Meet the 16 Aerospace Xelerated Portfolio Companies Exhibiting at FIA 2024
Farnborough International Airshow’s First Ever Startup Zone
We are thrilled to announce that 16 of our portfolio companies will exhibit at the Aerospace Xelerated Innovation Zone, the first—ever startup zone hosted by the Farnborough International Airshow.
These companies span our four cohorts and are at the forefront of innovation in the aerospace, aviation, and defence industries with their unique solutions and cutting-edge technologies.
Here’s a glimpse of the Aerospace Xelerated portfolio companies you can meet at FIA 2024:
1. AireXpert
AireXpert continues to connect airlines, MROs and OEMs to the Integrated Maintenance & Engineering Network. Their systems drive performance, productivity, and efficiency.
To learn more, connect with CEO Andy Hakes here.
2. AR Engineering
AR Engineering is a software development company that aims to change how we interact and learn with digital content. They offer standardized and reliable high-performance Augmented Reality experiences and solutions, empowering businesses and institutions by providing the tools and infrastructure to deploy, communicate, train, and assess remotely using readily available and accessible hardware.
To learn more, connect with Founder and CEO Akram Amir here.
3. Axion Ray
Axion Ray is an end-to-end, proactive defect management platform that puts AI in the hands of field engineers to automatically detect, investigate, and resolve quality issues months faster. Axion’s high-precision AI automatically catches and contextualizes issues as soon as a trend emerges and provides a problem-solving toolkit to root-cause complex problems faster.
Connect with Director (AI Solutions) Adam Zeldin here.
4. Basetwo
Recently recognized as one of Bain Capital Ventures’ 2024 Top 50 Vertical SaaS companies, Basetwo is dedicated to helping engineers future-proof the manufacturing industry with AI. Their platform helps engineers increase efficiency, reduce cycle time, and lower carbon emissions by simulating and optimizing their manufacturing processes in real time.
Connect with CEO Thouheed A. Gaffoor here to learn more.
5. Flare Bright
Flare Bright has solved the problem of creating a robust alternative to GPS navigation. Its Software Enhanced Navigation System provides an unjammable solution and ensures aerial platforms achieve their missions in GPS-denied and disrupted environments without the use of cameras, external communications, or the electromagnetic spectrum. This fail-safe alternative navigation solution can be adapted to any flying platform.
Connect with CCO Chris Daniels here to learn more.
6. Go Autonomous
Go Autonomous is on a mission to accelerate companies’ transition to autonomous commerce by making it possible to digitise and automate core sales processes, such as the automation of quotes and orders that land in the email inbox. This enables companies to deliver superior customer experiences and advances their digital journeys with artificial intelligence, autonomy, and experience design as a driving force.
Connect with Co-Founder & CEO Bjarke Ruse Sejersen here to learn more.
7. Intellegens
Intellegens applies advanced machine learning to accelerate innovation in chemicals, materials, life sciences, manufacturing, and beyond. Their Alchemite™ software lets you extract maximum value from real-world experimental, process, and other data- optimising products and processes. By achieving R&D objectives while reducing experimental workloads by up to 90%, Intellegens saves time and cost.
Connect with CTO Gareth Conduit here to learn more.
8. KIT-AR
KIT-AR’s Human Centric Quality Assurance platform helps manufacturers reduce production & process errors across their business. With their platform, production operators are digitally guided throughout their daily tasks with step-by-step AR contextual instructions, enjoying automated quality checks and visually enabling continuous improvement. Errors are reduced and quality is improved while increasing manufacturing productivity.
Connect with Co-Founder & CEO Manuel Fradinho Oliveira here.
9. NABLA Mobility
NABLA Mobility is an aviation technology startup committed to driving industry decarbonization by improving operational efficiency.
They “Weave” every piece in the airline’s flight operation by resolving the complexity of data. Their product Weave provides essential insights for the flight ops team to improve their in-flight decision-making, reducing cognitive workload. With this, you can apply your historical analysis seamlessly to future flight planning, achieving a new level of operational efficiency while offloading cumbersome tasks to Weave.
Connect with Sang Lee here to learn more.
10. Plyable
Plyable is transforming composite mould manufacturing with cutting-edge technology, reducing costs and shortening lead times. Recently, Plyable enhanced its offerings by expanding into composite parts production. With an international supplier network, Plyable ensures rapid global delivery of moulds and parts, adhering to strict confidentiality terms and aerospace tolerance standards.
Connect with Sales Director Elaine Winchester here.
11. Productive Machines
Productive Machines aims to simplify manufacturing companies’ lives by eliminating trial and error processes and ensuring that each machine tool reaches its full potential with our Software as a Service (Saas) solutions. We are creating a future where every manufacturer and machine operator can maximise quality, productivity and sustainability. We want to make process optimisation technology accessible to all, regardless of the scale of operation or expertise.
Connect with Founder and CEO Erdem Öztürk here.
12. Quaisr
Quaisr is the principal platform empowering teams to create, connect and consolidate digital twins within complex organisations. Quaisr is a spinout from Imperial College London and the Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national institute for data science and artificial intelligence.
Connect with Product Manager Assen Batchvarov here.
13. Sees.ai
Sees.ai is a UK-based business developing core technology to enable autonomous flight. Their connected and autonomous solution spans flight control, collision avoidance, vehicle management & safety management to enable safe autonomous take-off, navigation and landing. They now hold one of the world’s most advanced BVLOS permissions. Their current focus is on aerial inspection and logistics and executing complex close-quarter flights in challenging environments.
Connect with Founder’s Associate Alexandra Eyles-Owens here.
14. Signol
Signol’s sustainability-focused service uses behaviour change techniques through a web app and emails to help pilots and captains save fuel and improve fuel efficiency. A human-centred approach enables airlines to move beyond measuring net-zero strategies to taking meaningful action. By setting realistic individual goals for aircrews, and employing cutting-edge techniques, Signol has saved clients $25 million in fuel costs and nearly 100,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions.
Connect with Global Key Account Manager Michael Linn here.
15. Ubloquity
ubloquity specialises in reducing fraud, tackling waste, and removing inefficiencies within value supply chains to support frictionless trade. They achieve this through blockchain technology, digital asset identification, and validation. They aim to revolutionise how goods are produced, manufactured, shipped, and distributed, providing transparency and visibility from beginning to end.
To learn more, connect with Director & CTO Kieran Kelly here.
16. Zetamotion
Zetamotion enables manufacturers to unleash Full Production Potential with AI-Powered Quality Control. Their cutting-edge Spectron™ platform paves manufacturers’ way towards 99.99% accuracy with scalable, fully connected and automated Quality Control.
Connect with CEO Wilhelm Klein here.
Conclusion
The 16 exhibiting companies span across our four cohorts and bring a unique perspective and groundbreaking technology to the aerospace and aviation industries.
Don’t miss the chance to meet them in person at the Aerospace Xelerated Innovation Zone (Hall 3, Area 3100) during the Farnborough International Airshow.
Stay tuned for more updates as we get closer to FIA 2024!
About Aerospace Xelerated
Aerospace Xelerated is a global aerospace accelerator and innovation programme delivered in partnership with diverse industry stakeholders, such as the Boeing Company, Tawazun Council, Etihad Airways, Rolls-Royce, GKN Aerospace, and the UK’s Defence and Security Accelerator. Aerospace Xelerated provides investment, mentorship, and support for startups and SMEs developing scalable and sustainable tech solutions for the aerospace industry and beyond.
For the last four years, Aerospace Xelerated has provided mentorship, investment, and support for 42 startups from 15 countries across 4 continents around the globe. Our current portfolio boasts 25% women-led startups, with our most recent cohort featuring an impressive 50% women-led ventures. To date, AX-supported companies have raised over $250M in additional funding — beyond our initial equity investment into each- and created +750 highly skilled jobs worldwide.
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About Farnborough International
A champion of innovation, Farnborough International is the go-to destination and organisation for the pioneers of today and tomorrow.
A state-of-the-art exhibition and conference centre, a world-renowned event organiser, with a growing portfolio including Farnborough International Airshow, Aerospace Global Forum, Farnborough International Space Show, Sustainable Skies World Summit, and Global Urban & Advanced Air Summit, and film studios, Farnborough International is a catalyst for innovation and a rising events conglomerate.
Covering 20,000 sqm of event space, the Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre offers a multi-functional venue with flexible spaces and has been purpose-built for the hosting of large-scale events. Served by strong national and international travel links, the venue can be reached in just 35 minutes by train from London Waterloo or by car from the M3. For those travelling by air, Heathrow is only 30 minutes away and Gatwick is 50 minutes by car. Farnborough Airport, adjacent to the venue, is one of Europe’s leading business airports.
Farnborough International is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ADS.
