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Airbus
Airbus is a corporate investor based in Toulouse, France. It manages approximately $138.4 billion in assets across five funds, primarily focused on European...
Airbus
Airbus is a corporate investor based in Toulouse, France. It manages approximately $138.4 billion in assets across five funds, primarily focused on European investments.
General information
Firm type
Corporate Investor
Year founded
2015
Location
Region
Europe
Country
Germany
City
Hamburg
Corporate office
Hamburg, Germany
Principals
Thomas d'Halluin
CEO
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Airbus Ventures?
Thomas d'Halluin serves as CEO and leads the investment committee. The fund maintains autonomy from the parent company, with an independent committee authorized to approve investments without requiring Airbus SE sign-off on individual deals.
What is Airbus Ventures' posture on co-investment alongside external VCs?
The fund actively co-invests alongside top-tier deep-tech and frontier-tech VCs globally. Its corporate identity often provides deal flow from startups that value the industrial validation and certification expertise Airbus brings, rather than competing on purely financial terms.
Where is the fund's capital deployed geographically?
Active across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. It maintains investment professionals in Menlo Park, Toulouse, and Tokyo, with portfolio companies concentrated in the United States, France, Germany, Japan, and Israel.
Does Airbus Ventures manage a single fund or multiple vehicles?
It launched its initial consolidated capital pool in 2015, and announced a second fund of $155 million in 2021. The second fund expanded the team and sharpened the focus on deep tech and space economy investments.
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