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    Starburst Ventures

    Los Angeles, California, United StatesFounded 2012

    Starburst Ventures is the first venture capital fund exclusively dedicated to investing across aviation, space, and defense. As the venture investment arm of Starburst Aerospace, it backs early-stage startups building hardware and software for the aerospace, defense, and security industries.

    Their most common stage is seed (43% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $11.1M (across 4 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    7

    Fund Size

    $200M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    François Chopard

    François Chopard

    GENERAL PARTNER

    Benjamin Zeitoun

    Benjamin Zeitoun

    INVESTOR

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    7 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Loft Orbital logoLoft OrbitalSeries C—Jan 2025
    Alta Ares logoAlta AresUnknown—Jan 2025
    Picogrid logoPicogridSeed$12MMar 2024
    Aerocloud logoAerocloudSeries A$12.6MFeb 2023
    AAerocloud SystemsSeries A$12.6M—
    Outpost logoOutpostSeed$7.1M—
    Natilus logoNatilusSeed——

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    Last updated: 7 October 2026