Boeing HorizonX Ventures
Corporate VCChicago · Seed–Late Stage · 8 people tracked
Investment thesis
HorizonX Ventures invests in market-leading companies throughout long product lifecycles in highly technical target markets, leveraging Boeing's investment track record, deep industry knowledge, operating experience, and extensive relationships in aerospace, defense, and industrial services sectors.
Source: firm website, verified Jul 21, 2026.
Team · 8 people
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What they invest in
from 28 of 58 portfolio companiesHardware ×11Advanced Manufacturing ×10AI & Machine Learning ×7Defense Tech ×7Logistics & Supply Chain ×5Space Tech ×5Deep Tech ×4Enterprise Software ×4
HQs:United States×15Spain×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 11 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×52 founders×23 founders×34+ founders×1
Investments · 58 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2023 · 12022 · 12019 · 13 dated
Jacksonville, US
KIRK KONERT(Director)REGGIE BROTHERS(Director)PETER CANNITO(Executive Officer, Director)NATHAN O'KONEK(Executive Officer)JONATHAN E. BALIFF(Director)JOANNE ISHAM(Director)
Virgin Galactic operates suborbital spaceflights, offering astronaut journeys for private passengers as well as access for scientists and researchers to conduct experiments in suborbital space.
Deep TechSpace TechTravel & Hospitality
Boston, US
Natalya Brikner(Executive Officer, Director)Robert Smith(Executive Officer)
BoardDarren Garber(Executive Officer, Director)Danil Subkhankulov(Director)Robert Kaemmerer(Director)Greg Nixon(Director)
Co-investorsAME Cloud VenturesFounder CollectiveRRE VenturesShasta VenturesSlow Ventures
AIM MRO manufactures nickel and cobalt-based diffusion repair products, sheet metal details, part-protection masking, and vapor coating products, and provides material management and repair-development support for the gas turbine industry.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareLogistics & Supply Chain
Co-investorsAE Industrial Partners
Alpine Air Express operates a cargo airline using a FAA-approved cargo conversion of the Beechcraft 1900D aircraft to carry freight for shipping clients such as UPS, USPS, and Amazon.
HardwareLogistics & Supply Chain
Co-investorsAE Industrial Partners
Specialty materials manufacturer of critical chemicals for U.S.
Co-investorsAE Industrial Partners
Applied Composites manufactures engineered primary and secondary composite structures and tooling for fixed and rotary wing aircraft.
Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechNew Materials
Co-investorsAE Industrial Partners
Belcan is a global supplier of design, software, manufacturing, supply chain, IT, and digital engineering services for the aerospace, defense, space, government, automotive, and industrial markets.
Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechEnterprise Software
Co-investorsAE Industrial Partners
Calca Solutions is a company active in the energy sector, referenced through its participation in the DLA Energy Worldwide Conference.
Energy
Co-investorsAE Industrial Partners
OEM and provider of aviation, manufacturing, and MRO services to government/defense, firefighting, construction, and oil & gas; based in Aurora, Oregon.
Co-investorsAE Industrial Partners
Datch offers a Diagnostic Agent, an AI tool for industrial maintenance that extracts and connects data from work orders, schematics, OEM manuals, and alarms to help frontline technicians complete first-time-right fixes.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Ben Purcell(CTO)inMark Fosdike(CEO)inAric Thorn(CPO)in
BoardErnst Sack(Director)in
Co-investorsArc AngelsBlackhorn VenturesBlue Bear Capital PartnersIcehouse VenturesThird Prime
Leader in unmanned and autonomous technology developing advanced platforms and sensors; headquartered in San Luis Obispo, California.
Co-investorsAE Industrial Partners
Developer of launch and in-space vehicles and services, including LEO launch and lunar lander offerings; headquartered in Cedar Park, TX.
Co-investorsAE Industrial PartnersRepublic Crypto
FLYR provides a modular Offer & Order retailing platform for airlines, layered on top of existing passenger service systems to enable omnichannel shopping carts, dynamic AI-driven pricing, marketplace bundling of flights with hotels and activities, post-booking servicing, and cross-airline commerce.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSTravel & HospitalitySan Francisco, US
Alexander Mans(Executive Officer)Alex Mans(Founder and Chief Executive Officer)inCyril Guiraud(Co-Founder and Former Chief Marketing Officer)inJean Tripier(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardUllas Naik(Director)inPankaj Shah(Director)
Co-investorsBeyond CapitalBrightstone Venture CapitalCota CapitalHaymaker VenturesJetBlue VenturesSKY VC+4 more
Global Jet Capital provides financing for business aircraft, offering operating leases and finance leases that let clients acquire, upgrade, or transition between private jets without a large capital outlay.
Fintech
Co-investorsAE Industrial Partners
Gravity Sketch is an immersive 3D workspace for product ideation, design, and collaborative reviews, letting teams map objects in 3D, compare against engineering data, and validate ergonomics at 1:1 scale in VR.
Enterprise SoftwareHardwareSaaS
Oluwaseyi Sosanya(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelKhosla VenturesKindred CapitalMolten VenturesPoint NineGV (Google Ventures)+1 more
Immfly provides digital onboard solutions for airlines, focused on the in-flight passenger experience for the air travel industry.
HardwareMedia & EntertainmentSaaSTravel & HospitalityBarcelona, ES
Pablo Linz(CEO and Co-founder)Jimmy M. von Korff(Executive Chairman and Co-founder)
Co-investorsCriteria Venture Tech
JuliaHub provides a cloud-based SaaS platform for scientific and technical computing, offering development, deployment, and scaling capabilities for Julia programs along with specialized tools for pharmaceutical modeling, multi-physics simulation, and circuit design.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeep TechBoston, US
Viral Shah(Executive Officer, Director)inAlan EdelmanJeff BezansoninStefan Karpinski(Director)inDeepak Vinchhi(Executive Officer, Director)inKeno Mark Fischer(Director)
Co-investorsFounder CollectiveMenlo VenturesGeneral CatalystIn-Q-Tel
Kellstrom Aerospace, a VSE Aviation company, provides aviation technical services and parts distribution, including service-led inventory supply chain programs and airframe replacement parts for aircraft owners, operators, and MROs.
Advanced ManufacturingLogistics & Supply Chain
Co-investorsAE Industrial Partners
Matternet develops drone-based logistics systems for autonomous transport and delivery.
HardwareLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsMountain View, US
Andreas Raptopoulos(Founder & CEO)inAlexander Norman-Elvenich(Executive Officer)Jason Secore(CFO)inAlex Norman(COO)in
BoardSaurabh Ranjan(Director)Chris Dawson(Director)in
Co-investorsHemisphere Ventures LLCLakeside CapitalMcKesson VenturesWinklevoss Capital
Moeller Aerospace manufactures precision-machined turbine engine components — including airfoils, blades, vanes, nozzles, seals, and locking parts — for commercial, military, aerospace, and industrial gas turbine markets.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareSpace Tech
Co-investorsAE Industrial Partners
Myriota provides satellite connectivity infrastructure for IoT devices, enabling partners to develop solutions across industries.
AgTechHardwareIoTSpace Tech
Dr David Haley(CTO & Co-Founder)
Co-investorsArtesianIn-Q-TelInterValley VenturesMain Sequence VenturesRight Click CapitalSouth Australian Venture Capital Fund+1 more
Near Earth Autonomy builds autonomous pilot systems, marketed as "Captain," that let aircraft fly missions with reduced or no onboard crew, certified up to the highest airworthiness standards.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechRoboticsPittsburgh, US
Sanjiv Singh(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Lyle Chamberlain(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Sebastian Scherer(Executive Officer, Promoter)Marcel Bergerman(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardCharles Toups(Director)
Pangiam, a BigBear.ai company, applies facial recognition, AI/ML, and data-driven cloud applications to security, customs, and facilitation challenges.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityGovTech
Co-investorsAE Industrial PartnersScout VenturesScout Ventures
Plyable provides AI-powered composite and metallic tooling and parts through an end-to-end service covering costing, design, engineering, and manufacturing, backed by a global network of vetted suppliers.
Advanced ManufacturingB2B MarketplacesNew Materials
Co-investorsMaven Capital PartnersMolten VenturesOxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION)
Powder Alloy Corporation manufactures and supplies metal, ceramic, and carbide powders using in-house technologies such as inert gas atomization, composite cladding, agglomeration and sintering, and plasma densification.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareNew Materials
Co-investorsAE Industrial Partners
Quincus builds an optimization and simulation engine for physical networks, handling problems like routing, stochastic modeling, estimation, and network design under uncertainty.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply Chain
Co-investorsNavigate VenturesTradeworksUP Partners
Specializes in augmented reality and synthetic training environments for military aviation to enhance pilot training and mission readiness.
Co-investorsAlpha EdisonRed Cell Incubation
REDLattice is a U.S.-owned company that builds AI-driven cyber capabilities, VR systems, and cyber intelligence products for military, intelligence, and law enforcement missions.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDefense Tech
Co-investorsAE Industrial Partners
Salient Motion designs and manufactures critical actuation systems for commercial aviation and defense applications.
Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechHardwareSouthern California, US
Vishaal Mali(Chief Executive Officer)
Co-investorsCantos VenturesDns CapitalHummingbird VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBoxGroup
Second Front delivers software solutions to government and allied democracies to accelerate access to emerging technologies.
Defense TechDeveloper ToolsGovTechSaaSArlington, US
Peter Dixon(Chief Executive Officer)Tyler Sweatt(Founder)inMark Butler(President)
BoardAlberto Yepez(Director)Austin Walne(Director)inPeter Pace(Director)
Co-investors137 VenturesAbstract VenturesArtis VenturesBattery VenturesBooz Allen VenturesEvolution VC Partners+4 more
Co-investors645 VenturesBooz Allen VenturesCenter15 CapitalInsight Partners
Space company developing the Dream Chaser commercial spaceplane and the LIFE habitat for a next-generation LEO space station.
Broomfield, US
Fatih Ozmen(Director)inEren Ozmen(Director)inDan Jablonsky(Executive Officer, Director)Troy Lahr(Executive Officer)Kelly Garehime(Executive Officer)
BoardCyrus Behbehani(Director)
Co-investorsAE Industrial PartnersCoatue ManagementIndustrious Ventures
Skylo provides satellite connectivity that integrates with existing mobile networks to fill coverage gaps for consumer smartphones, wearables, and enterprise devices.
Co-investorsBMW i VenturesDCM VenturesIntel CapitalNext47NGP CapitalSamsung Catalyst Fund+5 more
Solairus is a private aviation services company that helps aircraft owners manage and operate their aircraft, and offers personalized private jet charter services.
Mobility & TransportationTravel & HospitalitySan Francisco Bay Area, US
Greg Petersen(Chief Operating Officer)
Co-investorsAE Industrial Partners
Solestial develops and manufactures radiation-hardened silicon solar power modules for satellites and space applications.
CleantechDeep TechEnergyHardwareSpace TechTempe, US
Stan Herasimenka(CTO and Co-Founder)inMikhail Reginevich(Chief Engineer, Tooling and R&D; and Co-Founder)inAndrew Atherton(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardBeckett Jackson(Director)Mathieu Costes(Director)
Co-investorsCrosscut VenturesGlobal BrainIndustrious VenturesTechstarsSilent Ventures
Co-investorsGen CapitalMillennium New HorizonsMillennium Technology Value Partners
ThayerMahan develops autonomous maritime surveillance and ocean intelligence systems for undersea and offshore monitoring, serving national security and commercial offshore operations.
Deep TechDefense TechHardwareMystic, US
Michael J Connor(Executive Officer, Director)Richard Hine(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMordecai Schaja(Director)John Kao(Director)
Co-investorsAE Industrial PartnersConnecticut InnovationsRiverPark VenturesHanwha Asset ManagementI Squared Capital
Yingling Aviation is a full-service maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) and FBO facility serving general aviation customers, with capabilities across a range of airframes and avionics systems.
Advanced ManufacturingMobility & TransportationSpace TechWichita, US
Co-investorsAE Industrial Partners
Exits · 2
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioRedwireNYSE: RDWVirgin GalacticNYSE: SPCE
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesVirgin Galactic · abqjournal.com · Aug 22, 2026
Solestial · norfolkdailynews.com · Jul 15, 2026
Myriota · natlawreview.com · Jun 30, 2026
Matternet · dronedj.com · Jun 8, 2026
JuliaHub · axios.com · May 4, 2026
Salient Motion · reuters.com · Feb 25, 2026
Skylo · citybiz.co · Mar 3, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Boeing HorizonX Ventures made?
- Boeing HorizonX Ventures has 57 tracked investments.
- What stage does Boeing HorizonX Ventures invest at?
- Boeing HorizonX Ventures invests at the Seed, Late Stage stages.
- What is Boeing HorizonX Ventures's typical check size?
- Boeing HorizonX Ventures typically writes checks of $100K – $10M.
- What sectors does Boeing HorizonX Ventures focus on?
- Boeing HorizonX Ventures focuses on Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Hardware, Robotics, Space Tech.
- Where is Boeing HorizonX Ventures located?
- Boeing HorizonX Ventures is headquartered in Chicago, US.
- Does Boeing HorizonX Ventures lead rounds?
- Boeing HorizonX Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Boeing HorizonX Ventures co-invest with?
- Boeing HorizonX Ventures most often shares deals with AE Industrial Partners, Booz Allen Ventures, In-Q-Tel, among 76 tracked co-investors.
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