SAFRAN Corporate Ventures
Corporate venture capital arm of Safran SA, the CAC 40 aerospace group with around EUR 70bn market cap and 80,000 employees, supplying propulsion, landing systems, electronics and connectivity to Airbus, Boeing and Dassault. Launched in 2015 and headquartered in Paris-La Défense, with around EUR 130M of committed capital (an initial EUR 50M fund, a EUR 50M top-up around 2024 and ongoing renewals). The thesis spans aerospace deep-tech, propulsion, electrification, autonomy, cybersecurity, decarbonization and digital sovereignty. Around 24 investments since 2015 as of June 2025, with four exits: Safety Line, sold to SITA in 2021, Diotasoft (MBO, 2022), Cailabs (trade sale, 2023) and Prodways Group (MBO, 2024).
Key facts
Recent exits
Coverage notes
1 fund tracked, 26 portfolio companies (21 active · 5 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Sector breakdown
26 companiesFunds & portfolio
Every fund SAFRAN Corporate Ventures has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
Safran VenturesVC2015 · 11yr€130M21 active · 5 realized
Unrealized
21 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| ClimateTech |  France | 2026 | |
| ClimateTech |  US | 2020 | |
| AI/ML |  Austria | 2020 | |
| Deep Tech | France | 2022 | |
| ClimateTech |  UK | 2022 | |
| ClimateTech | US | 2019 | |
| SaaS | France | 2022 | |
| Deep Tech | France | 2023 | |
| ClimateTech |  Germany | 2023 | |
| Industrials | France | 2017 | |
| Industrials | France | 2026 | |
| Deep Tech | France | 2025 | |
| Cybersecurity | France | 2022 | |
| Deep Tech | France | 2019 | |
| ClimateTech | UK | 2025 | |
| Industrials | France | 2017 | |
| Industrials | France | 2018 | |
| Telecom | Germany | 2019 | |
| Industrials | France | 2023 | |
| Industrials | France | 2018 | |
| Deep Tech | Germany | 2024 |
France· Entry 2026US· Entry 2020Austria· Entry 2020France· Entry 2022UK· Entry 2022US· Entry 2019France· Entry 2022France· Entry 2023Germany· Entry 2023France· Entry 2017France· Entry 2026France· Entry 2025France· Entry 2022France· Entry 2019UK· Entry 2025France· Entry 2017France· Entry 2018Germany· Entry 2019France· Entry 2023France· Entry 2018Germany· Entry 2024Realized
5 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrials | France | 2016 | 2022 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Deep Tech | France | 2015 | 2023 | – | – | ||
| ClimateTech | UK | 2019 | 2021 | – | – | ||
| SaaS | France | 2017 | 2021 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Industrials | France | 2015 | 2016 | Trade Sale | – |
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About SAFRAN Corporate Ventures
SAFRAN Corporate Ventures is a corporate venture capital and strategic investment platform with €130 million of assets under management as of December 2024, operating from Paris. Founded in 2007, the platform deploys balance-sheet capital into industrials, software, healthcare, business services and energy ventures aligned with its parent group's industrial strategy, providing strategic minority and selective majority equity investments alongside operating partnerships.
Investment thesis
The strategy targets technology and growth-stage companies aligned with the parent group's industrial roadmap across industrials, software, healthcare, business services and energy, deploying balance-sheet capital into strategic minority equity positions with selective board representation and operating partnership rights. Investment focus emphasises long-duration partnerships with portfolio teams, with the parent group providing commercial relationships, operating expertise and product development support alongside the financial capital across France and selectively across Europe.
Recent activity
Recent realised exits include Prodways Group (software, 2024), Cailabs (TMT, 2023), Diotasoft (software, 2022) and Safety Line (TMT, 2021). The platform tracks 2 fund vehicles, 17 active portfolio companies and 4 realised exits across the strategy's history. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €29/month.
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