# Francois Chopard

> Francois Chopard is a seed investor at Starburst Ventures backing Energy and Battery. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Starburst Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/starburst-accelerator)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francoischopard/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/fchopard71
- Website: http://www.starburst.aero

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.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 33% |
| Battery | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Aerospace | 1 | 33% |
| Electronics | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rebel Space Technologies | 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 | Mobius.energy focuses on developing safe, light, fast charging, energy-dense, and rapid cooling advanced battery module. |  |  | Feb 18, 2021 |  |
| Mobius.energy | Mobius.energy focuses on developing safe, light, fast charging, energy-dense, and rapid cooling advanced battery module. |  | Pre-Seed | Feb 18, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Starburst Ventures

VC Fund · Paris, France

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.

5 contacts available at Starburst Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Francois Chopard | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francois-chopard |
| Benjamin Zeitoun | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-zeitoun |
| Bruno Costa | Accelerator Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bruno-costa-1a7e |
| Cyril Grislain | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cyril-grislain |
| Sandra Budimir | Europe Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sandra-budimir |

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## FAQ

### 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.

### 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.

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