About Us
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What we do
It’s simple: we invest in and partner with early-stage startups that are reshaping the future of travel and transportation. Launched in 2016 as JetBlue’s corporate venture capital arm, we set out to expand the airline’s mission of bringing humanity back to travel—on a broader, more ambitious scale. Since then, we’ve made over 50 investments across the travel, hospitality, and transportation sectors. As of 2025, we’re proud to be part of SKY Leasing, a premier aviation asset manager, as we continue driving innovation across both the travel and transportation industries.
Why we excel
As you’d expect, we have a deep expertise in aviation, but our team also specializes in hospitality, regional and ground transportation, and more. In short, we’re travel geeks and could spend hours talking your ear off about the latest developments in predictive maintenance, machine learning, and electric propulsion for the industry. Combine that with our focus on helping turn good startups into great ones, and you’ve got our recipe for success.
How we help
Of course, we provide funding to promising startups, but we do so much more than that. We give steady guidance, make connections to industry power players, provide proof-of-concept opportunities, and, in some cases, incubate startups in our own Silicon Valley office.
What’s next
Some of the companies we work with are disrupting travel for the better. Others might take a few more years to make their vision a reality, but it’ll be worth the wait. As travel industry veterans and venture capitalists, we know the value of looking beyond the horizon. You just can’t beat the view. So tell us, how can we help you?
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
We are an early-stage venture capital firm focused on companies redefining the travel and transportation landscape, focusing on enterprise and frontier technologies. Founded in 2016 as JetBlue’s corporate venture capital arm, JBV is now part of Sky Leasing, a premier aviation asset manager. Our team includes venture capital pros and travel industry veterans. You can learn more about our passions here and more about our people here.
We’ve seen some really incredible companies, and the number keeps on growing. You can check out our portfolio companies here. Think your startup has what it takes? Apply here!
When we identify a company with the potential to transform the travel industry, we want to come in early enough to support the founders in a meaningful way. We typically invest in early stage startups that are between seed and series B. That said, if your brilliant idea is further along the track, we still want to hear from you.
While we do invest in startups internationally, one of the benefits of working with us is that we try to be hands-on and like to support our portfolio companies by offering guidance, resources, and real-time feedback and connections. That could become slightly more complicated if you’re on the other side of the globe, but for great ideas and great founders, we will travel anywhere.
We’re interested in companies working on enterprise or frontier technologies that will innovate the travel and transportation ecosystem. For us, people matter – we like to say it’s more about the who than the what. We’re excited to work with innovative, passionate folks who are brilliant at what they do and who want to make a difference in the world.
We care more about how companies are going to make an impact, rather than when. As an investor, we don’t require an exit on a set timeline – our main focus is to help support you and your mission. When we invest, we classify companies as belonging to one of three impact horizons – 0 to 18 months, two to five years, and seven to ten years. Most of our investments fall into the first two categories, but we’re certainly open to disruptive “moonshot” technologies that may take up to a decade to come to fruition.
Yes! We are proud to be a partner for all of our investments. We offer guidance from our experienced and travel industry-savvy team, including customer introductions and connections both at JetBlue and across the travel industry as well as with other venture capital firms. We also provide communications and marketing counsel as well as mentorship and other business development support. Additionally, as applicable, select companies can be incubated in our Silicon Valley office.
We want our portfolio companies to secure funding and build relationships that make sense for them. We actively introduce them to key players throughout the travel industry and are happy to partner with both venture capital firms and fellow corporate venture capital funds. When it comes to our support, the sky is the limit!