation
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