Aerospace Valley
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2005
- HeadquartersParis, France
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
Aerospace Valley firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Aerospace Valley
- Legal name
- Aerospace Valley
- Website
- http://www.aerospace-valley.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2005
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Aerospace Valley industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Aerospace Innovation Cluster Services
- NAICS
- All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541990)
- SIC
- Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812)
- akta.pro primary industry
- UAS Integration, Certification & Compliance Systems (Remote ID, Detect-and-Avoid) (IMABAIAO)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Spacecraft & Satellites (Civil/Commercial) (IMABACAB), Air Taxi & Urban Air Mobility (eVTOL) Operators (TLAFAAAD)
Keywords
Where Aerospace Valley is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Paris
- HQ country
- France
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices5 records
Markets served
Aerospace Valley business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D
Revenue model
- Membership fees and public funding: Aerospace Valley operates as a competitiveness cluster (pôle de compétitivité) funded primarily through membership fees from member companies (grands groupes, PME, start-ups, research labs, academic institutions, and training centers) and public funding from regional governments (Occitanie, Nouvelle-Aquitaine) and national programs.
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels5 records
Aerospace Valley product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Aerospace Valley operates as a French competitiveness cluster (pôle de compétitivité) that delivers membership-based services to companies and institutions in the aerospace, space, drones, and defense sectors across the Occitanie/Pyrénées-Méditerranée and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions. Its core offerings include innovation journey support (project emergence, project labeling, startup accompaniment), R&D project financing facilitation (public and private funding), technological expertise, networking/visibility services, and international development assistance.
Product overview
Aerospace Valley is the first European competitiveness cluster for the aerospace sector, operating as a platform organization rather than a traditional software company. The cluster provides a multi-service ecosystem organized around an innovation journey with six stages: Project Emergence, Public Financing, Project Labeling, Private Financing, Startup Accompaniment, and European Projects. Its service portfolio includes six core services: multiplying contacts/networking, innovation topics/ideation, technological expertise, R&D project financing, private financing, and international development. The cluster also manages multiple thematic initiatives including TindAIR (urban air mobility), MAELE (light decarbonized aviation), DISTRICT (innovative business acceleration), BRICKS (training engineering), AddimAlliance (additive manufacturing), ANITI (artificial intelligence), ALIENOR (defense innovation cluster), and IDEA3 (defense technical innovation pole).
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- R&D Project Financing Support Monitoring of regional, national, and European funding opportunities (France 2030, Horizon Europe, EUSPA, Clean Aviation) with expert analysis and project assembly support for member companies developing R&D projects in aerospace, space, and drones.
- Private Financing Support Support for members seeking private financing to accelerate business growth, including assistance in private fund research and connections with investors in the aerospace ecosystem.
- Project Labeling Service The Aerospace Valley Label service that strengthens member companies' chances of obtaining public financing by providing official cluster endorsement for their innovation projects.
- Startup Accompaniment Program Accompaniment service for entrepreneurs and startups with projects in aeronautics, space, or drones sectors, providing support through different stages of company development including acceleration, funding connections, and ecosystem integration.
- European Projects Coordination Coordination of European projects (Horizon Europe, EUSPA, Clean Aviation) connecting Aerospace Valley members with international opportunities and broader EU innovation networks.
- International Development Service Service supporting members in accessing new international markets and diversifying their activities through Aerospace Valley's European and international network.
- Networking and Visibility Service Visibility and networking service enabling members to share news and successes with the entire aerospace community and participate in events organized by the cluster throughout the year.
- Innovation Ideation Service Ideation sessions and collaborative working groups designed to foster the emergence of innovative projects and find new thinking paths for member companies' business activities.
- Technological Expertise Service Service providing sector news updates, privileged contact with the cluster for each theme, and active membership in thematic communities on the collaborative platform for member companies seeking technological expertise.
- BRICKS Training Engineering Training engineering solutions by Aerospace Valley providing professional training and education services tailored to aerospace industry needs, formerly known as IAS.
Quantifiable outcome
- 100 million euros secured for members through France 2030 programs
- +1 more outcomes
Companies that use Aerospace Valley
Customer profileSegments6 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Aerospace Valley technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Aerospace Valley partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- AeropoliscoreAerospace Valley and Aeropolis have formed a partnership to jointly support the aerospace supply chain. The agreement was confirmed during the Forum by Aerospace Valley in Biarritz, with Aerospace Valley President M. Bruno DARBOUX and Aeropolis represented by Mme Séverine SOUMASSIERE.
- Pôle Universitaire d'Innovation de MontpelliercoreAerospace Valley signed a cooperation agreement with the Montpellier University Innovation Pole to strengthen connections between academic innovation and industry.
- Les Conseillers du Commerce Extérieur de la France (CCEs)coreConvention de partenariat signed to support international development of Aerospace Valley members through export advisory services.
- French GovernmentcoreOfficial supporter of Aerospace Valley, providing national policy alignment and access to government programs for the aerospace industry.
- Région OccitaniecorePrimary regional government supporter providing funding and strategic alignment for aerospace development in the Occitanie/Pyrénées-Méditerranée region.
- Région Nouvelle-AquitainecorePrimary regional government supporter providing funding and strategic alignment for aerospace development in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, represented by President M. Alain ROUSSET.
- Toulouse MétropolecoreUrban government body supporting Aerospace Valley and the broader aerospace ecosystem in the Toulouse metropolitan area.
- Bordeaux MétropolecoreUrban government body supporting Aerospace Valley activities in the Bordeaux metropolitan area.
- Montpellier Méditerranée MétropolecoreUrban government body supporting Aerospace Valley activities in the Montpellier metropolitan area.
- Nîmes MétropoleminorUrban government body providing support for Aerospace Valley initiatives in the Nîmes metropolitan area.
- Rochefort Ocean AgglomerationminorUrban government body supporting Aerospace Valley activities in the Rochefort Ocean area.
- Communauté Pays BasqueminorBasque Country government body supporting Aerospace Valley activities in the Basque region.
- French Ministry of Economy and Finance (DGE)coreNational government body overseeing competitiveness clusters (pôles de compétitivité) and providing the official label for Aerospace Valley.
- EUSPA (EU Agency for the Space Programme)coreEuropean Space Agency program partner for projects like SPACE4Cities, coordinating satellite data applications for urban resilience.
- Direction Générale de la Sécurité Civile et de la Gestion des CrisescorePartnership convention signed for civil security and crisis management applications using aerospace technologies and drones.
Scale indicators4 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Aerospace Valley competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Hamburg Aviation: German aerospace cluster anchored in Hamburg's aviation ecosystem (Airbus, Lufthansa Technik). Comparable cluster model focused on aerospace innovation, with similar services in networking, project facilitation and funding access — but operating in a different national ecosystem.
- Hélice (Andalusian Aerospace Cluster): Spanish regional aerospace cluster in Andalusia. Comparable role as a regional aerospace innovation intermediary, with similar member types (aeronautics, space, drones) and parallel relationships with EU aerospace programs.
- Netherlands Aerospace Group (NAG): Dutch aerospace industry association/cluster representing the Netherlands aerospace supply chain. Comparable in acting as a network and funding-access intermediary, though structured more as an industry association than a labeled competitiveness cluster.
- BavAIRia: Bavarian aerospace cluster supporting aerospace innovation in southern Germany. Comparable cluster role in connecting SMEs, research institutes and primes, and competing for the same European R&D funding pools as Aerospace Valley.
- ASTech (Aerospace Cluster Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes): Another labeled French aerospace competitiveness cluster covering the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Same institutional model (pôle de compétitivité), complementary geographic coverage, and shares members and European project consortia with Aerospace Valley.
- Normandie AeroEspace: French aerospace competitiveness cluster serving the Normandie region. Direct peer: same pôle de compétitivité model, same government-labeling logic, overlapping member base of aerospace SMEs and primes, and competing for the same national/European program funding.
- Skyward (Distretto Aerospaziale della Lombardia): Italian aerospace technology district covering Lombardy. Direct peer operating under a parallel national cluster model, sharing similar services in innovation project facilitation and member intermediation with European partners.
Regional players
- Aerospace Wales: Welsh aerospace industry network supporting the Welsh aerospace supply chain. Comparable cluster role but with a UK-specific ecosystem and post-Brexit positioning relative to European programs that Aerospace Valley accesses.
Broad incumbents
- BDLI (Bundesverband der Deutschen Luft- und Raumfahrtindustrie): German Aerospace Industries Association. A larger, established industry association serving a broader advocacy and coordination role for the German aerospace sector — overlapping with Aerospace Valley's ecosystem-building mission but at national scale rather than as a regional cluster.
- GIFAS (Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales): French aerospace industry federation. Comparable institutional role in promoting the French aerospace sector, but at national scale and as a trade association rather than a regionally-anchored competitiveness cluster with R&D project facilitation.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Aerospace Valley social profiles
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Aerospace Valley leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles2 records
Aerospace Valley funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Aerospace Valley M&A and investment
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Investments1 record
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Frequently asked questions about Aerospace Valley
What does Aerospace Valley do?
Aerospace Valley operates as a French competitiveness cluster (pôle de compétitivité) that delivers membership-based services to companies and institutions in the aerospace, space, drones, and defense sectors across the Occitanie/Pyrénées-Méditerranée and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions. Its core offerings include innovation journey support (project emergence, project labeling, startup accompaniment), R&D project financing facilitation (public and private funding), technological expertise, networking/visibility services, and international development assistance.
Is Aerospace Valley a public or private company?
Aerospace Valley is a private company. It is classified as state government owned and is currently operating.
When was Aerospace Valley founded?
Aerospace Valley was founded in 2005. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Aerospace Valley based?
Aerospace Valley is headquartered in Paris, France, in the Europe region.
How does Aerospace Valley make money?
One revenue line is on record: membership fees and public funding.
Who are Aerospace Valley's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Hamburg Aviation, Hélice (Andalusian Aerospace Cluster), Netherlands Aerospace Group (NAG), BavAIRia, ASTech (Aerospace Cluster Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), Normandie AeroEspace and Skyward (Distretto Aerospaziale della Lombardia). Aerospace Wales is listed as a regional player. Broad incumbents are BDLI (Bundesverband der Deutschen Luft- und Raumfahrtindustrie) and GIFAS (Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales).
Does Aerospace Valley have an API?
No public API is recorded for Aerospace Valley.
What industry is Aerospace Valley in?
Aerospace Valley's product category is Aerospace Innovation Cluster Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMABAIAO, UAS Integration, Certification & Compliance Systems (Remote ID, Detect-and-Avoid), with a secondary code of IMABACAB, Spacecraft & Satellites (Civil/Commercial). Its NAICS code is 541990 and its SIC code is 3812.