Ascendance

France
Vaux-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France, 31400

Company profile

Ascendance company profile

Founded in 2018 by four ex-Airbus engineers: Jean-Christophe Lambert, Thibault Baldivia, Clément Dinel and Benoît Ferran, Ascendance is an industrial start-up with a mission to decarbonise aviation. Based in the heart of Toulouse, the European capital of aviation, it has developed and markets two products: an innovative hybrid-electric propulsion system ‘Sterna’, and a hybrid-electic vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft powered by Sterna technology, ‘Atea’.

Business identity

Contact email
[email protected]
Operating status
Active
Company type
For Profit
Employee range
101-250 employees
Revenue range
$0-$1M
Founded
2018-01-12

Headquarters

Postal code
31400
Country code
FR
Continent
Europe

Capital profile

Funding and company signals

Funding rounds
8
Total equity funding
$36.6M
Last funding
Undisclosed / $7.5M / 2024-05-01
Last equity funding
Undisclosed / $7.5M
Investors
10
Lead investors
1
Founders
4
Articles
13

Founders and investors

Founders

Benoit FerranClément DinelJean-Christophe LambertThibault Baldivia

Lead investors

Bpifrance

Investors

AGORANOVBpifranceIRDIKima VenturesM Capital Partners