18 Best Aircraft Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Aircraft 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 18 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $741.1m. The average funding per company in this subset is $41.2m.

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

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Iris Automation logo

Iris Automation

Iris Automation is a technology company specializing in artificial intelligence-based collision avoidance systems for industrial drones and other autonomous flying machines.

5

Funding Rounds

$23.1m

Money raised

WiBotic logo

WiBotic

WiBotic is a technology company specializing in wireless charging and power optimization solutions.

5

Funding Rounds

$18.4m

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

Skyward (company) logo

Skyward (company)

Skyward developed an operations management solution for commercial drone businesses. Acquired by Verizon.

5

Funding Rounds

$8.3m

Money raised

Airobotics logo

Airobotics

Pioneer of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) hardware and software platform providing fully-automated aerial data collection and analysis.

7

Funding Rounds

$153.1m

Money raised

AeroMobil logo

AeroMobil

AeroMobil is a prototype flying car founded in 2010 by Juraj Vaculik.

10

Funding Rounds

$117.4m

Money raised

Auterion logo

Auterion

The ecosystem of software-defined drones, payloads, and apps within a single easy to use platform.

2

Funding Rounds

$20.0m

Money raised

Neva Aerospace logo

Neva Aerospace

The Company has recently released electric turbofans optimized for static thrust and VTOL/STOL.

4

Funding Rounds

$2.5m

Money raised

JetSmarter logo

JetSmarter

JetSmarter is a company providing a mobile marketplace for private jet charter.

1

Funding Rounds

Ewatt UAV logo

Ewatt UAV

Ewatt UAV is a California-based aircraft manufacturer.

1

Funding Rounds

$20.0m

Money raised

Luftronix, Inc. logo

Luftronix, Inc.

Luftronix is a New Jersey-based company offering drone-powered aircraft inspection services.

1

Funding Rounds

Reliable Robotics logo

Reliable Robotics

Reliable Robotics is a Mountain View, California-based company founded in 2017 by Robert Rose, John Couluris and Juerg Frefel.

1

Funding Rounds

$100.0m

Money raised

Elixir Aircraft logo

Elixir Aircraft

Elixir Aircraft is a low-carbon aircraft manufacturer for training airline pilots founded in 2014.

2

Funding Rounds

$28.0m

Money raised

Tekever logo

Tekever

Tekever is a surveillance-as-a-service solutions provider founded in 2001.

1

Funding Rounds

$23.0m

Money raised

Cargo Systems Inc. logo

Cargo Systems Inc.

Cargo Systems Inc. is a company founded in 1980.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.8m

Money raised

Kane Robotics, Inc. logo

Kane Robotics, Inc.

Kane Robotics, Inc. is a company founded in 2019.

2

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

Uavionix Corporation logo

Uavionix Corporation

Uavionix Corporation is a company founded in 2014.

1

Funding Rounds

$5.0m

Money raised

9

Funding Rounds

$24.0m

Money raised