AE Industrial Partners
VC Fund
Boca Raton, United States
AE Industrial Partners is a VC fund in Boca Raton focused on Aerospace and Satellite Communication. AE Industrial Partners provides management expertise, strategic direction and financial resources to organizations involved in highly technical manufacturing, distribution, MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) and logistics / data services. By leveraging our industry networks and operating backgrounds, as well as our experience in equityinvesting, mergers & acquisitions, debt management and business strategy, we work to increase our portfolio's profitability and ensure long-term success.
- Total investments:
- 26
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 35%
- Fund size:
- $1.4B
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries AE Industrial Partners invests in
Stages AE Industrial Partners invests in
Countries AE Industrial Partners invests in
Contacts
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Brian Schettler
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Florent Groberg
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Marc Baliotti
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Mark Satran
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Michael Green
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Aerospace 4 (15%)
- Satellite Communication 4 (15%)
- Space Travel 3 (12%)
- Manufacturing 3 (12%)
- Robotics 2 (8%)
Stage
- Series B 5 (19%)
- Funding Round 5 (19%)
- Series C 3 (12%)
- Series A 2 (8%)
- Seed 1 (4%)
Country
- United States 10 (38%)
- United Kingdom 2 (8%)
- Singapore 1 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Brian Schettler
Partner, Head of AEI HorizonX
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Partner, Head of AEI HorizonX | Total investments: 16 | Find email | |
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Florent Groberg
Vice President
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Vice President | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Marc Baliotti
Senior Managing Director
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Senior Managing Director | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
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Mark Satran
Senior Managing Director
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Senior Managing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Michael Green
Managing Partner
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Managing Partner | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
| See all 12 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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JuliaHub
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Julia is an open-source, modern, easy, and high-performance programming language. Julia is one of the top 10 languages developed on GitHub, receiving contributions from hundreds of developers. The Julia ecosystem counts over 4,000 packages. Julia itself has been downloaded over 20 million times. The Julia creators received the James H. WilkinsonPrize for Numerical Software and are all co-founders of Julia Computing. Julia Computing, apart from being a major contributor to Julia, develops the JuliaHub cloud platform for enterprise users and also provides support and consulting services to its customers. | $65M / Series B / Apr 30, 2026 | |
Shift5
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Shift5 is a cybersecurity company that provides hardware and software solutions to defend operational technology (OT) platforms, such as planes, satellites, ground combat vehicles, and large-scale mining and construction vehicles. | $75M / Series C / Sep 03, 2025 | |
Solestial
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For new space projects that need 100X more power @ 1/10 the price vs. incumbent III-V technology. Regher develops radiation-hardened silicon solar technology to make power in space affordable.There is a demand for 100 MW of solar for space in the next 5 years. But the existing space solar panels are extremely expensive and very slow tomanufacture. With today's technology 100 MW of space solar panels will cost more than $60B and it will take more than 10 years to manufacture. Regher Solar solves this problem. Regher Solar is revolutionizing the access to power in space with space tolerant ultrathin silicon solar panels, which for the first time on the market, will have both high efficiency and low cost in a single light-weight and flexible package. | $17M / Series A / May 15, 2025 | |
Manifest
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Manifest is a cybersecurity firm focused on assisting businesses in securing their software supply chains. Manifest is creating the first all-in-one SBOM management platform. | $15M / Series A / Apr 24, 2025 | |
Freeform
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Freeform is a 3D printing company offering metal 3D printing solutions for manufacturing companies. Freeform deploys software-defined, self-sufficient metal 3D printing factories around the world, bringing software scalability to physical production. Freeform's technology stack combines advanced sensing, real-time controls, and data-drivenlearning to produce digitally-verified, flawless parts at previously unheard-of speeds and costs. | $14M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 22, 2024 | |
ALL.SPACE
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One Device. All Networks. No Compromise. The world’s first smart terminal delivers total communications convergence.ALL.SPACE, formerly Isotropic Systems, has developed the 5th generation smart terminal, capable of linking with all satellites, all networks, in all orbits, all at once. Our ground-breaking software-defined service enablementplatform integrates intelligent routing, edge computing and on-demand services to deliver unprecedented network resilience and application performance. Whether you're on land, sea or air, we ensure that you stay connected.Our S2000 range is customisable across a range of sizes, Tx/Rx ratios, aperture combinations and scan ranges with up to 8,100 unique configurable options. Our modular architecture allows you to pick the exact terminal configuration to meet your requirements. | $44M / Series C / Oct 02, 2024 | |
ThayerMahan
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ThayerMahan is a maritime technology company dedicated to providing its clients with turn-key autonomous marine solutions, including deployment, operations, data gathering, and analysis services, using state-of-the-art acoustic and electronic sensors integrated on a variety of host platforms tailored to customers missions. | $20M / Series C / Jan 09, 2024 | |
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ThayerMahan
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ThayerMahan is a maritime technology company dedicated to providing its clients with turn-key autonomous marine solutions, including deployment, operations, data gathering, and analysis services, using state-of-the-art acoustic and electronic sensors integrated on a variety of host platforms tailored to customers missions. | $20M / Series C / Jan 09, 2024 | |
Firefly Aerospace
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Firefly was created for one simple reason: provide low-cost, high-performance space launch capability for the under-served small satellite market, where secondary-payload launches are often the only option. The technologies employed in their state-of-the-art rockets provide a clear pathway for future incremental improvements in vehicle capability.Later vehicles will also have reusable elements and employ air-breathing propulsion.Small satellites are playing an increasingly significant role in space. Smaller, lighter, and cheaper satellite technologies have led to functional systems that are a fraction of the size of their predecessors. Meanwhile, constellations of small satellites are showing promise for replacing larger custom-built systems, thus providing redundancy and the ability to regularly refresh system technology. Lastly, many advanced technologies languish at middle TRL levels. Low-cost rides to space will allow these technologies to be proven and advance their collective space-flight capabilities.Firefly Aerospace was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Cedar Park, Texas, United States. | $300M / Series C / Nov 10, 2023 | |
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Solestial
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For new space projects that need 100X more power @ 1/10 the price vs. incumbent III-V technology. Regher develops radiation-hardened silicon solar technology to make power in space affordable.There is a demand for 100 MW of solar for space in the next 5 years. But the existing space solar panels are extremely expensive and very slow tomanufacture. With today's technology 100 MW of space solar panels will cost more than $60B and it will take more than 10 years to manufacture. Regher Solar solves this problem. Regher Solar is revolutionizing the access to power in space with space tolerant ultrathin silicon solar panels, which for the first time on the market, will have both high efficiency and low cost in a single light-weight and flexible package. | Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 08, 2023 | |
| See all 26 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
Airbus Ventures
3 deals together
General Atlantic
3 deals together
I Squared Capital
3 deals together
Moore Strategic Ventures
3 deals together
Seraphim Space
3 deals together
BlackRock Private Equity Partners
2 deals together
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What does AE Industrial Partners invest in?
AE Industrial Partners invests primarily in Aerospace, Satellite Communication and Space Travel startups, most often at Series B and Funding Round stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at AE Industrial Partners includes Brian Schettler (Partner, Head of AEI HorizonX), Florent Groberg (Vice President) and Marc Baliotti (Senior Managing Director), among 12 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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