Status
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.
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.
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.
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