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ACTIVE
Global HQ
San Francisco, United States
Countries of investment
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • Canada
  • Israel
  • Australia
  • Germany
Investment stages
  • Pre-Seed
  • Seed
  • Series A
Industries
  • Space Tech
  • Defense
  • Aerospace
  • National Security
  • AI
  • Manufacturing
  • Satellite
  • Launch
About
Space VC is a San Francisco-based VC focused on space and defense startups. Their focus spans space tech, defense, manufacturing, national security, and AI across the United States and select global markets. The firm supports founders from pre-inception through Series A.
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$500K
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$3M
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Investment Thesis

Space VC is a pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital firm deploying capital across space, defense, manufacturing, national security, AI, and adjacent software sectors. They invest in founders building generational companies serving large commercial and governmental customers, often as the first VC fund on the cap table. The firm differentiates itself through its pre-inception meeting approach, US-focused space and defense thesis, and early conviction backing portfolio companies including Castelion and True Anomaly.
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Manager's Experience

Justus Kilian (Founding Partner) and Chad Anderson (Founding Partner) bring deep space investing expertise; Space VC is closely affiliated with Space Capital and led by partners with strong national security, space, and defense backgrounds. Brad Hardy (Partner) rounds out the senior team. The firm prefers meeting entrepreneurs pre-inception and is often the first VC fund on the cap table for portfolio companies including Castelion, True Anomaly, and Apex Space.

Team

Justus Kilian - Founding Partner

Chad Anderson - Founding Partner

Brad Hardy - Partner

Portfolio

True Anomaly

Castelion

Apex Space

Hadrian

Stoke Space

K2 Space

Albedo

Turion Space

Astranis

Vast Space

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