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Aerospace / Defense Pre-Seed / Inception specialist VCs
51 public firms are labeled Specialist, list “Aerospace / Defense” as a sector focus, and identify “Pre-Seed / Inception” as an entry stage. These are reported categories; review each firm’s thesis and profile before reaching out.
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| 8090 Industries8090industries.com | Mostly Follow | $500k – $10m$500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | — | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Deep Tech, Aerospace / Defense, Industrial / Manufacturing, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility | New York | — | — | Kerem Ozmen, Rayyan Islam, Filip Vurdelja | — | |
| ACME Capitalacme.vc | Can Lead | $1m – $30m$1-3m · $3M - $10M · $10M - $30M | > 12%> 12% | Specialist | Deep Tech, Aerospace / Defense, Industrial / Manufacturing, Healthtech / Digital Health, Infrastructure / Developer Tools | California | $240M Fund IV + $60M Opportunity Fund | 2022 | Aike Ho, Alex Fayette, Christian Tang-Jespersen, Hany Nada, Scott Stanford | funding@acme.vc | |
| AIN Venturesainventures.com | Mostly Follow | $250k – $1m$250-500k · $500k-1m | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Deep Tech, Life Sciences, Climate / Energy, Infrastructure / Developer Tools | New York | — | — | Sherman Williams, Emily McMahan, Evan Lerner, Forrest Underwood, Indeshaw Adenaw, Todd Connor | https://8m3gdjtaqqh.typeform.com/to/FvBmZOdL | |
| Alpaca VCalpaca.vc | Mostly Lead | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | — | Specialist | PropTech / Construction, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Industrial / Manufacturing, Climate / Energy, Aerospace / Defense, Commerce / Marketplaces | New York | — | — | Aubrie Pagano, Ryan Freedman, Josh Jagota | hey@alpaca.vc | |
| Blackwingblackwing.vc | — | — | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Aerospace / Defense, Industrial / Manufacturing, Climate / Energy | California | — | — | Pete DiSalvo, Chad Cazel | info@blackwing.vc | |
| Bluelakebluelake.vc | Can Lead | $250k – $3m$250-500k · $500k-1m · $1-3m | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Industrial / Manufacturing, Climate / Energy, Aerospace / Defense, Healthtech / Digital Health, Life Sciences, Infrastructure / Developer Tools | Florida | $50M target Fund I; $24M AUM | 2026 | Jamie Rutledge, Chris Cesareo, Ethan Werner | pitch@bluelake.vc | |
| Breakwater Venturesbreakwater.vc | — | — | — | Specialist | Industrial / Manufacturing, Aerospace / Defense, Food / Agriculture, Fintech, Enterprise Software, Vertical AI | Washington | — | — | — | — | |
| Champion Hill Ventureschampionhillventures.com | Can Lead | $300K–$500KStated investment range · Official website · https://www.championhillventures.com/investments | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Aerospace / Defense | North Carolina | — | — | Josh Manchester, Robert Haddick | — | |
| Commonweal Venturescommonwealventures.com | — | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | — | Specialist | Climate / Energy, Aerospace / Defense, Cybersecurity | New York | $54M — Fund II close; firm-announced | — | — | contact@commonwealventures.com | |
| Construct Capitalverifiedconstructcap.com | Mostly Lead | $1m – $10m$1-3m · $3M - $10M | > 12%> 12% | Specialist | Industrial / Manufacturing, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Aerospace / Defense, Climate / Energy | District of Columbia | $300M | — | Dayna Grayson, Rachel Holt, Eugene Wan, Camila Key Saruhashi, Joachim Vaturi, Leland Chamlin | sayhello@constructcap.com | |
| Conversion Capitalconversioncapital.com | Can Lead | — | — | Specialist | Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Aerospace / Defense | New York | — | — | Christian Lawless | info@conversioncapital.com | |
| Cortado Venturesverifiedcortado.ventures | Mostly Lead | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | 10–12%10-12% | Specialist | Industrial / Manufacturing, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Healthtech / Digital Health, Deep Tech, Aerospace / Defense | Oklahoma | — | — | Nathaniel Harding, Mike Moradi, Susan Moring, Mansi Patel | investors@cortado.ventures | |
| Costanoa Venturescostanoa.vc | Mostly Lead | — | — | Specialist | Fintech, Cybersecurity, Aerospace / Defense, Infrastructure / Developer Tools | California | Approximately $2.8B AUM | — | Greg Sands, Amy Cheetham, David Cheng, Jim Wilson, John Cowgill, Mark Selcow, Martina Lauchengco, Michelle McHargue, Nancy Katz, Nicole Seah, Sean Cai, Tony Liu | info@costanoa.vc | |
| Cubit Capitalcubit.capital | — | — | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Climate / Energy, Aerospace / Defense, Industrial / Manufacturing, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Education / Future of Work, Gaming / Media / Sports | Texas | — | — | Trevor Rees-Jones, Philip Carson, Guilherme Hadlich, Thomas Kincaid | — | |
| Dolby Family Venturesdolbyventures.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Life Sciences, Deep Tech, Healthtech / Digital Health, Climate / Energy, Aerospace / Defense, Infrastructure / Developer Tools | California | — | — | David Dolby, Pascal Levensohn, Andrew Krowne, Reetika Bhardwaj, Lin Ning, Usua Amanam, Michal de Beer | info@dolbyventures.com | |
| Earthrise Venturesearthrise.vc | — | — | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Deep Tech | New York | — | — | — | — | |
| Felicis Venturesfelicis.com | Mostly Lead | $1m – $30m+$1-3m · $3M - $10M · $10M - $30M · >$30M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Cybersecurity, Aerospace / Defense, Climate / Energy, Healthtech / Digital Health, Life Sciences | California | $900M | 2025 | Aydin Senkut, Sundeep Peechu, Peter Deng, Viviana Faga, James Detweiler, Jake Storm, Feyza Haskaraman, Tobi Coker, Graham Littlehale, Katie Riester | — | |
| Floating Pointfloating.vc | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Fintech, Climate / Energy, Aerospace / Defense | New York | $125M Fund III | — | Edward Segel, John Loser | — | |
| Friends & Family Capitalfafc.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Industrial / Manufacturing, Climate / Energy, Infrastructure / Developer Tools | California | — | — | Colin Anderson, John Fogelsong | info@friendsandfamilycapital.com | |
| Global Innovation Labs (GIL)gilabs.co | — | — | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Climate / Energy, Life Sciences, Deep Tech | California | — | — | Todd Stavish
David Park
Gil Kim
Solomon Asad
Ki Jeon
Omar Agely | startups@globalinnovationlabs.com | |
| GOVO Venture Partnersgovovp.com | Mostly Lead | — | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Climate / Energy, Education / Future of Work, Fintech, Healthtech / Digital Health, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility | Florida | — | — | Rob Panepinto, Brian D'Ambrosio, Jonathan Kilman, Tim Tebow | https://govovp.com/contact/ | |
| Harpoonharpoon.vc | — | — | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Aerospace / Defense, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure / Developer Tools | California | $155M | 2026 | Larsen Jensen, Jeff Torrance, Riley Loftus, Matias Zorrilla, Mat Vogels, Jake Windle, Andrew Couillard, Clint Brown | https://www.harpoon.vc/contact-us | |
| Industrious Venturesindustrious.vc | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Climate / Energy, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Industrial / Manufacturing, Food / Agriculture, Deep Tech | Colorado | — | — | Mason Angel, Taylor Sargent | contact@industrious.vc | |
| Infinite Capitalinfinite.xyz | Can Lead | Up to $50MStated investment range · Official website · https://infinite.xyz | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Climate / Energy, Crypto / Web3, Deep Tech | Florida | — | — | Nathan Doctor, Sean Doctor, Jack Williams, TJ Pratt | — | |
| Inflectioninflection.fund | Can Lead | $500K–$2MStated investment range · Official website · https://inflection.fund/portfolio | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Climate / Energy, Deep Tech, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Industrial / Manufacturing | Massachusetts | $40 million | — | Alexander Lange, Jonatan Luther-Bergquist | contact@inflection.fund | |
| IronGate Capital Advisorsirongatevc.com | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Industrial / Manufacturing | Florida | — | — | Tidal McCoy, Ryan Morfin, Hamlet Yousef | invest@irongatevc.com | |
| Karman Ventureskarman.vc | Mostly Follow | up to $250kUp to $25k · $100-250k | — | Specialist | Vertical AI, Climate / Energy, Industrial / Manufacturing, Aerospace / Defense | California | — | — | William Barnes, Dave Clark, Amr Al-Shihabi | contact@movingcapital.com | |
| Lockheed Martin Ventureslockheedmartin.com | Mostly Follow | $1m – $10m$1-3m · $3M - $10M | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Deep Tech | Maryland | $1 billion evergreen fund | — | Chris Moran, Jeff Cunningham, Sam Stonberg, Gopal Rajaraman, John Richmond, Katie Swanson, Andres Blanco, Kaija Gisolfi-McCready, Zachary Chow, Avinash Parampalli, Harrison Dal Ponte | lm.ventures@lmco.com | |
| Mercury Fundmercuryfund.com | Mostly Lead | $100k – $10m$100-250k · $250-500k · $500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | — | Specialist | Vertical AI, Crypto / Web3, Fintech, Healthtech / Digital Health, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Industrial / Manufacturing, Commerce / Marketplaces, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Climate / Energy, PropTech / Construction, Aerospace / Defense | Texas | — | — | Blair Garrou, Adrian Fortino, Aziz Gilani, Samantha Lewis, Heath Butler, Aileen Allen, Alex Gras | info@mercuryfund.com | |
| New North Venturesnewnorthvc.com | Mostly Lead | $1-3m | 10–12%10-12% | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech | New Hampshire | — | — | Jeremy Hitchcock, Bryan Mabry | https://newnorthvc.com/pitch-us | |
| New Stack Venturesnewstack.com | Mostly Lead | $500K–$1.5MStated investment range · Official website · https://www.newstack.com/ | — | Specialist | Vertical AI, Fintech, Healthtech / Digital Health, Industrial / Manufacturing, Climate / Energy, PropTech / Construction, Aerospace / Defense, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility | Illinois | $42.6M Fund II | — | Nick Moran, Luke Skertich | team@newstack.vc | |
| Oceans Venturesverifiedoceans.ventures | Mostly Lead | $1-3m | 7–12%7-10% · 10-12% | Specialist | Education / Future of Work, Enterprise Software, Aerospace / Defense | New York | — | — | Steven Rosenblatt, Josh Rahn | hello@oceans.ventures | |
| Olive Tree Capitalolivetreecapital.com | Can Lead | $250k – $10m$250-500k · $500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Aerospace / Defense | Massachusetts | — | — | Nichola Eliovits, Joseph Lissak, Mickael Chane-Du, Johnny Hatem | — | |
| OneSixOne Venturesonesixone.ventures | Mostly Follow | $25k – $250k$25-100k · $100-250k | < 5%< 5% | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Enterprise Software | Florida | $4M (Fund I) | 2024 | — | — | |
| Outliers Fundoutliers.fund | Mostly Lead | $1m – $10m$1-3m · $3M - $10M | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Aerospace / Defense, Infrastructure / Developer Tools | California | — | — | Poseidon Ho, David Chou, Vincent Lin | p@outliers.fund | |
| Point72 Venturesverifiedp72.vc | Mostly Lead | $250k – $30m$250-500k · $500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M · $10M - $30M | Any ownership< 5% · 5-7% · 7-10% · 10-12% · > 12% | Specialist | Consumer, Aerospace / Defense | New York | — | — | Steve Cohen, Sri Chandrasekar, Dan Gwak, Tara Stokes, Chris Morales, Ishan Sinha, Tripp Shriner, Sugam Sarin, Adam Carson | kevin@p72.vc | |
| Promus Venturespromusventures.com | Mostly Lead | $500k – $10m$500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Deep Tech, Aerospace / Defense, Industrial / Manufacturing | Illinois | — | — | Mike Collett, Gareth Keane, Pierre Festal | info@promusventures.com | |
| Prototype Capitalprototypecap.com | Can Lead | $200K–$400KStated investment range · Official website · https://www.prototypecap.com/ | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Industrial / Manufacturing, Aerospace / Defense | — | — | — | — | https://airtable.com/appr3LJwUy3kIWjDk/shrMlcqcZQcvIYZmO | |
| Quest Venture Partnersquestvp.com | Can Lead | $100k – $3m$100-250k · $250-500k · $500k-1m · $1-3m | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Aerospace / Defense, Industrial / Manufacturing, Life Sciences | California | — | — | Andrew Ogawa, Marcus Ogawa, Maarten 't Hooft, Takeshi Ito | andrew@questvp.com | |
| Radius Capitalradius.capital | Can Lead | $100k – $1m$100-250k · $250-500k · $500k-1m | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Deep Tech, Industrial / Manufacturing | California | — | — | Peter Shannon, Luka Tomljenovic | — | |
| Ravelin Capitalverifiedravelincap.com | Mostly Lead | $250-500k | < 5%< 5% | Specialist | Industrial / Manufacturing, Aerospace / Defense | California | — | — | Lucas Vaz, Adam Corey | lucas@ravelincap.com | |
| Ridgelineridgeline.vc | Can Lead | $500k – $10m$500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | 7–12%7-10% · 10-12% | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Industrial / Manufacturing, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Climate / Energy | Tennessee | >$180M Fund II (including SBA commitments) | — | Ben Walker, Andrew McMahon, Ryan Clinton | hello@ridgeline.vc | |
| Shorewind Capitalshorewindcapital.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Climate / Energy, Healthtech / Digital Health, Aerospace / Defense | California | — | — | Jake Poliskin, Nick Fragnito, Andrew Rubenstein | info@shorewindcapital.com | |
| Space VCverifiedspacevc.co | Can Lead | $500k-1m | 5–10%5-7% · 7-10% | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Industrial / Manufacturing, Deep Tech | Texas | — | — | Jonathan Lacoste | jonathan@spacevc.co | |
| SpaceFundspacefund.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense | Texas | — | — | Rick Tumlinson, John Bohlmann, Luke Moloney | https://spacefund.com/#contact | |
| Starlight Venturesstarlight.vc | Mostly Follow | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Climate / Energy, Aerospace / Defense, Life Sciences, Industrial / Manufacturing | Florida | — | — | Matias Mosse, Nicolas Piuma, Michelle Wax, Olivia Vigil | pitch@starlight.vc | |
| Stout Street Capitalstoutstreetcapital.com | Can Lead | $100k – $500k$100-250k · $250-500k | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Climate / Energy, Life Sciences, Aerospace / Defense | Colorado | — | — | Clay Gordon, John Francis | INFO@STOUTSTREETCAPITAL.COM | |
| The Venture Collectivetheventurecollective.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Life Sciences, Climate / Energy, Food / Agriculture, Industrial / Manufacturing, Aerospace / Defense | New York | — | — | Nicholas Shekerdemian, Gina Shekerdemian, Cat Middleton, Stephanie Sarelakos, Chris Ghadban, Ines Ullmo, Emily Aronin | hello@theventurecollective.com | |
| Tofino Capitaltofinocap.com | Mostly Follow | $25k – $500k$25-100k · $100-250k · $250-500k | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Industrial / Manufacturing, Deep Tech | District of Columbia | $10M | — | Eliot Pence, Aubrey Hruby | — | |
| Trucks Venture Capitaltrucks.vc | Mostly Lead | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | 10–12%10-12% | Specialist | Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Climate / Energy, Aerospace / Defense | California | $70M Fund III | 2025 | Reilly Brennan, Jeffrey Schox, Kathryn Schox, Puneeth Meruva | https://trucksvc.typeform.com/to/KOwp62 | |
| Valhalla Venturesvalhalla.ventures | Can Lead | $500k – $10m$500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Deep Tech, Gaming / Media / Sports, Crypto / Web3, Aerospace / Defense, Industrial / Manufacturing | Florida | — | — | Rohan Pujara, Devan Malhotra | — |
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