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Startup · Netherlands

Maeve Aerospace

HQ NetherlandsFounded 202011-50 employeesUpdated

MAEVE is a leading European innovator in sustainable and economical aircraft design.

Website

Funding3 rounds

Equity raised
Undisclosed
Debt, secondaries & grants
~$2.5M
Latest
UndisclosedStrategic · Jul 17, 2025
  • Strategic
    Undisclosed
    Jul 17, 2025
  • Pre-Seed
    Undisclosed
    Dec 19, 2022
  • Grant
    ~$2.5M
    Oct 5, 2022

Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

Systems1

  • MJ 500™A regional aircraft developed by Maeve Aerospace.

Newest unveiled first. Systems that belong to a government program link to the program page, where variants, costs and contracts are.

Capabilities1

  • Developer
    classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Designs sustainable and economical aircraft, with no defense or government use stated.
    —Reported

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

People
PersonRole
Jan-Willem HeinenCo-Founder & CEO
Joost DiebenCo-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer

Sources5

Profile2

  1. 1
    CompanyMAEVE

    Maeve Aerospace · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website

    “MAEVE is a leading European innovator in sustainable and economical aircraft design. Founded in 2021, MAEVE operates from offices in Delft, Netherlands, and Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany.”
  2. 2

    Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind

    “{"country": "Netherlands", "hq_iso2": "NL", "id": "e5874c0f-090b-4e3e-b250-67e9743d2e15"}”

Systems1

  1. 3
    CompanyMAEVE

    Maeve Aerospace · Supports System

    “Get to know the features of the MJ 500™”

Funding1

  1. 4

    Octen Business Search · Supports Funding round, Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url, Role

    “funding round: Grant, 2022-10-05, EUR 2,499,000, lead: European Innovation Council”

People1

  1. 5

    electrifynews.com · Supports Role

    “Joost Dieben, Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Maeve Aerospace, was enthusiastic about their collaboration with Siemens.”

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