JetBlue Ventures today announced its rebrand to SKY VC following its acquisition by SKY Leasing (“SKY”) in May 2025. The transition marks the firm’s evolution into an independent investment platform with expanded capabilities to back founders and scale transformative technologies, leveraging SKY’s global network, deep industry relationships, and access to capital.

As part of SKY, a premier aviation alternative asset manager with relationships spanning more than 100 airlines, MROs, and OEMs, SKY VC’s portfolio companies will gain expanded market access worldwide. The firm will also continue to maintain a strategic partnership with JetBlue.

“We’re excited about our next chapter as we continue to drive innovation across travel and transportation,” said Amy Burr, CEO of SKY VC. “We’ve built a winning formula of combining deep sector expertise with industry connectivity to help startups succeed. While JetBlue is no longer reflected in our name, they remain an important strategic partner to our team. Looking forward, our goal is to continue to bridge the gap between disruptive startups and established leaders, moving technologies from concept to global adoption.”

SKY VC will continue under the same leadership and team, maintaining a focus on enterprise and frontier technologies with broad applications across travel and transportation. Since its founding in 2016, the team has invested in more than 50 early-stage startups and achieved eight successful exits through acquisitions and public offerings.