JetBlue Ventures CEO: Investment Focus and What’s Next After Sale
Photo Credit: JetBlue operates an all-Airbus narrowbody fleet. JetBlue
Skift Take
JetBlue Ventures is still focused on investing in startups for the airline industry, but its funding is not coming from JetBlue anymore.
JetBlue Ventures may be changing hands, but CEO Amy Burr expects the firm's investment priorities to remain largely the same.
That's because the new owner of the venture capital firm, Sky Leasing, still has an interest in improving the airline industry. It's an asset management company that specializes in aviation finance, with a portfolio that includes more than 100 airlines worldwide.
Burr is not ready to talk about the JetBlue Ventures funding structure under the new ownership or how many investments the firm plans to make for the rest of the year. But she did say what the team of nine is keeping their eyes on.
Investment PrioritiesWhen Burr spoke with Skift in late 2022, she was more interested in blockchain as it relates to data storage, as well as biometrics
