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ACTIVE
Global HQ
Dallas, United States
Countries of investment
  • United States
Investment stages
  • Seed
  • Series A
  • Series B
Industries
  • Space Tech
  • Aerospace
  • Deep Tech
About
Balerion Space Ventures is a specialized venture capital firm that invests in bold founders building the technologies that secure freedom and define the new space frontier. They deploy dual-use aerospace engineering and institutional investing expertise to accelerate commercial and defense innovations. Their mission is to build humanity's next generation of critical infrastructure among the stars, transforming space into the backbone of global communications and industry.
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Investment Thesis

Balerion Space Ventures is a boutique venture capital firm deploying early-stage capital into dual-use space innovations. Their core thesis positions space infrastructure as the next generational backbone for global telecommunications, heavy industry, and defense connectivity. What makes Balerion unique is its pure-play aerospace specialization; the partnership is composed entirely of deep aerospace engineers and defense operators, giving founders immediate, unmatched technical grounding and direct validation lines into major DoD programs and space OEMs.
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Phil Scully left Capital Group to launch the Black Dragon fund, then founded Balerion in 2022. The team combines aerospace engineering, DoD program and space OEM experience, and former NASA chief technologist A.C. Charania is joining. Its 30+ company portfolio includes Anduril and Impulse Space.

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Team

Phil Scully - Co-Founder & General Partner

Daniel Kleinmann - Co-Founder & General Partner

Daniel Wallman - Co-Founder & General Partner

A.C. Charania - Managing Director

Beau Spradling - CFO

Aidan Daoussis - Principal

Aaron Mitchell - Venture Partner

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Anduril

Impulse Space

Valar Atomics

Northwood Space

Vast

Varda Space

Stoke Space

Relativity Space

Apex Space

K2 Space

X-Bow Systems

Zeno Power

Ursa Major

Dawn Aerospace

Magrathea Metals

Samara Aerospace

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