22 Best Aerospace Manufacturer Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Aerospace Manufacturer Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 22 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $1.7b. The average funding per company in this subset is $78.9m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Pixxel logo

Pixxel

Pixxel is a Bengalore and El Segundo, California-based developer of hyperspectral satellite imagery for the capture of geospatial data.

6

Funding Rounds

$37.3m

Money raised

Numerica Corporation logo

Numerica Corporation

Numerica is a Fort Collins, Colorado-based space, air, and missile defense company

112

Funding Rounds

$55.5m

Money raised

ZeroAvia, Inc. logo

ZeroAvia, Inc.

ZeroAvia is an aerospace company developing practical zero emission aviation powertrains using hydrogen power.

3

Funding Rounds

$80.7m

Money raised

Skyroot Aerospace logo

Skyroot Aerospace

Skyroot Aerospace is a company developing space launch vehicles for cost-effective space access.

4

Funding Rounds

$91.0m

Money raised

Axiom Space logo

Axiom Space

Axiom Space is a company that is primarily interested in providing human spaceflight services

8

Funding Rounds

$166.0m

Money raised

LeoLabs logo

LeoLabs

LeoLabs is a a company that is interested in protecting satellites that are in low-Earth orbit

4

Funding Rounds

$95.0m

Money raised

Engineering And Software Systems Solutions, Inc (ES3) logo

Engineering And Software Systems Solutions, Inc (ES3)

Engineering And Software Systems Solutions, Inc is a San Diego-based company founded in 2000.

60

Funding Rounds

$53.0m

Money raised

Heart Aerospace logo

Heart Aerospace

Heart Aerospace is a company manufacturing the electric regional airplane, ES-19.

7

Funding Rounds

$194.6m

Money raised

Wright Electric logo

Wright Electric

Commercial electric airliner company based in Los Angeles, USA.

2

Funding Rounds

$3.5m

Money raised

Lilium (company) logo

Lilium (company)

Lilium is a Munich-based startup developing an on-demand, all-electric, vertical take-off and landing air taxi service.

5

Funding Rounds

$376.4m

Money raised

NanoRacks logo

NanoRacks

Commercial space company with a focus on satellite development, deployment, and commercial payload integration.

4

Funding Rounds

$2.6m

Money raised

Terrafugia logo

Terrafugia

Terrafugia, Inc. a company leading innovation in aviation and transportation.

6

Funding Rounds

$7.1m

Money raised

PLD Space logo

PLD Space

PLD Space is a manufacturer of reusable space launchers founded in 2011 by Raúl Verdú.

8

Funding Rounds

$307.9m

Money raised

Ultra Electronics logo

Ultra Electronics

British company serving the defence, security, transport and energy industries

1

Funding Rounds

$784.0k

Money raised

Piasecki Aircraft logo

Piasecki Aircraft

Piasecki Aircraft Corporation is dedicated to continuing the work of our founder by pursuing the advancement of aviation technologies.

10

Funding Rounds

$8.1m

Money raised

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Deep Space Industries

Deep Space Industries is a company founded in 2012 by Jim Luebke, Christopher Cassell, Rick Tumlinson and Bryan Versteeg.

4

Funding Rounds

$13.0m

Money raised

Ehang logo

Ehang

Ehang is an AI-driven aerospace company founded by Huazhi Hu and Yifang (Derrick) Xiong in 2014.

3

Funding Rounds

$92.0m

Money raised

Eclipse Energy Systems logo

Eclipse Energy Systems

Eclipse Energy Systems is a St. Petersburg, Florida-based company specializing in thin-film technologies for applications in defense and aerospace

10

Funding Rounds

$6.8m

Money raised

Flying Whales logo

Flying Whales

Flying Whales is a French company established in 2012 to develop and industrialize a 60 tons Large Capacity Airship.

1

Funding Rounds

$130.0m

Money raised

Verdego Aero logo

Verdego Aero

Verdego Aero is a company founded in 2017.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.5m

Money raised

Aspen Avionics logo

Aspen Avionics

Aspen Avionics is an Albuquerque, New Mexico-based company founded in 2004.

1

Funding Rounds

$12.8m

Money raised

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Airvolve

Airvolve is a heavy-lift aircraft manufacturer founded in 2024 by Donatas Gendvilas.

1

Funding Rounds

$917.0k

Money raised