# Irelandia Aviation

> Irelandia Aviation is a VC fund in Dublin backing Travel, Aerospace and Hotel. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Ireland
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/irelandia-aviation
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/irelandiaavi
- Website: http://www.irelandiaaviation.ie

Irelandia Aviation is a VC fund in Dublin focused on Travel and Aerospace. Irelandia Aviation initiate, develop and deliver successful low cost carriers (LCCs) in partnership with airline management and investors.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $850k–$8.7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 4 | 67% |
| Aerospace | 2 | 33% |
| Hotel | 1 | 17% |
| Music | 1 | 17% |
| Drones | 1 | 17% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ireland | 2 | 33% |
| Colombia | 2 | 33% |
| Spain | 1 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alma Air | Alma Air provides passenger air travel services, connecting destinations in Colombia and the Caribbean. |  | Seed | May 03, 2025 |  |
| Skyports | Skyports is an urban air mobility infrastructure provider and drone delivery operator for aviation and managing end to end drone deliveries. The company secures, designs, builds, owns and operates passenger and cargo vertiports enabling safe and efficient flight operations within urban and suburban environments. It also develops, implements, andoperates end-to-end drone deliveries overcoming inefficiencies associated with traditional transportation methods.Skysports intends to use the funds to continue its ambitious program of site acquisition for passenger and cargo vertiports in cities around the world, including Singapore and Los Angeles. The company works with vehicle manufacturers and operators, city authorities, regulators and real estate partners to build landing infrastructure are suitable and convenient locations across cities, thereby creating resilient infrastructure networks that enable safe and efficient operations of passenger and cargo drones.Skysports was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in London, England, UK. | $849.8K | Series A | Mar 09, 2020 |  |
| Ayenda Hotels | Ayenda is the fastest-growing hotel chain in Latin America, with a presence in Mexico, Colombia, and Peru. Ayenda franchises independent hotels in main cities to ensure quality on the basics needs for travelers.Ayenda is a tech-based company that enables run the chain by proprietary software in all areas, from hotel software, pricing algorithms,and user-facing experience. | $8.7M | Series A | Feb 19, 2020 |  |
| AERDRON | AERDRON is an innovative aerospace company that specializes in the development, and manufacturing of unmanned aerial vehicles. It specializes in designing prototypes, turnkey solutions, and finished commercial products to their clients requirements. They work with their clients through all stages of product development, and offer training and postsales support.AERDRON focuses on developing aerospace technology innovations for the unmanned aerial vehicle industry. They collaborate with both private, and public entities to further our R&D projects to the commercial market. AERDRON can also help other companies outsource development, and prototype manufacturing. | $5M | Seed | Nov 26, 2017 |  |
| Coindrum | Coindrum provides self-service units in airports that passengers use to convert leftover coins into airport shopping vouchers.Coindrum allows airline passengers to spend unwanted coin currency before departing into different currency jurisdictions. Our machines are placed before retail areas of airport departure gates for travelers to deposittheir coins and immediately receive printed vouchers worth 110% of the deposited value, which can then be spent in airport retail shops. The solution solves the foreign coin inconvenience for travellers, increases footfall penetration for airport retailers and also offers a charity function. | $2M |  | Jan 15, 2016 |  |
| Blastbeat | Blastbeat is an award winning, fun & exciting, new Teen Music & Multimedia Business project offered to high schools around the world to teach entrepreneurial business skills, promote young musicians, and support youth communities on a local and global level. | $1.2M |  | Nov 18, 2007 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Altabix](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altabix) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BWG Ventures, LLC (Florida)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bwg-ventures-llc-florida) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deutsche-bahn-digital-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Enterprise Ireland](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enterprise-ireland) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Groupe ADP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/groupe-adp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Actions Capital (fka K50 Ventures)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/K50Ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Irelandia Aviation invest in?

Irelandia Aviation invests primarily in Travel, Aerospace and Hotel startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ireland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Irelandia Aviation's check size?

Irelandia Aviation typically joins rounds of $850k–$8.7M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Irelandia Aviation participates in.

### When did Irelandia Aviation last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Irelandia Aviation closed in May 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.

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