# United Airlines

> United Airlines is a VC fund in Chicago backing Aerospace and CleanTech. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 56%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/united-airlines
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/united
- Website: https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/United

United Airlines is a VC fund in Chicago focused on Aerospace and CleanTech. United Airlines and United Express operate an average of 5,341 flights a day to more than 360 airports across six continents. In 2012, United and United Express carried more passenger traffic than any other airline in the world and operated nearly two million flights carrying 140 million customers. United is investing in upgrading its onboardproducts and now offers more flat-bed seats in its premium cabins and more extra-legroom economy-class seating than any airline in North America. In 2013, United became the first U.S.-based international carrier to offer satellite-based Wi-Fi on long-haul overseas routes. The airline also features DIRECTV® on 200 aircraft, offering customers more live television access than any other airline in the world. United operates nearly 700 mainline aircraft and has made large-scale investments in its fleet. In 2013, United will continue to modernize its fleet by taking delivery of more than two dozen new Boeing aircraft. The company expanded its industry-leading global route network in 2012, launching nine new international and 18 new domestic routes. Business Traveler magazine awarded United Best Airline for North American Travel for 2012, and readers of Global Traveler magazine have voted United’s MileagePlus program the best frequent flyer program for nine consecutive years. According to the 4th annual Switchfly Reward Seat Availability Survey published by IdeaWorksCompany in May 2013, United has the most saver-style award-seat availability among the largest U.S. global airlines. More than 85,000 United employees reside in every U.S. state and in countries around the world.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $20M–$58M |
| Series B | $35M–$107M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aerospace | 6 | 38% |
| CleanTech | 5 | 31% |
| Renewable Energy | 4 | 25% |
| Clean Energy | 3 | 19% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 19% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 19% |
| Series A | 2 | 13% |
| Series B | 2 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 13% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 2 | 13% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 8 | 50% |
| Canada | 2 | 13% |
| Brazil | 1 | 6% |
| Sweden | 1 | 6% |
| Colombia | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Edward Shapiro | Member of the Board of Directors | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edward-l-shapiro |
| Henry Meyer | Member of the Board of Directors | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/henry-meyer |
| Andrew Chang | Managing Director | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-chang-22c3 |
| Deneen DeFiore | Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deneen-defiore |
| Jeff Holzmann | Airline Pilot | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-holzmann |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Azul SA | Azul SA is a company that provides 126 aircraft serving more than 100 destinations, with approximately 900 daily flights. In 2016, it was named the low-cost carrier for the sixth consecutive year by Skytrax, and the third airline by TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice in 2017. | $300M | Post-IPO Equity | Feb 18, 2026 | https://x.com/azulinhasaereas |
| JetZero | JetZero is an aerospace company that designs and manufactures zero-emissions jet aircraft.Airlines have long sought more fuel-efficient aircraft and now that climate change is a worldwide problem, planes with minimal carbon emissions, if not zero, are unavoidable. Their objective is to hasten such shift. JetZero is actively collaborating withNASA on sustainable aircraft ideas that will soon make zero-emission flight a reality.JetZero is headquartered in Long Beach, California and was founded in 2020. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 24, 2025 | https://www.jetzero.aero |
| Archer | Archer is an aerospace company building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft focused on improving mobility in cities. The company's mission is to advance the benefits of sustainable air mobility. Archer is designing, manufacturing, and operating a fully electric aircraft that can carry four passengers for 60 miles at speeds ofup to 150mph while producing minimal noise. Archer's team is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. | $430M | Post-IPO Equity | Dec 12, 2024 | https://www.archer.com |
| Archer | Archer is an aerospace company building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft focused on improving mobility in cities. The company's mission is to advance the benefits of sustainable air mobility. Archer is designing, manufacturing, and operating a fully electric aircraft that can carry four passengers for 60 miles at speeds ofup to 150mph while producing minimal noise. Archer's team is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. | $230M | Post-IPO Equity | Jul 02, 2024 | https://www.archer.com |
| Heart Aerospace | Heart’s mission is to create the fastest, most affordable and sustainable transportation for regional travel to every corner of the world. Their first aircraft is the ES-19, a nineteen-passenger airliner with an operating range of 400 km. Heart's goal is to have the aircraft certified for commercial operation by 2026. | $107M | Series B | Feb 01, 2024 | https://heartaerospace.com/ |
| Dimensional Energy | Dimensional Energy has created and licenses a platform technology that converts carbon emissions into high-performance hydrocarbons that readily replace fossil fuels in thousands of products and deliver more than 90% carbon intensity (CI) reductions. Our goal is to unlock use of renewable carbon for the evolving energy transition with full-stacktechnology and service offerings that support successful synthetic hydrocarbon production. Dimensional Energy addresses the need for cost-effective and replicable carbon-utilization technology attuned to specific site opportunities and constraints. With two operating facilities, tens of thousands of hours of operating history, and our first commercial sales complete, we are building a pipeline of financially viable projects leveraging waste CO2 | $20M | Series A | Dec 12, 2023 | https://dimensionalenergy.com |
| Archer | Archer is an aerospace company building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft focused on improving mobility in cities. The company's mission is to advance the benefits of sustainable air mobility. Archer is designing, manufacturing, and operating a fully electric aircraft that can carry four passengers for 60 miles at speeds ofup to 150mph while producing minimal noise. Archer's team is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. | $215M | Post-IPO Equity | Aug 10, 2023 | https://www.archer.com |
| Electric Power Systems | Electric Power Systems (EPS) is a leading provider of high power scalable powertrains that are certifiable for electrified aviation. It develops energy storage systems, DC fast-charging stations, and electric propulsion products for Aerospace, Defense, Automotive, Marine, and Industrial Traction industries. EPS has numerous battery systemscurrently powering customer flight demonstrator vehicles (e.g., NASA X-57 and Bell Nexus). Advanced features produce safer battery systems resulting in a perfect safety record in the field. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 21, 2023 | https://epsenergy.com/ |
| Svante | Svante offers companies in emissions-intensive industries a commercially viable way to capture large-scale CO2 emissions from existing infrastructure, either for safe storage or to be recycled for further industrial use in a closed loop. With the ability to capture CO2 directly from industrial sources at less than half the capital cost of existingsolutions, Svante makes industrial-scale carbon capture a reality. Svante’s Board of Directors includes Nobel Laureate and former Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu; former Airbus Group’s Chief Technical Officer Jean Botti; and Steven Berkenfeld, former Head of Industrial & Cleantech Practice at Barclays Capital. | $5M |  | Mar 29, 2023 | https://svanteinc.com/ |
| Svante | Svante is a leading carbon capture and removal solutions provider specializing in the development and manufacturing of novel solid sorbents, structured adsorbent filters, and rotary contactor machines for post-combustion industrial carbon capture and direct air capture. The company’s leading-edge solid sorbent-based technology is environmentallyresponsible, and scalable, and can be applied to heavy industries with hard-to-avoid emissions, including cement, hydrogen, oil & gas, steel, and more. Svante has developed partnerships across the global CCUS value chain to scale the industry and make it easy for customers to execute source-to-sink carbon capture and removal projects. | $5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 29, 2023 | https://svanteinc.com |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Stellantis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stellantis) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Breakthrough Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breakthrough-energy-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [United Airlines Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/united-airlines-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [2PointZero](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2pointzero) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Access Industries](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/access-industries) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Air Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/air-canada) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does United Airlines invest in?

United Airlines invests primarily in Aerospace, CleanTech and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Series A stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is United Airlines's check size?

United Airlines typically joins rounds of $20M–$58M at Series A and $35M–$107M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds United Airlines participates in.

### How do I contact United Airlines?

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### Who are the partners at United Airlines?

The team at United Airlines includes Edward Shapiro (Member of the Board of Directors), Henry Meyer (Member of the Board of Directors) and Andrew Chang (Managing Director), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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