Expansion Venture Capital
Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
Paris, France
Countries of investment
- France
- Germany
- United Kingdom
- Sweden
- United States
- Spain
- Italy
Investment stages
- Seed
- Series A
Industries
- Space Tech
- Climate Tech
- Energy
- Industrial Tech
- Frontier Tech
- Aerospace
- Deep Tech
About
Expansion Venture Capital is a Paris, France-based €300 million (approximately $326 million) joint venture fund launched in 2023 by Audacia and Rymdkapital; portfolio includes HyPr Space, Share My Space, and other New Space seed-stage companies; partners with Starburst Aerospace's pre-analyzed startup network of 5,000+ companies and BLAST accelerator program
Expansion Venture Capital is a Paris, France-based €300 million (approximately $326 million) joint venture fund launched in 2023 by Audacia and Rymdkapital; portfolio includes HyPr Space, Share My Space, and other New Space seed-stage companies; partners with Starburst Aerospace's pre-analyzed startup network of 5,000+ companies and BLAST accelerator program
Investment Thesis
Expansion Venture Capital invests in space tech and deep tech startups across Europe and globally, with focus on launch, satellites, Earth observation, in-space services, climate tech, and quantum technologies; provides early-stage capital from a €300 million joint venture fund leveraging space industry expertise
Manager's Experience
Ted Elvhage (Co-Managing Partner) brings 30 years of space industry experience from Rymdkapital. The fund is a €300M (approximately $326M) joint venture launched in 2023 by Audacia and Rymdkapital, partnering with Starburst Aerospace's network of 5,000+ pre-analyzed startups and BLAST accelerator program. The Audacia team brings extensive French venture and aerospace investing expertise.
Team
Ted Elvhage - Co-Managing Partner
Charles Beigbeder - Co-Managing Partner
Sébastien Audaisne - Investment Team
Portfolio
HyPr Space
Share My Space
Constellr
Aldoria
Tilde Industries
Latitude
Atmos Space Cargo
Pasqal
Outpost
OroraTech