# Alaska Star Ventures > Alaska Star Ventures is a VC fund in Seattle backing Aerospace, Fuel and Chemical. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: VC Fund - Location: Seattle, United States - Total investments: 6 - Last investment: Aug 2025 - Lead investor: 50% - Last updated: Aug 2026 Alaska Star Ventures is a VC fund in Seattle focused on Aerospace and Fuel. Alaska Star Ventures operates as an investment arm of Alaska Airlines. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Aerospace | 2 | 33% | | Fuel | 1 | 17% | | Chemical | 1 | 17% | | Training | 1 | 17% | | GreenTech | 1 | 17% | 11 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Series A | 1 | 17% | | Series B | 1 | 17% | | Series C | 1 | 17% | | Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 17% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | United States | 2 | 33% | | Switzerland | 1 | 17% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Loft Dynamics | Loft Dynamics is a training solutions provider that creates a virtual reality (VR) flight simulator. It was the first VR full motion simulator to receive Flight Simulation Training Device (FSTD) EASA FTD Level 3 authorization from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Loft Dynamics, with a talented team of passionate engineers, highlyspecialized developers, and dedicated aviation experts, assists leading global aircraft manufacturers, airlines, aviation operators, flight schools, and training organizations around the world in providing safer and more effective pilot training.It was formerly known as VRMotion AG, which was founded in Zurich in 2018 and has quickly established itself as the market leader in the development and manufacture of virtual reality training devices for helicopter pilots. | $24M | Series B | Aug 21, 2025 | | | Loft Dynamics | Loft Dynamics is a training solutions provider that creates a virtual reality (VR) flight simulator. It was the first VR full motion simulator to receive Flight Simulation Training Device (FSTD) EASA FTD Level 3 authorization from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Loft Dynamics, with a talented team of passionate engineers, highlyspecialized developers, and dedicated aviation experts, assists leading global aircraft manufacturers, airlines, aviation operators, flight schools, and training organizations around the world in providing safer and more effective pilot training.It was formerly known as VRMotion AG, which was founded in Zurich in 2018 and has quickly established itself as the market leader in the development and manufacture of virtual reality training devices for helicopter pilots. | $24M | Series B | Aug 21, 2025 | | | Loft Dynamics | Loft Dynamics is a training solutions provider that creates a virtual reality (VR) flight simulator. It was the first VR full motion simulator to receive Flight Simulation Training Device (FSTD) EASA FTD Level 3 authorization from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Loft Dynamics, with a talented team of passionate engineers, highlyspecialized developers, and dedicated aviation experts, assists leading global aircraft manufacturers, airlines, aviation operators, flight schools, and training organizations around the world in providing safer and more effective pilot training.It was formerly known as VRMotion AG, which was founded in Zurich in 2018 and has quickly established itself as the market leader in the development and manufacture of virtual reality training devices for helicopter pilots. | | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 04, 2025 | | | Loft Dynamics | Loft Dynamics is a training solutions provider that creates a virtual reality (VR) flight simulator. It was the first VR full motion simulator to receive Flight Simulation Training Device (FSTD) EASA FTD Level 3 authorization from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Loft Dynamics, with a talented team of passionate engineers, highlyspecialized developers, and dedicated aviation experts, assists leading global aircraft manufacturers, airlines, aviation operators, flight schools, and training organizations around the world in providing safer and more effective pilot training.It was formerly known as VRMotion AG, which was founded in Zurich in 2018 and has quickly established itself as the market leader in the development and manufacture of virtual reality training devices for helicopter pilots. | | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 04, 2025 | | | Twelve | Twelve is a carbon transformation company converting captured carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals, fuels, and other essential products. Their technology eliminates emissions by turning CO2 into essential products that are made from fossil fuels. They specialize in the fields of CO2 electrocatalysis and electrochemical reactor design. | $200M | Series C | Sep 19, 2024 | | | JetZero | JetZero is an aerospace company that designs and manufactures zero-emissions jet aircraft.Airlines have long sought more fuel-efficient aircraft and now that climate change is a worldwide problem, planes with minimal carbon emissions, if not zero, are unavoidable. Their objective is to hasten such shift. JetZero is actively collaborating withNASA on sustainable aircraft ideas that will soon make zero-emission flight a reality.JetZero is headquartered in Long Beach, California and was founded in 2020. | | Series A | Aug 13, 2024 | | 6 of 6 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Craft Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craft-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [TPG](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/texas-pacific-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [The Friedkin Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-friedkin-group-9c5e) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [UP Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/up-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Capricorn Investment Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capricorn-investment-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Carbon Direct Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carbon-direct) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## Similar investors ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund ## FAQ ### What does Alaska Star Ventures invest in? Alaska Star Ventures invests primarily in Aerospace, Fuel and Chemical startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### When did Alaska Star Ventures last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Alaska Star Ventures closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly. ### Is Shizune's investor data accurate? Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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