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Aerospace / Defense Series A specialist VCs
56 public firms are labeled Specialist, list “Aerospace / Defense” as a sector focus, and identify “Series A” 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 | |
| Airbus Venturesairbusventures.vc | Can Lead | $1m – $10m$1-3m · $3M - $10M | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Deep Tech, Industrial / Manufacturing | California | $155M | 2024 | Thomas d'Halluin, Nicole Conner, Abigail Hitchcock, Mike Walsh, Hyunwoong Kim | office@airbusventures.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 | |
| Bow Capitalbowcapital.com | Mostly Lead | — | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Aerospace / Defense, Industrial / Manufacturing, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Life Sciences | California | $500M+ AUM | — | Vivek Ranadivé, Rafi Syed, Murray Rode, Daven Patel, Andre Ranadivé, Ian Walker, Manveer Sandhu | contact@bowcapital.com | |
| Bravo Victor Venture Capitalbv.vc | Can Lead | — | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Industrial / Manufacturing | Illinois | — | — | Joe Musselman | — | |
| 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 | |
| Crosscut Venturescrosscut.vc | — | — | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Aerospace / Defense, Industrial / Manufacturing, Climate / Energy, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility | California | — | — | Brian Garrett, Jerry Orzech, Rick Smith, Jon Ylvisaker, Brett Brewer | https://form.typeform.com/to/Xau01xsJ | |
| 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 | — | — | — | — | |
| Eclipse Ventureseclipse.capital | Mostly Lead | $10m – $30m+$10M - $30M · >$30M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Industrial / Manufacturing, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Aerospace / Defense, Climate / Energy | California | $1.3B | 2026 | Aidan Madigan-Curtis, Charly Mwangi, Angela Hayward, Greg Reichow, Joe Fath, Lior Susan, Jiten Behl, Seth Winterroth | admin@eclipse.capital | |
| Fathom Fundff.vc | Can Lead | — | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Climate / Energy, Industrial / Manufacturing, Deep Tech | Texas | — | — | — | — | |
| 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 | — | |
| First In Capitalwearefirstin.com | Mostly Follow | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Cybersecurity, Industrial / Manufacturing, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility | Tennessee | $148M | 2026 | Renny McPherson, Arthur Karell, Rebecca Gevalt, Jessica Nelson | HELLO@WEAREFIRSTIN.COM | |
| 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 | — | |
| 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/ | |
| Gula Tech Adventuresgula.tech | Mostly Lead | $1m – $10m$1-3m · $3M - $10M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Cybersecurity, Aerospace / Defense | Maryland | — | — | Ron Gula, Cyndi Gula, Patrick Duggan | investor@gula.tech | |
| 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 | — | |
| 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 | |
| Mana Venturesmanaventures.vc | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Climate / Energy, Industrial / Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Healthtech / Digital Health | California | — | — | Morgan Schwanke, Parker Hughes, Jared Van Ryne | morgan@manaventures.vc | |
| Massive Tech Venturesmtv.vc | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Climate / Energy, Cybersecurity, Aerospace / Defense | Washington | $15 million (Fund I) | — | Stefan Kalb, Eric Woersching | — | |
| Narya Capitalnaryavc.com | Mostly Lead | $3M - $10M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Industrial / Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Healthtech / Digital Health, Food / Agriculture, Fintech | Ohio | $93M Fund I ($125M target) | 2020 | Colin Greenspon, Falon Donohue | — | |
| Natural Capitalnaturalcapital.com | Mostly Lead | $3m – $30m+$3M - $10M · $10M - $30M · >$30M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Deep Tech, Aerospace / Defense, Life Sciences | California | — | — | — | — | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | — | |
| Paladin Capital Grouppaladincapgroup.com | Mostly Lead | $500k – $30m$500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M · $10M - $30M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Cybersecurity, Deep Tech, Aerospace / Defense, Life Sciences | District of Columbia | More than $1.5B committed capital | — | Michael Steed, Mark Maloney, Christopher Steed, Nazo Moosa, Paul Conley, Mourad Yesayan, E. Kenneth Pentimonti, Tom Clute, Francois Ruether, Mitch Cooney, Nuné Martiros, Tyler Steed, Alexander Krespi | submissions@paladincapgroup.com | |
| 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 | |
| Republic Capitalrepubliccapital.co | Can Lead | — | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Deep Tech, Fintech, Crypto / Web3, Aerospace / Defense | New York | — | — | Christian Sullivan | — | |
| 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 | |
| Riot Venturesriot.vc | Can Lead | Up to $200MStated investment range · Official website · https://riot.vc/ | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Deep Tech, Industrial / Manufacturing, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Cybersecurity, Climate / Energy | California | — | — | Stephen Marcus, Will Coffield, Meghan Moreland, Collier Bern | will@riot.vc | |
| RSE Venturesrseventures.com | Can Lead | — | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Gaming / Media / Sports, Consumer, Aerospace / Defense, Industrial / Manufacturing | New York | — | — | Stephen M. Ross, Matt Higgins, Stephen Reisert, Ethan Tuckman | info@rseventures.com | |
| Seven Peaks Venturessevenpeaksventures.com | Can Lead | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Deep Tech, Aerospace / Defense, Climate / Energy, Fintech, Cybersecurity | Oregon | $28M Fund II | 2017 | Dino Vendetti, Tom Gonser | https://www.sevenpeaksventures.com/ | |
| Shorewind Capitalshorewindcapital.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Climate / Energy, Healthtech / Digital Health, Aerospace / Defense | California | — | — | Jake Poliskin, Nick Fragnito, Andrew Rubenstein | info@shorewindcapital.com | |
| Snowpoint Venturessnowpoint.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Deep Tech, Cybersecurity | Florida | $1B AUM | — | Alex Creasey, Doug Philippone, Randy George, Ben Buchheim-Jurisson, Tom Fawcett | — | |
| 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 | |
| Stony Lonesome Groupstonylonesomegroupllc.com | Mostly Lead | $250k – $10m$250-500k · $500k-1m · $1-3m · $3M - $10M | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Cybersecurity, Healthtech / Digital Health, Deep Tech | Florida | — | — | — | — | |
| SYN Venturessynventures.com | Mostly Lead | — | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Cybersecurity, Aerospace / Defense | North Carolina | $300 million third Flagship Fund (raised) | — | Jay Leek, Art Coviello, Dan Burns, Ryan Permeh, Glenn Chisholm, Marcio Lempert, Amal Kothari, Dylan Posner, John Watters, Alex Tosheff, Tim McKnight, Rob Potter, Jessvin Thomas, Robert Rodriguez | https://punchteam.wufoo.com/forms/mafrfx010zgdq0 | |
| Tamarack Globaltamarackglobal.com | — | — | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Climate / Energy, Industrial / Manufacturing, Deep Tech | Connecticut | $72M Opportunities II | — | John McCormick, Jamie Lee, Shuo Cheng, Rob Eloff | john@tamarackglobal.com,jamie@tamarackglobal.com | |
| TFX Capitaltfxcap.com | Can Lead | $500k-1m | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Cybersecurity, Healthtech / Digital Health, Fintech | North Carolina | — | — | Brandon Shelton, Rob Bair, Matt Abrams, Brent Blake, TJ White, Cindi Basenspiler, Karl Hightower, David Bray | — | |
| 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 | |
| Toyota Venturesverifiedtoyota.ventures | Can Lead | $500k – $3m$500k-1m · $1-3m | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Deep Tech, Industrial / Manufacturing, Aerospace / Defense | California | $150M Frontier Fund II + $150M Climate Fund II; $800M+ AUM | 2024 | Jim Adler, Natalie Fonseca Licciardi, Lisa Coca, David Sokolic, Chris Abshire | info@toyota.ventures | |
| Trousdale Venturestrousdale.vc | Can Lead | — | — | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Climate / Energy, Deep Tech, Consumer | California | — | — | Phillip Sarofim | — | |
| Type One Venturestype1ventures.com | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Industrial / Manufacturing, Aerospace / Defense, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Deep Tech, Life Sciences | California | — | — | Tarek Waked, Abdo John Hajj, Sanjeev Gordhan, Warren Hui, Ryan Kriser, Ryutaro Hiroshima, Daniil Chen, Avantika Gupta, Gustav Spangberg | tarek@typeone.vc | |
| UP Partnersup.partners | Can Lead | $1m – $10m$1-3m · $3M - $10M | 7–10%7-10% | Specialist | Aerospace / Defense, Supply Chain / Logistics / Mobility, Industrial / Manufacturing, Climate / Energy | California | $230M Fund I plus $20M sidecar | — | Adam Grosser, Ben Marcus, Ally Warson, Nicola Munarini, Alex Garcia Lautzenheiser, Jacob Andreesen | entrepreneurs@up.partners | |
| v1.vcv1.vc | Mostly Follow | $500K–$750K (general; inception; AI-native software and deep tech; currency unspecified)General check · Dollar currency not specified by source · inception; AI-native software and deep tech · Official website · https://www.v1.vc/ | — | Specialist | Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Infrastructure / Developer Tools, Vertical AI, Aerospace / Defense, Climate / Energy, Industrial / Manufacturing | California | — | — | Brett Jackson, Benny Joseph | brett@v1.vc | |
| What If Ventureswhatif.vc | Mostly Follow | — | — | Specialist | Healthtech / Digital Health, Aerospace / Defense | Texas | — | — | Stephen Hays | info@whatif.vc | |
| Winklevoss Capitalwinklevosscapital.com | Mostly Follow | $100k – $1m$100-250k · $250-500k · $500k-1m | — | Specialist | Crypto / Web3, Aerospace / Defense, Climate / Energy, Life Sciences | New York | — | — | Tyler Winklevoss, Cameron Winklevoss | press@winklevosscapital.com |
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