Investor · 2 deals

Airbus Ventures

Silicon Valley

Disclosed deals

Every published round Airbus Ventures took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.

Company	Stage	Announced	Amount	Role	Alongside	Sources
Q-CTRL	Series B	31 Jan 2023	$39m	Participant	Salesforce Ventures Alumni Ventures ICM Allectus Mindrock Bill Lightfoot John Eales Data Collective Horizons Main Sequence Ventures Ridgeline	SmartCompany (Fri 11 Oct 2024), SmartCompany (Fri 28 Jul 2023), Forbes Australia, @AuManufacturing, SmartCompany (Fri 3 Feb 2023), Startup Daily, TechCrunch Venture
Q-CTRL	Series B	30 Nov 2021	$35m	Lead	Main Sequence Ventures Ridgeline Partners Horizons Ventures Square Peg Capital Sierra Ventures DCVC Sequoia Capital China In-Q-Tel	SmartCompany (Fri 11 Oct 2024), SmartCompany (Fri 28 Jul 2023), SmartCompany (Fri 21 Jul 2023), Startup Daily (Wed 1 Feb 2023), TechCrunch Venture, Startup Daily (Wed 9 Mar 2022), Square Peg Capital, SmartCompany (Fri 3 Dec 2021), @AuManufacturing, Startup Daily (Wed 1 Dec 2021), Crunchbase News, TechCrunch Australia

Portfolio

Companies Airbus Ventures has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds	Led
Q-CTRL		30 Nov 2021, Series B	2	1

Funds

Fund closes reported for Airbus Ventures, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for Airbus Ventures yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies Airbus Ventures has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Airbus Ventures did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
No portfolio company of Airbus Ventures is recorded as having been acquired.

Name	Role	Sources
Dr Lewis Pinault	Partner	@AuManufacturing, Startup Daily, TechCrunch Australia

Coverage

Stories naming Airbus Ventures. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

10 deals

Five Aussie startups that raised $58.5 million this week

Weekly roundup covering five Australian startups that announced a combined $58.5 million in new funding, spanning quantum computing, advertising software, mining safety technology and event rental software, alongside government grant programs.

Also Startup Daily·SmartCompany

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Quantum sensing startup Q-CTRL raises another $27.4M

Sydney quantum software firm Q-CTRL announced a $27.4 million Series B extension with new backers including Salesforce Ventures, following its $25 million Series B led by Airbus Ventures in late 2021.

Also Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·@AuManufacturing·Forbes Australia

Grant $230k

Q-CTRL to apply AI to quantum computer hardware

Quantum firm Q-CTRL wins a US energy department research grant to automate quantum hardware with AI alongside a national laboratory, and the article recalls its recent Series B led by Airbus Ventures.

@AuManufacturing Thu 10 Feb 2022 Q-CTRL Airbus Ventures US Department of Energy Prof Michael J Biercuk

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2021 wrapped: a record-breaking year for fundraising and growth

Square Peg Capital's year-in-review recaps its 2021 portfolio: raises it led or joined, SPAC listing decisions, Vend's acquisition, new investment-team hires, and its newsletter and podcast output.

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Nine startups that raised a combined $70 million this week

Roundup of nine startup raises totalling $70 million, including Q-CTRL's Series B, Foundry Lab's round led by Blackbird, and EnGeneIC's crowdfunded COVID-19 vaccine raise, plus a new Elenium Automation board member.

Also Startup Daily·Techboard·SmartCompany·SmartCompany

Series A $10m

Dendra and its 'forest-patrolling drones' close $10m Series A from Airbus, others

Ecosystem restoration startup Dendra Systems has raised a $10 million Series A co-led by Airbus Ventures, At One Ventures, Future Positive Capital and Lowercarbon Capital, with three further investors joining the round.

AgFunderNews Wed 16 Sep 2020 Dendra Systems BHP Rio Tinto SparkLabs Cultiv8 Airbus Ventures At One Ventures Future Positive Lower Carbon Capital Systemiq Capital VentureSouq Chris Sacca Susan Graham

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