The transportation and airport logistics group will invest in mobility and sustainability startups.
Airport and transportation infrastructure developer Vantage Group has launched an investment arm, Vantage Futures, to tap into the innovation of the aviation and transportation infrastructure market.
The 1997-founded company owns a network of airports and transportation hubs in North America, the Caribbean and Europe.
Vantage Futures will invest in and partner with early-stage, seed, through Series B companies innovating in the fields of sustainability, connected infrastructure and future of mobility.
This includes a focus on business models for carbon neutrality and technologies to streamline operations and safety, alongside ventures and technologies for transportation and mobility.
“With Vantage Futures, we are expanding on Vantage Group’s decades-long mission to create ideas that go places and transform transportation,” Vantage Futures executive managing director Matthew Handford said in a release.
“We’ve seen incredible opportunities in our three verticals and look forward to partnering with bold thinkers to help fund groundbreaking solutions with the potential to accelerate sustainability, efficiency and mobility in transportation infrastructure.”
The CVC’s first investment is in AI-enabled software suite for airport and ground handler communications Opfyx. Vantage Futures participated in a funding round led by New York-based Zero Infinity Partners (ZIP) to support Opfyx’s development of an integrated digital communications platform.
“The aviation industry has long relied on outdated, unreliable and siloed operational software tools. At Opfyx, our team leverages deep expertise in both aviation and technology to deliver and embed solutions that streamline operations from long-term planning to real-time execution,” Opfyx CEO and former CTO of British Airways Ben Sehovic said.
