While commercial airlines operate with cutting-edge safety and data systems, the general aviation sector has largely been left behind. Flight schools and small fleet operators often struggle with outdated, fragmented processes that hamper efficiency and obscure vital safety data.
Italian startup Intuos has built a solution to close this gap, bringing fleet management to the non-commercial skies. The startup, based at L’Aquila’s Aeroporto dei Parchi, has successfully raised €720k. The round saw participation from Argo (an accelerator backed by CDP Venture Capital and the Ministry of Tourism), Techstars Transformative World Torino, and Ventive, alongside a group of business angels.
Intuos will use the funds to upgrade its technology and, significantly, to break into the US market, following its expansion in Europe and South Africa, where a distribution agreement was signed at the end of 2025 with Absolute Aviation Parts (official distributor of Textron Aviation for Beechcraft, Cessna, Hawker and Textron eAviation for Central and Southern Africa).
Martin Olczyk, Managing Director at Techstars Transformative World Torino, commented: “Backing Carolina and Vito was a no-brainer. They bring more than 30 years of experience in aviation, and Vito is a pilot himself, which means Intuos is being built by people who have lived the problems firsthand. While flying on large commercial aircraft has never been safer, general aviation and small aircraft operations are still relying on outdated processes, where safety, data visibility, and operational efficiency are far from where they should be. Intuos is closing this gap by bringing modern, data-driven standards to an aviation segment that has been overlooked for too long. This is exactly the kind of founder-led, mission-critical innovation we love to back at the earliest stage.”
Digitising the cockpit
Founded in Rome by Carolina Gianardi and Vito Tedeschi, Intuos combines hardware and software to digitise both the cockpit and the back office.
Its platform combines ‘The Manager,’ a suite for flight planning and maintenance, with patented IoT devices that monitor engine performance and pilot behaviour in real time. This creates a unified loop between flight telemetry and operational management.
The In-Flight Data Monitoring solution uses patented IoT devices to gather real-time telemetry and engine performance data, making every aircraft an intelligent data hub. It enables live monitoring, analysis of pilot performance, and quick detection of issues, all without manual uploads.
This system connects in-flight activities with operational management, creating a reliable, scalable process protected by two patents, including one covering 158 countries.
Regarding the current state of the market, founders Carolina Gianardi and Vito Tedeschi said, “Non-commercial aviation is undergoing its greatest transformation. Operational complexity is growing faster than traditional aviation software can handle. What is missing is structured control over training, operations and fleet management. With this round, we will complete the technological development of our platform and bring our innovation to the American market, building on the experience gained in Europe and the agreement already signed in South Africa.”
On the solution itself, the founders added: “Intuos provides fleet operators with a single platform that natively integrates hardware and software to close the gap between operational management and actual in-flight performance. Thanks to our patented IoT devices and the unified database that powers each module, we eliminate data redundancy, ensure information consistency and improve operational quality, so teams can focus on what really matters: safe flight.”
