Elixir Aircraft investment from BPI France, Odysée Venture, Innovacom & Family Offices

French aircraft manufacturer raises €45 million to accelerate its growth, expand deliveries globally and launch its new Equinox program

Growth capital 2026, July

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“This funding round marks a new milestone in Elixir Aircraft’s development. We are staying the course we set for ourselves, and the results achieved demonstrate the relevance of our strategy, at a time when the global need to renew training fleets is increasingly clear. I would like to warmly thank all our teams and financial partners — both those who have supported us since the very beginning of the adventure and those joining us today — for their trust and commitment alongside us,”

Arthur Léopold-Léger, co-founder and President of Elixir Aircraft

Elixir Aircraft announces a €45 million funding round, led by Bpifrance’s SPI (Sociétés de Projets Industriels) Fund, alongside Odyssée Venture, Innovacom (Turenne Group), and family offices.

This funding will enable the French aircraft manufacturer to accelerate its industrial and commercial expansion internationally, particularly in the United States, and to launch Equinox, a program for an all-new aircraft.

Having produced 16 aircraft in the first half of 2026, the manufacturer has already built more aircraft in six months than it did during the whole of 2025. Today, more than 60 Elixir aircraft are flying across Europe - in France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, and Greece - and the first Elixir flight in the United States took place in June.

Since the 2024 funding round, nearly 100 new employees have joined the company, bringing its total workforce to almost 250. Elixir Aircraft continues to recruit to support its next phase of growth, particularly for production roles at its La Rochelle facilities and to expand its support team in Sarasota, Florida, USA.

The funding round will also accelerate international commercial development and will also enable the launch of a new aircraft program. Named Equinox, it represents the natural next step in the Elixir product line. Larger and designed to meet the needs of flight training organizations, it will build on the same technological foundations as the current Elixir. More details about this new aircraft will be announced in the coming months.

Certified by EASA in 2020 and by the FAA in 2025, the Elixir single-engine, two-seat aircraft ushered in the fourth generation of pilot training aircraft. Thanks to its full carbon-fiber one-piece airframe, built using Carbon OneShot technology inspired by offshore racing yachts, its fuel-efficient engine, and a design optimized for simplified maintenance and an almost unlimited service life, it offers one of the lowest operating costs in its class while delivering a high level of safety through standard equipment, including an airframe parachute, spin-resistant design, and crash-resistant fuel tank.