# Nicole Conner

> Nicole Conner is a seed investor at Airbus Ventures (Washington) backing Energy and Biomass Energy. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Airbus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/airbus-ventures)
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-conner-05004913/

Nicole Conner is a seed investor at Airbus Ventures in Washington focused on Energy and Biomass Energy. Nicole Conner is based out of Washington, District of Columbia and is the Board of Director of Q-CTRL and also Partner at Airbus Ventures. Nicole Conner attended the Fordham University School of Law.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 25% |
| Biomass Energy | 1 | 25% |
| Cyber Security | 1 | 25% |
| Waste Management | 1 | 25% |
| Natural Resources | 1 | 25% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CUR8 | CUR8 is committed to establishing a global market for carbon reduction. Carbon removal methods include increased rock weathering, direct air capture, forests, construction, soil, biomass, oceans, and new technologies. |  | Seed | Sep 22, 2025 |  |
| Qunnect | Qunnect is a spin-off venture from the Quantum Information Technology group at Stony Brook university that focusses on engineering novel quantum devices enabling future information networks and quantum computing using photons to communicate and atoms to store and process quantum information. In particular, Qunnect focuses on engineering novelquantum memories and quantum sources that will enable future information networks and quantum computing. | $10M | Series A | Jun 24, 2025 |  |
| OROS Labs | OROS Labs is a material technology company provides thermal solutions. | $22M | Series B | Apr 03, 2024 |  |
| Qunnect | Qunnect is a spin-off venture from the Quantum Information Technology group at Stony Brook university that focusses on engineering novel quantum devices enabling future information networks and quantum computing using photons to communicate and atoms to store and process quantum information. In particular, Qunnect focuses on engineering novelquantum memories and quantum sources that will enable future information networks and quantum computing. | $8M | Series A | Oct 05, 2022 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cisco Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cisco-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Crumpton Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crumpton-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Google Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Quantonation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/quantonation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CapitalT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capitalt) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CTK Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ctk-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Airbus Ventures

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

Airbus Ventures invests in autonomous mobility, electrification, low-carbon economy, advanced materials, manufacturing systems, next-generation computing, sensing, security, and beyond. AV continuously fosters close and trusted relationships with other leading venture firms, actively offering hands-on expertise to our portfolio companies. Weproudly leverage the richly dense networks of our mothership Airbus and its supply chain, as well as the wider ecosystem of our Limited Partners. We work with multiple LPs – including Airbus SE, Development Bank of Japan Inc., Mitsubishi HC Capital, Fuyo General Lease Co., Ltd., and McKinley Capital – to better enable our entrepreneurs to grow and succeed.

5 contacts available at Airbus Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lewis Pinault | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lewis-pinault |
| Matthieu Repellin | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthieu-repellin |
| Claas Carsten Kohl | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claas-carsten-kohl |
| Nicole Conner | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nicole-conner |
| Phillip Oung | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/phillip-oung |

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## FAQ

### What does Nicole Conner invest in?

Nicole Conner invests primarily in Energy, Biomass Energy and Cyber Security startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 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 Nicole Conner last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nicole Conner closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 4 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?

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