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Fleetcraft

Entrepreneur First '25

London, GB · Founded 2025 · 4 known investors

Fleetcraft provides AI-powered software that automates administrative and documentation work for aircraft maintenance and repair organizations. The platform helps technicians, planners, and maintenance teams capture maintenance data faster, generate quotes from RFQs, and troubleshoot problems by referencing historical repairs and parts data.

Also known as Fleetcraft (fleetcraft.com)

Founders & leadership

Fleetcraft was founded in 2025 by Finn Cormac Quinlan and Ammar Naseer.

FCFinn Cormac Quinlan
Finn Cormac QuinlaninCo-founder, CEOFinn is a mechanical engineer whose work has received international awards. He led thermal design for Ireland's first two European Space Agency satellite missions and headed research teams at ReAPT, an Irish AI transport startup.
ANAmmar Naseer
Ammar NaseerinCo-founder, CTOAmmar is an internationally recognised aerospace engineer holding a Master's in AI from the University of Oxford. He was a founding team member at a startup airline and has participated in air crash investigations in the Maldives.

Investors · 4

Also in the syndicate · 2

Liquid 2 VenturesTranspose Platform

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Fleetcraft develops AI software for aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) organisations, with the stated aim of reducing administrative work and turnaround time (TAT) while increasing technician "wrench time". The product has three described workflows: documentation, where technicians log findings by voice, photo or text and the system converts them into completed paperwork; troubleshooting, where users query past problems and receive prior fixes together with the parts used, hours booked and source references, with the ability to add manual sections; and quoting, where an RFQ or due report is ingested and a quote is generated from the customer's flat rates and historical actuals for human review before sending [0][1].

The company positions the tools for aviation maintenance organisations of all sizes, from independent MROs to enterprise operators, and for roles including technicians, planners, QA teams and quoting teams. Fleetcraft states that it works alongside existing ERP systems rather than replacing them, with AI agents that can run in a browser or within remote desktop environments, and that no coding is required by users [0][1]. A recruiting listing frames the broader mission as reshaping how aircraft are maintained and manufactured, citing an industry shortage of roughly 700,000 technicians and approximately 83% of the current workforce due to retire within a decade; it states the company works with MROs across three continents on aircraft types ranging from A320s to PC-12s [4]. A jobs-platform profile describes the company mission as building AI systems to make maintaining and certifying aircraft faster and more affordable [3].

Founding story

A jobs-platform profile identifies Finn Quinlan as Co-Founder and CEO, describing a background in satellite systems engineering, including leading thermal design and analysis for Ireland's first satellites (EIRSAT-1 and GIFTS), work on the first orbital validation of a CubeSat thermal model using real spaceflight data, and leading research teams in AI-powered optimisation for transport networks published at TRA2024 [3]. The company describes itself as a small team of engineers and scientists [4].

Business model

Fleetcraft sells software to aviation maintenance organisations, delivered as a hosted, multi-tenant service with each customer in an isolated tenant environment and hosting options in the EU and US. Onboarding is hands-on, with configuration around a customer's existing processes and most teams described as live within two weeks. The sources do not disclose pricing or contract structure [0][1].

Traction

The website cites customer-derived impact figures of 3x faster RFQ-to-quote turnaround, a 75% reduction in shop floor admin time, and a 98% first pass acceptance rate [0][1]. A recruiting listing states the company cuts reporting time by over 80%, works with MROs across three continents on aircraft from A320s to PC-12s, and is already working with some of the largest aviation companies in the world [4]. A jobs-platform profile lists headcount at 1-20 employees [3].

Latest developments

Fleetcraft's website carries a news banner announcing a $3.2M raise for AI-based aircraft maintenance efficiency, and states SOC 2 Type 1 compliance with EU and US hosting options [0][1]. The company was recruiting a Founding AI Engineer in central London at £80,000-£120,000 plus equity, with in-person working expected [4].

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies

Market position

Fleetcraft presents itself as an AI-native entrant targeting manual, paper-based processes in aircraft MRO, an area the company describes as still running on handwritten workflows. Sources do not name direct competitors or provide market share information [0][1][4].

Stated points of differentiation include operating alongside existing ERP systems rather than replacing them, including via agents that run in browsers or remote desktop environments; keeping humans in control of every sign-off and quote review; grounding troubleshooting answers in the customer's own historical repairs, parts and hours with source citations; and no-code configuration for maintenance teams. Security and compliance claims include isolated tenants, EU or US hosting, SOC 2 Type 1 and zero data retention with LLM providers [0][1].

Technology

The product is built on large language model-based AI agents that ingest voice, photo and text input from technicians and produce structured documentation, retrieval-based troubleshooting answers with cited sources, and generated quotes from RFQs or due reports. Agents can operate in a browser or within remote desktop environments so they can work alongside incumbent ERP systems. The engineering stack listed in a job posting comprises Python, FastAPI, TypeScript and React; OpenAI and Anthropic models, computer use, evaluations and voice agents for AI/ML; and Azure and Docker for infrastructure [0][1][4]. The company states data is encrypted in transit and at rest, that it holds SOC 2 Type 1 compliance, and that it has zero data retention agreements with its LLM providers [0][1].

Go-to-market

Direct sales via a "book a demo" motion on the company website, followed by hands-on onboarding and configuration to the customer's processes, with most teams described as live within two weeks. The site references customer logos under a "trusted by teams at" section without naming them in the retrieved text [0][1].

Aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul organisations of all sizes, from independent MROs to enterprise operators, with users including technicians, planners, QA teams and quoting teams [0][1]. Recruiting material states the company works with MROs across three continents and with some of the largest aviation companies in the world, covering aircraft from A320s to PC-12s [4].

Geography

Headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with an office in central London off Oxford Street and a profile listing Westminster, London as the HQ. Product hosting is available in both the EU and the US, and the company states it works with MROs across three continents [0][1][3][4].

History

Public sources record a seed round of $3.2 million dated January 2025 from investors including Liquid 2, Susa Ventures and Transpose Platform, described as oversubscribed [3]. A company recruiting listing states that in 2025 Fleetcraft raised a pre-seed from Susa Ventures, which subsequently invested again at twice the prior valuation cap in under a year, and from Liquid 2 [4]. The company website's news banner announces a $3.2M raise to boost aircraft maintenance efficiency with AI [0][1]. Fleetcraft was hiring a founding AI engineer in London on a listing with applications closing in April 2026 [4].

Risks & controversies

No controversies are reported in the available sources. Performance and traction figures (3x quote turnaround, 75% admin reduction, 98% first pass acceptance, over 80% reporting-time reduction) are company-stated and unverified, and funding details differ across sources, with one describing a January 2025 $3.2M seed round and another describing a 2025 pre-seed followed by a follow-on at 2x the valuation cap [0][1][3][4]. Several retrieved documents concern unrelated fleet-management companies and were excluded.

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Continents with MRO customersJan 20253 continents
EmployeesJan 20261-20
First pass acceptance rateJan 202698%
Reduction in reporting timeJan 2025over 80%
Reduction in shop floor admin timeJan 202675%
RFQ to quote turnaround improvementJan 20263 x faster
Time to go live for new customersJan 2026most teams live within two weeks
Total fundingJan 2025$3.2M

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Timeline · 3

launches, deals, and filings
Jan 2026
SOC 2 Type 1 compliance stated

Fleetcraft states it is SOC 2 Type 1 compliant, operates isolated tenant environments per customer, encrypts data in transit and at rest, offers EU and US hosting, and maintains zero data retention agreements with its LLM providers.

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Jan 2025
Pre-seed from Susa Ventures and Liquid 2, with Susa follow-on at 2x valuation cap

Company recruiting material states that in 2025 Fleetcraft raised a pre-seed round from Susa Ventures and Liquid 2, and that Susa Ventures invested again at twice the valuation cap within under a year.

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Jan 2025
Fleetcraft raises oversubscribed $3.2M seed round

Fleetcraft raised an oversubscribed seed round of $3.2 million from investors including Liquid 2, Susa Ventures and Transpose Platform; the company website announces a $3.2M raise to boost aircraft maintenance efficiency with AI.

$3.2M source ↗

Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

Research sources · 8

primary sources listed

8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Fleetcraft do?
UK startup building AI software that automates paperwork, troubleshooting and quoting for aircraft maintenance organisations.
Who founded Fleetcraft?
Fleetcraft was founded by Finn Cormac Quinlan, Ammar Naseer in 2025.
Who are Fleetcraft's investors?
Fleetcraft's investors include Entrepreneur First, Transpose Platform Management.
Where is Fleetcraft headquartered?
Fleetcraft is headquartered in London, GB.