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
Hionos
Founder Valentin Brossard, Amin Elmrabti
Category Aviation
Location Grenoble, France
Product

Pulsar, a reliable drone autopilot system that fuses various data (gyroscope, accelerometer, GPS, barometer and magnetometer) for flight stabilization and automated navigation.
Pulsar Factory, a development framework to help OEMs create their own autopilot system using a set of software building blocks that can be adapted to their unique drone architecture with them maintaining sole intellectual property while keeping most of certification credits.

Deepwave Digital
Founder John Ferguson
Category Enabling technologies
Location Philadelphia, PA
Product

Deepwave has developed the Artificial Intelligence Radio Transceiver (AIR-T), a software defined radio with three signal processors including an embedded NVIDIA GPU, a field programmable gate array (FPGA), and dual embedded CPUs. The incorporation of a GPU in the RF system allows for wideband processing of deep learning in a deployed environment.

ZeroAvia
Founder Valery Miftakhov
Category Aviation
Location Hollister, CA
Product

ZeroAvia develops a hydrogen-electric aircraft propulsion system that is zero-emission and slashes operational costs common to traditional combustion engines by reducing fuel expenses and costly maintenance. ZeroAvia converts clean hydrogen produced through electrolysis and renewable energy to electricity using best-in-class fuel cells.

EVA
Founder John Paul Garcia, Olivier Journet
Category Aviation
Location Brooklyn, NY
Product

EVA is developing a network of vertical docking stations that provide infrastructure where up to 24 drones can land, charge and launch to deliver goods. The stations are connected with the drones to communicate battery status, location, and coordinating autonomous landing operations. The station includes a full ground control area that provides unmanned traffic management to track and log flights following local regulations.

Page 1 of 8