Francois Chopard
General Partner @ Starburst Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Francois Chopard is a seed investor at Starburst Ventures in San Francisco Bay Area focused on Energy and Battery. François has over 20 years of experience in strategy consulting, entrepreneurship and business development.He has founded Starburst Accelerator, the 1st incubator/accelerator dedicated to aerospace start-ups.François specializes in the Aviation Aerospace and Defense industries featuring high stakes technology and has developed a wideexperience of innovation-related issues. This has led him to speak about innovation at the World Economic Forum in Davos.He works now on topics like future trends, product strategy, open innovation for companies mainly from the aerospace industry as well as investment funds.Previously to joining Impulse Partners, François was a Paris-based partner at Oliver Wyman. He was also founder and CEO of Arendi Consulting.François received his MS in Electrical Engineering from the Ecole Supérieur d’Electricité (Supélec) in Paris, France. He has started his career as an Airbus Engineer and spent two years in a US Airforce research lab.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Francois Chopard invests in
Stages Francois Chopard invests in
Countries Francois Chopard invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Energy 1 (33%)
- Battery 1 (33%)
- Software 1 (33%)
- Aerospace 1 (33%)
- Electronics 1 (33%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (33%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (33%)
- Funding Round 1 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Rebel Space Technologies
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Rebel Space builds software and systems to ensure mission-critical operations from Earth to deep space are secure, adaptive, and resilient to RF threats. | Seed / Mar 29, 2022 | |
Mobius.energy
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Mobius.energy focuses on developing safe, light, fast charging, energy-dense, and rapid cooling advanced battery module. | Feb 18, 2021 | |
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Mobius.energy
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Mobius.energy focuses on developing safe, light, fast charging, energy-dense, and rapid cooling advanced battery module. | Pre-Seed / Feb 18, 2021 |
Co-Investors
About Starburst Ventures
Starburst Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in investments within the aviation, space, and defense industries. The firm helps early-stage companies accelerate their business development efforts across the government and industry.
Starburst Ventures Contacts
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Francois Chopard
General Partner
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Benjamin Zeitoun
Investor
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Bruno Costa
Accelerator Manager
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Cyril Grislain
General Partner
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Sandra Budimir
Europe Managing Director
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What does Francois Chopard invest in?
Francois Chopard invests primarily in Energy, Battery and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 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 Francois Chopard last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Francois Chopard closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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