16 Best General Aviation Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of General Aviation 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 16 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $1.1b. The average funding per company in this subset is $70.4m.

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

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ClimaCell logo

ClimaCell

ClimaCell is a Boston-based weather intelligence platform for automated weather predictions.

6

Funding Rounds

$95.0m

Money raised

AirMap logo

AirMap

AirMap is a California-based drone industry company improving low-altitude-airspace infrastructure to help drone operators fly safely and legally.

6

Funding Rounds

$46.9m

Money raised

Volocopter logo

Volocopter

An aerospace company that designs electric air taxis. It was founded in 2011 and is located in Bruchsal, Germany.

7

Funding Rounds

$543.5m

Money raised

Hermeus logo

Hermeus

Hermeus is an Atlanta-based aerospace company focused on developing a hypersonic aircraft founded by AJ Piplica, Skyler Shuford, Michael Smayda and Glenn Case.

4

Funding Rounds

$176.0m

Money raised

JetPack Aviation logo

JetPack Aviation

Company founded in 2015, based in Van Nuys, California, that designs and manufactures jetpack transportation vehicles for personal, rapid, short distance transportation.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

SkyRyse logo

SkyRyse

SkyRyse is an artificial Intelligence company founded in 2016 by Mitch Adler.

2

Funding Rounds

$225.0m

Money raised

Drone Delivery Systems Corporation logo

Drone Delivery Systems Corporation

Drone Delivery Systems Corporation is a company founded by Brandon Pargoe.

3

Funding Rounds

$1.2m

Money raised

Aiir Innovations logo

Aiir Innovations

AI platform to inspect airplanes.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.3m

Money raised

Authenticiti logo

Authenticiti

Authenticiti is a blockchain company founded in 2016 by Thanasi Karachotzitis, JeongWoo Park, Andrew Yang, Jeong S Park and Athanasios Karachotzitis.

2

Funding Rounds

Signol logo

Signol

Software provider for aviation and shipping industry to reduce emissions.

4

Funding Rounds

$3.3m

Money raised

Airly logo

Airly

Australian virtual airline

3

Funding Rounds

$9.1m

Money raised

Monarc Global logo

Monarc Global

Monarc Global is a company founded in 2017 by Royce Crown.

4

Funding Rounds

$840.0k

Money raised

Portside (finance company) logo

Portside (finance company)

Portside is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2017.

1

Funding Rounds

$17.0m

Money raised

Aeroster logo

Aeroster

Aeroster is an Australia-based company founded in 2017.

1

Funding Rounds

$34.0k

Money raised

OpenJet logo

OpenJet

OpenJet is a Luxembourg-based company founded in 2014.

1

Funding Rounds

Zero Gravity (company) logo

Zero Gravity (company)

Zero Gravity is a general aviation company founded by Gabriel Miron.

1

Funding Rounds

$4.7m

Money raised