🚀 AX Newsletter | Global Aerospace Roundup, news highlights from our startups and more!
Hello and happy Friday!
Included in this week’s edition:
🇦🇪 Round up of Global Aerospace Summit
🗞️ News highlights from our startups
📍 Meet our startups at these events
📣 Job openings
👋🏼 The AX team
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Round up of Global Aerospace Summit 🇦🇪
This week, we participated in Global Aerospace Summit in Abu Dhabi, showcasing startups driving innovation in aerospace. As part of the Vista East-West Startup Hub, our portfolio startups pitched to top industry investors, and we hosted discussions and workshops with leaders from across the sector.
We're proud to support the future of aerospace through collaboration between established players and emerging entrepreneurs, and inspired by the productive engagements at the event. Thank you to everyone who joined and supported us.
Portfolio news 🗞️
Amygda win Innovation Pioneers Award
A huge congratulations to our portfolio company Amygda AI who won the Innovation Pioneers Award at MSDUK 2024! 🏆🚀
Makersite makes waves in the media
Congrats to Cohort 2 portfolio company Makersite, who have been selected as one of 2024 Leading European Tech Scaleups as part of the #LETS24 initiative 🎉 👏 well done to all of the team!
Makersite has also recently announced a few new strategic partnerships with both Autodesk, the leader in product design software, and Deloitte!
💬 “Deepening our partnership with Autodesk will provide more engineers with the powerful data needed to make more sustainable design choices,”
🗣 “The collaboration with Deloitte is a clear indication of our desire to alleviate as many of the potential disruptions and obstacles that lie in the path of many sustainability journeys as possible.”
- Neil D'Souza, CEO and founder of Makersite
Productive Machines team up with MachineWorks Ltd
Our Portfolio 2 company Productive Machines have teamed up with MachineWorks Ltd to transform the future of CAM software!
This partnership goes beyond tech, and means that customers will benefit from Autonomous Machining Optimization, Sustainable Manufacturing and easier integration 💚
🗣 “This collaboration is set to unlock incredible efficiency in machining processes and new revenue opportunities for CAM companies.” 💡
Signol features in Thetius's '150 Most Innovative Companies in Maritime in 2024' report
Our portfolio company Signol has recently been selected as a finalist amongst the groundbreaking technologies reshaping the maritime landscape. Signol was selected as one of the 150 finalists, out of 4,300 organisations.
💬 “This recognition is a testament to our commitment to driving innovation and making a positive impact in the maritime industry.”
ToffeeX shortlisted for Aerospace Technology & Innovation Awards
Our portfolio company ToffeeX has made the Aerospace Technology Institute´s Aerospace Technology & Innovation Awards shortlist. The winners will be announced at this year’s ATI Conference 2024 – held at the ICC in Newport on 8th & 9th October.
🗣 “Thrilled to be shortlisted Aerospace Technology Institute and excited to see all the innovations being showcased!” 🚀
Spot our startups 👀
Meet our portfolio companies at World Aviation Festival
Where: Amsterdam, Netherlands
When: 8th-10th October
We are proud to be an Innovation Partner of the World Aviation Festival, supporting startups and innovators within the aviation sector 🛫
Check out our exhibiting startups who are going to be there:
Meet KIT-AR at the Augmented Enterprise Summit
Who: KIT-AR
Where: Dallas, Texas
When: 15th-17th October
Meet KIT-AR in Dallas, at the Augmented Enterprise Summit in less than one month. Between the 15th-17th October, KIT-AR will be showing their solution at the event, being held in Dallas, Texas. Meet them at booth #210!
💬 "(We're) looking forward to showing our solution to all those attendees who have already shown an interest in learning, and seeing, how we can assist them with their quality and process control challenges.”
📣 Job openings at AX portfolio companies
Have a look at some of the current job openings available at our portfolio companies. If any of these roles sound like a great fit for you, apply using the links below - best of luck! ✨
Role: Senior Design Engineer - Composite Tooling
Location: Hybrid / Oxford, UK 🇬🇧
Thanks for reading the Aerospace Xelerated newsletter!
If you have any news, questions or feedback for the team, please contact us at hello@xelerated.aero - have a great weekend!