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@CapitalAlso
Catalytic Capital for Hard Tech Founders | @vardaspace @radiantnuclear @k2spaceco @northwoodspace and more soon 🤫
Sept ‘23: Cold email received July ‘24: Attend demo on an experimental Navy boat in Maryland June ‘25: A massively oversubscribed seed raised in under 36 hours… The best teams take shots and move FAST! Congrats @mateocernosek @alex__chu__ and team @_Andrenam_!
I'm excited to announce our $10M fundraise! Currently in D.C. meeting with some awesome folks on the Hill and reflecting on how far we've come. Just a year ago, @alex__chu__ and I were bootstrapping our first prototype in a garage. Now, we're announcing our $10M fundraise led…
Excited to see @nunzi46 growing the team this summer. And @CapitalAlso !
Venture is an apprenticeship business. I’ve been fortunate to learn from so many top investors, from @firstround to @DormRoomFund to @caffeinatedcap and more. This summer, I’m hoping to start paying that forward. We’re giving a group of incredible individuals the unique…
Venture is an apprenticeship business. I’ve been fortunate to learn from so many top investors, from @firstround to @DormRoomFund to @caffeinatedcap and more. This summer, I’m hoping to start paying that forward. We’re giving a group of incredible individuals the unique…
A few days late on this, but congrats to the 5 @CapitalAlso companies on @SVDG_official ’s NatSec100! I’m not a designer, but we made the fun graphic below to celebrate. Congrats @anysignalinc @K2SpaceCo @NorthwoodSpace @RadiantNuclear and @VardaSpace! No pressure, but I…
Water is Life Partnering with Vital Lyfe Water is life — and even with today’s technological marvels, we haven’t made enough progress delivering water to the entire world. 2.2 billion people lack safe drinking water, 3.5 billion lack proper sanitation, and 2.3 billion can’t…
To the DOME! From day 1 through Series C, just an incredible journey. Playing the long game with amazing people is what it’s about 🫡🙌 Excited to double down on @DougBernauer @burberger and Tori!
We’re super excited to announce the close of our $100M Series C, led by DCVC! The funds will primarily be used to complete our Kaleidos Development Unit, which we plan to test at Idaho National Laboratory's DOME facility in less than 2 years. axios.com/pro/climate-de…
Talent is the greatest leading indicator of a company’s eventual success. This is always focus #1 of our pre-investment diligence, and the thing we lean in on most post-investment. In just the last six months, we’ve leveraged our network to help source and close 3 key senior…
-Startup of the Week: @TVLABS 🤩 -VC Spotlight: @CapitalAlso (@nunzi46) 🤩 -#NYTechWeek '24 🗽 events ! brex.beehiiv.com/p/cnbc-disrupt…
Are you building at the CUTTING edge or the BLEEDING edge? 🔪 "CUTTING Edge" technology includes things like: - AI - 5G Networking - LLM applications in robotics - Space manufacturing 🩸 "BLEEDING Edge" technology includes things like: - Quantum computing - Fusion energy -…
We need to reverse the Top School ➡ BigCo brain drain. A few weeks ago we sponsored a dinner of ~10 STEM undergrads at a top school. Mostly sophomores and juniors. I followed up 1:1 with a number of them afterwards to get a sense of their post-grad interests. An absurdly…
Can’t believe we’re already well into May! Looking back at April, we had the pleasure of putting a spotlight on 5 fantastic early stage investors you should know if you’re building a startup / are in venture👇 --------------- @Amanda_Herson from @fcollective who leads…
If you're a founder and engineer at heart building a hard tech startup, here's an investor you have to know from day one! This week's findfunding.vc spotlight is on @nunzi46 from @CapitalAlso. He: 🗽 Is based in New York 🎉 Has a core tenant that he looks for in a…
The last two weeks have been bananas for me and @CapitalAlso. 🛰️ @K2SpaceCo announced their $50M Series A ☄️🧪 @VardaSpace became the first private company to re-enter payload over US soil 📡 @NorthwoodSpace announced their $6.3M seed to the loudest reception I (and many…
Expect the unexpected! So excited to announce our $6.3M seed led by @foundersfund and @a16z with participation from @CapitalAlso, @LongJourneyVC , @BoxGroup, @humbavc At @NorthwoodSpace we have our sights on building a data highway between earth and space. We are designing…
Exclusive: @bridgitmendler is adding space CEO to her list of actress, singer, and songwriter. Introducing Northwood Space, which aims to mass produce ground stations and is backed by @a16z, @FoundersFund and more: cnbc.com/2024/02/19/dis…
Pumped to finally announce our investment in @bridgitmendler and @NorthwoodSpace! Excited to team up with @zebulgar @KTmBoyle and more to build the data highway for the coming explosion of space data. Oh, and they’re in El Segundo. Let’s go! cnbc.com/2024/02/19/dis…
@KaranKunjur and @neelkunjur quietly (until now…) building a behemoth with @K2SpaceCo! Excited for @CapitalAlso to double down here alongside @altcap and @ekriessmann in this $50M Series A and support one of the next iconic aerospace companies. Link to article below 👇
Great feature on @CapitalAlso company @K2SpaceCo from my friends @nickbkim and @jdsisteron at @upfrontvc! K2 is thinking BIG...literally...#dadjoke addtheegg.com/p/la-hard-tech…
Congrats to @CapitalAlso companies @VardaSpace @K2SpaceCo on winning TacRS Challenge awards! 🛰️ 🚀 x.com/spacewerxdod/s…
#SpaceWERX, in partnership with Space Safari, is pleased to announce the 19 awardees of the 2023 SpaceWERX Tactically Responsive Space Challenge! The TacRS Challenge generates cutting-edge ideas that enable @spaceforcedod Force to respond to emerging on-orbit threats by 2026.