OUR
PORTFOLIO

Starburst invests in the best of the best, companies with transformative technology, a strong team, commercial application, and fast growth. Our companies are reinventing the aerospace industry and impacting the way we live.

Our portfolio is made up of a diverse mix of more than 150 startup companies from 20 accelerator programs. We back technology startups developing new sustainable aircraft, spacecraft, satellites, drones, sensors, autonomy, robotics, climate technology, space health-technology, and much more.

150
Startups
12
Countries
3
Continents
Sen
Founder Charles Black
Category Space
Location London, UK
Product

Sen developed a space-grade 4K video platform that is compact, light and compatible with existing satellite platforms. They currently focus on providing 4K video monitoring of space operations (panel deployment, boom extension, stage separation…) as a service. Sen is capable of 4K Ultra-HD full color resolution with 30 fps and fitting in existing satellite and launcher platforms. Full pan and tilt functionalities.

FLITE Material Sciences
Founder Dan Cohen
Category Enabling technologies
Location Montreal, Canada
Product

FLITE’s technology offers a chemical free, waste free, and long-lasting solution for water and oil proofing surfaces. FLITE coatings improve performance and reduce manufacturing and maintenance costs. FLITE commercializes a patented surface treatment process – a portfolio of 10+ patents for treating glass, plastic, and metal surfaces with high power short burst lasers to render them superhydrophobic, hydrophilic, oleophobic or oleophilic, as well as to change the color. FLITE’s technology is valuable across a multitude of industries including aerospace, oil & gas, water, marine, food & beverage, semiconductors, and medical device manufacturers

WiN MS
Founder Arnaud Peltier, Marc Olivas
Category
Location Orsay, France
Product

WinMS develops diagnostic tools for monitoring and troubleshooting complex wired infrastructures. The system reduces downtime and diagnostic errors while improving maintenance productivity by 5x.

WinMS modules use multi carrier time domain reflectometry (MCTDR) to locate permanent or intermittent electrical faults on all cables including live wires. Their module includes a connection kit that fits to any cable in any aircraft and connects wirelessly to a tablet for immediate diagnostics.

Internest
Founder Hadrien Busieau, Nicolas Sczaniecki
Category Aviation
Location Paris, France
Product

Internest develops an embedded positioning system for drones and helicopters that use technological redundancy and dissimilitary to ensure the architecture is robust & resilient.

The solution is based on ultrasound and uses patented sensor fusion techniques and guidance algorithms. Both the sensors and calculators are redundant to ensure reliability at all times.

It allows for landing accurately on any kind of platform (even moving), in any environment (both indoor and outdoor), and in any conditions (night, fog, etc.) with centimetric accuracy.

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