# Esken

> Esken is a VC fund in England backing Travel, Delivery and Transportation. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: England, Germany
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Aug 2019
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stobart-group/
- Website: https://www.esken.com/

Esken is a British infrastructure, aviation and energy company, with operations in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 1 | 50% |
| Delivery | 1 | 50% |
| Transportation | 1 | 50% |
| Delivery Service | 1 | 50% |
| Air Transportation | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AirPortr | AirPortr is a London-based technology company that works closely with the airline industry to develop and deliver innovative services that help passengers and their luggage travel to and through airports more freely. Our vision is to make global air travel simpler and easier.In late 2016, the company launched a world first airline integrated homebag check-in and delivery service with British Airways. The digital service moved the bag drop desk online and has done away with traditional check-in at the airport. Having booked via a partner airline channel, it allows air passengers to check-in their bags with a vetted delivery driver, powered by AirPortr's technology. Leaving passengers free to travel to, and through, the airport at their leisure – only needing to collect their bags from baggage reclaim when they land. The product delivers operating benefits to airlines and airports, introducing baggage to the system early, reducing queues at peak times, and enabling bags to bypass expensive to operate landside terminal areas. AirPortr is starting to be recognised as a positive disrupter to traditional thinking and design of airports - with the potential to improve capacity at scale with its distributed network of baggage input points. The service has been identified as being totally aligned to IATA and ACI's NEXTT strategy and vision for the future of air travel. AirPortr now works with 7 leading airline brands including Virgin Atlantic and easyJet, across 3 large UK airports - and is growing rapidly, with more airlines and airports in the pipeline for 2019. | $8.6M | Series A | Aug 16, 2019 |  |
| Flybe | Flybe Limited provides passenger and business airline carrier services. It offers live flight arrival and departure information, airport terminal, baggage, ticketing and booking, check-in, and passenger assistance services. The company also provides aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul services that include base maintenance, heavy check,airworthiness, design office, fleet engineering, technical records, and planning services; component maintenance and engineering services; and technical training services.A new beginning for the airline as British European was forced to dramatically change its business model to survive in such a highly competitive and aggressive new low cost travel era. Flybe was born and, along with it, a bright modern brand and changes to commercial, fleet and operational policies that transformed the airline. | $12.9M | Post-IPO Debt | Jan 14, 2019 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cyrus Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cyrus-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Force Over Mass Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/force-over-mass-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hargreave Hale Aim VCT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hargreave-hale-aim-vcts) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [JamJar Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jamjar-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Vela Technologies](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vela-technologies) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Virgin Atlantic Airways — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Esken invest in?

Esken invests primarily in Travel, Delivery and Transportation startups, most often at Series A and Post-IPO Debt stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Esken last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Esken closed in Aug 2019. Shizune tracks 2 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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