Investor Profile: Airbus Ventures — Thesis, Cheque Size & How to Apply

Building for space, autonomous mobility or the future of flight and wondering how to get funding from Airbus Ventures? This is the fast-moving, early-stage investment group of Airbus — founded in 2015 with a $150 million initial commitment, headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with offices in Toulouse and Tokyo. Airbus Ventures funding seeks exceptional founders worldwide working on ground-breaking innovation in mobility, security and the future of flight, operating with autonomy and trust from Airbus while leveraging the parent's innovation legacy and global network.

Thesis and sweet spot

Airbus Ventures invests early-stage in mobility, security and the future of flight. Space has historically been its largest single sector — about a third of deployed capital by 2024, per third-party analysis — alongside autonomous mobility, advanced computing, electrification and low-carbon technologies. The firm operates with unusual autonomy for a corporate VC, making decisions at venture speed while drawing on Airbus's engineering heritage and global network.

The sweet spot is deep-tech founders in aerospace-adjacent sectors: space systems, autonomy, advanced materials and computing. Later funds have broadened the capital base — Fund III brought in the Development Bank of Japan, Mitsubishi UFJ Lease and Fuyo General Lease — though the sizes of Funds III and IV are not publicly disclosed by the firm.

Cheque size and fund

Airbus Group announced a $150M initial commitment when establishing the fund in May 2015. The sizes of subsequent funds are not publicly disclosed by the firm — a third-party estimate of about $465M across funds is not a firm-stated figure and is not repeated here. Airbus Ventures does not publicly disclose a cheque-size range.

Notable portfolio

Portfolio companies confirmed in Airbus Ventures' own press releases include Impulse Space (the firm joined its $150M Series B), CesiumAstro (Series A led by Airbus Ventures), Zero Error Systems, Bcomp and Infostellar (¥-denominated Series A with Airbus Ventures as lead). The portfolio reflects the space-first thesis: propulsion, satellite communications, radiation-hardened semiconductors and ground-station networks.

Partners

Thomas d'Halluin serves as managing partner, verified across multiple Airbus Ventures press releases, with Mathieu Costes as partner. Tim Dombrowski was the first CEO of Airbus Group Ventures at its 2015 launch (formerly of Andreessen Horowitz) — a historical note on the firm's venture-native origins.

Programs, credits and perks

Airbus Ventures does not run a public accelerator or credits programme. Its value-add is network and credibility: Airbus's global aerospace relationships, technical diligence from one of the world's great engineering companies, and a portfolio community across Silicon Valley, Toulouse and Tokyo.

How to apply for funding

Airbus Ventures does not publish a pitch email or application form. Aerospace and deep-tech founders typically reach the team through warm introductions in the space and mobility ecosystems. A pitch grounded in real technical differentiation — propulsion, autonomy, materials — matters more here than market-slide polish.