Expansion Ventures
Expansion Ventures is a Paris and Stockholm-based venture capital firm founded in 2022, managing a €300 million deep-tech fund dedicated to supporting European aerospace and defense startups from pre-seed to Series B stages. The firm focuses on fostering innovation and growth within the aerospace, defense, new space, and new air mobility sectors to strengthen European technological sovereignty.
Key facts
Recent exits
No exits recorded yet.
Coverage notes
1 fund tracked, 24 portfolio companies (24 active · 0 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Funds & portfolio
Every fund Expansion Ventures has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
Expansion SLPVC2024 · 2yr€137M24 active
Unrealized
24 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aldoria | Industrials | France | 2024 |
| Alta Ares | AI/ML | France | 2024 |
| Arkadia Space | Industrials | Spain | 2023 |
| Ascendance Flight Technologies | Industrials | France | 2023 |
| Atmos | Industrials | Germany | 2026 |
| DcubeD | Industrials | Germany | 2024 |
| EOS Technologies | Industrials | France | – |
| Exobiosphere | Healthcare | Luxembourg | 2024 |
| HyPrSpace | Industrials | France | 2025 |
| ION-X | Industrials | France | 2022 |
| Latitude | Industrials | France | 2023 |
| Look Up Space | Industrials | France | 2023 |
| Messium | AI/ML | UK | 2025 |
| Miratlas | Industrials | France | – |
| Orbify | AI/ML | Poland | – |
| Osmos X | Industrials | France | 2022 |
| ReOrbit | Industrials | Finland | 2025 |
| Skynopy | Industrials | France | 2025 |
| Space Cargo Unlimited | Industrials | Luxembourg | 2025 |
| The Exploration Company | Industrials | Germany | 2024 |
| U-Space | Industrials | France | – |
| UNIVITY | Industrials | France | 2026 |
| WaltR | AI/ML | France | – |
| Zephalto | Industrials | France | 2023 |
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About Expansion Ventures
Expansion Ventures is a Paris and Stockholm-based venture capital firm with €300 million of deep-tech fund capital under management, founded in 2022 and dedicated to supporting European aerospace and defense startups from pre-seed to Series B stages. The firm focuses on fostering European technological sovereignty in strategic aerospace and defense verticals.
Investment thesis
Expansion Ventures targets European aerospace and defense technology startups at pre-seed through Series B stages, with sector focus on space technology, defense innovation, dual-use technology applications and selective adjacent industrial technology verticals. The pan-European Paris-Stockholm footprint enables deal sourcing across Western European and Nordic aerospace and defense ecosystems. The strategic sovereignty thematic mandate distinguishes Expansion from generalist deep tech peers.
Recent activity
The platform tracks a single dedicated fund vehicle and 24 active portfolio companies across the aerospace and defense early-stage programme. As a recently launched platform (2022 founding), Expansion Ventures is in active deployment phase with realised exits expected to materialise as portfolio companies mature. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €29/month.
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