# Sustainable Aviation Market Map 2026: 32 Startups in 3 Segments

> Market map of 32 sustainable aviation startups worldwide in 3 segments, from air taxis and eVTOL, sustainable aviation fuel and electric and hydrogen...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/sustainable-aviation-market-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

## Air taxis and eVTOL

18

- [Quantum Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantum-systems)
- [Overair](https://millionrounds.com/company/overair)
- [Aerofugia](https://millionrounds.com/company/aerofugia)
- [SkyDrive](https://millionrounds.com/company/skydrive)
- [TCab Tech](https://millionrounds.com/company/tcab-tech)
- [Horizon Aircraft](https://millionrounds.com/company/horizon-aircraft)
- [The ePlane Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-eplane-company)
- [ARC Aerosystems](https://millionrounds.com/company/arc-aerosystems)
- [Sarla Aviation](https://millionrounds.com/company/sarla-aviation)
- [MightyFly](https://millionrounds.com/company/mightyfly)
- [Wingcopter](https://millionrounds.com/company/wingcopter)
- [Acodyne](https://millionrounds.com/company/acodyne)
- [FlyCopter Project SAS](https://millionrounds.com/company/flycopter-project-sas)
- [LIFT Aircraft](https://millionrounds.com/company/lift-aircraft)
- [Moonrock Insurance](https://millionrounds.com/company/moonrock-insurance)
- [HopFlyt](https://millionrounds.com/company/hopflyt)
- [Airbility](https://millionrounds.com/company/airbility)
- [ASKA](https://millionrounds.com/company/aska)

## Sustainable aviation fuel

11

- [LanzaJet](https://millionrounds.com/company/lanzajet)
- [Circularity Fuels](https://millionrounds.com/company/circularity-fuels)
- [Firefly Green Fuels](https://millionrounds.com/company/firefly-green-fuels)
- [Azure Sustainable Fuels](https://millionrounds.com/company/azure-sustainable-fuels)
- [Metafuels](https://millionrounds.com/company/metafuels)
- [FlyORO](https://millionrounds.com/company/flyoro)
- [ATOBA Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/atoba-energy)
- [Avioxx](https://millionrounds.com/company/avioxx)
- [XCF Global](https://millionrounds.com/company/xcf-global)
- [Thermolic](https://millionrounds.com/company/thermolic)
- [Dimensional Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/dimensional-energy)

## Electric and hydrogen aircraft

3

- [Joby Aviation](https://millionrounds.com/company/joby-aviation)
- [Orb Aerospace](https://millionrounds.com/company/orb-aerospace)
- [Colibriv](https://millionrounds.com/company/colibriv)

## Segment by segment

### Air taxis and eVTOL

18 startups · $2.1B raised

- [**Quantum Systems**](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantum-systems) Quantum Systems GmbH is a German technology company based in Gilching, near Munich. Germany $1.6B
- [**Overair**](https://millionrounds.com/company/overair) Overair is a leader in Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) and specializes in developing all-electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft. United States $145M
- [**Aerofugia**](https://millionrounds.com/company/aerofugia) AEROFUGIA is a Chinese company specializing in advanced air mobility, focusing on the development of electric vertical takeoff and China $144M
- [**SkyDrive**](https://millionrounds.com/company/skydrive) SkyDrive Inc. Japan $72M
- [**TCab Tech**](https://millionrounds.com/company/tcab-tech) TCab Tech, founded in 2021 and based in Shanghai, specializes in developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraf China $42M
- [**Horizon Aircraft**](https://millionrounds.com/company/horizon-aircraft) An innovative aerospace company building the next generation of eVTOL aircraft. Canada $25M
- [**The ePlane Company**](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-eplane-company) The ePlane Company is a deep-tech and cleantech startup based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. India $14M
- [**ARC Aerosystems**](https://millionrounds.com/company/arc-aerosystems) ARC Aerosystems is a UK-based aerospace startup founded in 2017, originally named Samad Aerospace. United Kingdom $12M

### Sustainable aviation fuel

11 startups · $100M raised

- [**LanzaJet**](https://millionrounds.com/company/lanzajet) LanzaJet is a private company founded in 2020 that focuses on sustainable fuels technology. United States $67M
- [**Circularity Fuels**](https://millionrounds.com/company/circularity-fuels) Circularity Fuels converts biogas into sustainable aviation fuel. United States $15M
- [**Firefly Green Fuels**](https://millionrounds.com/company/firefly-green-fuels) Firefly Green Fuels is a British developer focused on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). United Kingdom $6.2M
- [**Azure Sustainable Fuels**](https://millionrounds.com/company/azure-sustainable-fuels) Azure Sustainable Fuels is a fuel company that offers low carbon, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility. Canada $3.7M
- [**Metafuels**](https://millionrounds.com/company/metafuels) Metafuels is a Swiss climate technology company founded in 2019, focused on developing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technology Switzerland $2.2M
- [**FlyORO**](https://millionrounds.com/company/flyoro) Hello there, we are FlyORO - your solution to last-mile Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) blending technologies. Singapore $1.6M
- [**ATOBA Energy**](https://millionrounds.com/company/atoba-energy) ATOBA Energy is a private company founded in 2024, focused on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) aggregation and financing. France $1.4M
- [**Avioxx**](https://millionrounds.com/company/avioxx) Avioxx is a clean-tech company based in the UK, founded in May 2023. United Kingdom $1.3M

### Electric and hydrogen aircraft

3 startups · $607M raised

- [**Joby Aviation**](https://millionrounds.com/company/joby-aviation) Joby Aviation is an aerospace transportation company developing electric aircrafts. United States $600M
- [**Orb Aerospace**](https://millionrounds.com/company/orb-aerospace) Orb Aerospace, Inc. United States $4.5M
- [**Colibriv**](https://millionrounds.com/company/colibriv) A new era is being born in the world of aviation with the creation of hydrogen aircraft will help us achieve sustainability. United States $2.6M

**How this map is made.** Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. It joins the map when its sectors, read from its rounds, or the opening of its own description say it works in sustainable aviation, and goes to the first segment whose words it carries. Each segment shows its best-funded first. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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