The companies the future depends on

Investing in SpaceTech and DeepTech startups that will transform our world

Seven fundamental disruptions will reshape how we work, communicate, and thrive.

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Our Thesis

Seven Fundamental Disruptions

The forces reshaping how we work, communicate, and thrive — across the converging domains of space, defense, robotics, energy, and edge compute.

Whipsmart operating support

How We Work

The firm we wish we’d had

Whole-Firm Support

A firm-wide meeting every two weeks focused on how to help each company.

Next-Round Positioning

Curated dinners that build founder credibility with future investors.

Hands-On Operators

Partners who have sat in the founder, CEO, engineer, and product-leader seats work the hard problems beside you.

Legendary Advisors

A senior bench, mapped by expertise, ready to help each company in whatever way the need calls for.

What we look for, and the first 90 days

Team & Advisors

Operators, founders, advisors, and investors

A core investment team, backed by a deep bench of legendary advisors across Space, Robotics, Defense, Energy, Edge & Orbital Compute, and 360° operating support.

Manoj Kohli
Curt Blake
Kate Rubins
Jim Miller
Michael Potter
Saar Safra
Yves Siegel
Daniella Foster
Rusty Thomas
Jonah Loop
Scott Palo
Par Singh
Eric Litman
Mark Matossian
Lylan Masterman
Judy Robinett
Jay Rosenzweig
Patrick Connolly
Sid Mofya
Bob Bagshaw
Lisa Dreher
Mark Krebs
Ben Hugues
Brian Cook
Ram Narayanswamy
Behzad Koosha
Yael Hochberg
Jean Michel Eid
Darko Lovric

Track Record

Building, backing, and scaling category-defining companies

As operators, founders, board members, and investors, our partners have built and backed companies that defined their categories across SpaceTech and DeepTech.

See the track record