SkySelect
6 known investors
SkySelect provides a procurement platform for the aviation industry, using real-time data and analytics to help airlines and maintenance organizations source aircraft parts and manage purchasing. It targets aviation industry leaders and airplane maintenance operations.
Also known as SkySelect, Inc.
Founders & leadership
Investors · 6
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026SkySelect operates an AI-powered procurement platform for aircraft parts, sold to airlines and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) organizations. The company positions the product as neither an exchange, marketplace nor listing service, instead combining self-service software for end-to-end procurement automation, AI-based sourcing and purchase-order optimization for consumables and expendables spend, and a full-service procurement offering in which SkySelect staff supplement a customer's purchasing capacity. Additional functionality covers supply chain visibility, exception management and real-time analytics.
The platform, which the company describes as eProcurement-as-a-Service (ePaaS), synchronizes part demand directly from a customer's Maintenance Information System through a plug-in, runs automated sourcing against supplier inventory, suggests the lowest-priced options and the minimum number of orders, transmits and manages orders, and tracks shipments with real-time delivery data fed back into the customer's maintenance system. SkySelect states that more than 90% of purchasing volume consists of parts costing under $5,000 and targets automation of that tail so buyers can focus on high-value purchases. Reported customers include JetBlue, Sun Country Airlines, Air Transport Services Group, Widerøe and Vueling, and testimonials reference users such as Magnetic MRO and MTU Maintenance.
Founding story
SkySelect was founded by professionals from airlines, suppliers and technology backgrounds with the stated aim of automating material purchases and providing visibility and control over the aviation supply chain.
Business model
SkySelect sells software to airlines and MROs on a plug-and-play basis (described as deployable in a day with no IT required), and additionally provides a full-service sourcing and procurement offering that supplements or scales a customer's in-house purchasing capacity.
Traction
The website reports more than 2,100 tails supported annually, more than 3,000 active suppliers, over $6 billion sourced and procured, and more than 200 EDI/Spec2000 supplier connections. Press coverage names JetBlue, Sun Country Airlines, Air Transport Services Group, Widerøe and Vueling as customers, and one customer testimonial cites a three-year operating relationship.
Latest developments
In March 2026, SkySelect raised $9 million co-led by Verb Ventures and RockCreek, with participation from SmartCap Green Fund and existing investors Bain Capital Ventures and Lux Capital. The company said it would use the proceeds to advance its AI sourcing and procurement optimization tools and to hire across product development, data science and customer success in the U.S., India and Estonia.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography
Market position
SkySelect presents itself as a technology provider distinct from parts exchanges, marketplaces and listing services, claiming quantified operational outcomes such as up to 90% autonomous purchasing, up to 20% parts cost savings, up to 15% on-time delivery improvement and 100x faster cycle times from part request to purchase order.
The company differentiates on combining automation software with a high-touch full-service procurement team, broad supplier connectivity via EDI and Spec2000, integration with maintenance systems, and AI-driven order consolidation aimed at lowest total cost rather than simply listing available inventory.
Technology
The platform applies artificial intelligence to parts sourcing and purchase-order optimization, processing thousands of part requirements simultaneously rather than sequentially and applying the customer's own business rules and logic to match requirements with available inventory and consolidate parts into cost-optimized orders. It integrates with Maintenance Information Systems/M&E systems via a plug-in and connects to suppliers through EDI and Spec2000 links, with real-time delivery tracking across suppliers and freight forwarders plus analytics on supplier and market data.
Go-to-market
Direct sales through demo requests and meeting bookings with purchasing specialists, supported by self-service sign-up, gated e-books on procurement topics, and customer testimonials from airline and MRO supply chain leaders.
Airlines and MRO organizations, specifically their material purchasing, technical purchasing and supply chain teams; the company also interacts with parts suppliers and freight forwarders on the platform.
Geography
US headquarters in San Francisco, California; engineering headquarters in Tallinn, Estonia; and a South America presence in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil. The team is described as distributed and multi-cultural, with hiring planned in the U.S., India and Estonia.
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Key figures
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Timeline · 1
launches, deals, and filingsSkySelect, Inc. raised $9 million co-led by Verb Ventures and RockCreek, with participation from SmartCap Green Fund and existing investors Bain Capital Ventures and Lux Capital. Proceeds are earmarked for AI sourcing and procurement optimization tools and hiring in product development, data science and customer success in the U.S., India and Estonia.
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▸Research sources · 6
primary sources listed
- SkySelectskyselect.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does SkySelect do?
- SkySelect is an AI-powered parts procurement platform for airlines and MRO organizations.
- Who founded SkySelect?
- SkySelect was founded by Erkki Brakmann.
- Who are SkySelect's investors?
- SkySelect's investors include Metaplanet, Verb Ventures, Social Leverage, Studio VC.