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Ascendance Flight Technologies: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

At Ascendance we are building tomorrow’s flying taxi: Atea, a unique Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft with a hybrid propulsion system. We believe that the future of mobility will include the sky and that operational fit will be key to support the emergence of this market. Therefore we focused our efforts in designing an innovative, safe, silent, clean and affordable aircraft that will be able to blend into existing infrastructures and regulations to ease its deployment and maximise social acceptance.

www.ascendance-ft.com LinkedIn Toulouse, France 11-50 employees Founded 2018
Aerospace Air Transportation CleanTech Drones Hardware Transportation
Total raised
$27.7M
Rounds
2
Latest
Series B
Jul 2026

Ascendance Flight Technologies has raised $27.7M across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Series B of $15.9M announced in Jul 2026.

That round is above the $7.5M median round size for Consumer Electronics companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Ascendance Flight Technologies Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$27.7M
across 2 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
2
Latest funding round
Series B
$15.9M in Jul 2026
Employees
11-50
reported band
Founded
2018
Headquarters
Toulouse, France
Investors on record
14
5 named below

Latest funding round on record: Jul 2026.

Ascendance Flight Technologies Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series B
$15.9M
Undisclosed round
$11.8M

Ascendance Flight Technologies raised $11.8M in an undisclosed round announced in Sep 2021.

4.8 years later, a Series B of $15.9M was announced in Jul 2026.

Ascendance Flight Technologies Investors

Bpifrance Dassault Systemes Kima Ventures Sowefund M Capital Partners

14 investors are recorded in total; the 5 named above are those the record identifies.

Ascendance Flight Technologies Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Benoit Ferran
Co-founder & CTO
Locked
Jean-Christophe Lambert
CEO
Locked

Contact details for the Ascendance Flight Technologies team: 2 of 2 have an email address on file, 2 have a LinkedIn profile.

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Ascendance Flight Technologies Funding Compared to Other Consumer Electronics Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
1,705
$6.7M
4,289
$30M

Ascendance Flight Technologies' latest round of $15.9M is above the median round in Consumer Electronics. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Ascendance Flight Technologies Funding FAQs

What does Ascendance Flight Technologies do?

At Ascendance we are building tomorrow’s flying taxi: Atea, a unique Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft with a hybrid propulsion system. We believe that the future of mobility will include the sky and that operational fit will be key to support the emergence of this market. Therefore we focused our efforts in designing an innovative, safe, silent, clean and affordable aircraft that will be able to blend into existing infrastructures and regulations to ease its deployment and maximise social acceptance.

How much funding has Ascendance Flight Technologies raised?

Ascendance Flight Technologies has raised $27.7M across 2 rounds on record. The most recent is a Series B of $15.9M announced in Jul 2026.

When did Ascendance Flight Technologies last raise funding?

Ascendance Flight Technologies' most recent funding round on record is a Series B of $15.9M, announced in Jul 2026.

Who has invested in Ascendance Flight Technologies?

Investors on record for Ascendance Flight Technologies include Bpifrance, Dassault Systemes, Kima Ventures, Sowefund, M Capital Partners. FundedIQ records 14 investors in total.

Who founded Ascendance Flight Technologies?

FundedIQ lists Benoit Ferran (Co-founder & CTO) at Ascendance Flight Technologies.

Who is the CEO of Ascendance Flight Technologies?

Jean-Christophe Lambert is listed as CEO at Ascendance Flight Technologies.

Where is Ascendance Flight Technologies headquartered?

Ascendance Flight Technologies is based in Toulouse, Midi-Pyrenees, France.

How many employees does Ascendance Flight Technologies have?

Ascendance Flight Technologies is in the 11-50 employee band.

When was Ascendance Flight Technologies founded?

Ascendance Flight Technologies was founded in 2018.

How does Ascendance Flight Technologies' funding compare to other Consumer Electronics startups?

Ascendance Flight Technologies' latest round of $15.9M is above the $7.5M median round size for Consumer Electronics companies on FundedIQ across 1,547 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Ascendance Flight Technologies Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Ascendance Flight Technologies is left off this page rather than filled in.

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