Best VCs for Aerospace

169 venture capitalists actively investing in Aerospace.

169

Active VCs

Funds

Deals

$1.5B

Total Invested

#1Peter Thiel

Co-Founder & Partner

Founders Fund

The original contrarian VC. 'We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.' Seeks companies that can become category-defining monopolies in markets others ignore. First principles thinking is

$1M-$100M+ (multi-stage, also invests personally and through Thiel Capital)

1 deals

SeedSeries ASeries B

#2Bill Lee

Co-founder & Venture Partner

Craft Ventures

Bill's record reflects a founder-led approach to category creation across internet platforms, mobile virtual goods, institutional crypto and frontier technology. His operating history at Remarq, Socia

No Bill-specific check range is public. Craft's current portfolio attributes investments to him across angel, seed and later venture/growth rounds, but round labels and company financing totals do not establish his personal or fund check size. Confirm vehicle, ownership target and lead appetite directly.

1 deals

AngelSeedVenture

#3Katherine Boyle

General Partner, American Dynamism

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)

Leads a16z's American Dynamism practice — a $2.5B+ fund (expanded from $600M in 2023) backing companies that support national interests. Believes the most important companies of the next decade will b

$1M-$100M+ (from $2.5B+ American Dynamism fund)

SeedSeries ASeries B

#4Sven Strohband

Partner and Managing Director

Khosla Ventures

Sven backs technically ambitious companies that can create new industries or unlock novel user experiences. His engineering lens favors frontier AI, robotics, autonomy, aerospace, developer infrastruc

No personal check-size range is published. Khosla invests from seed through growth; company round totals and the firm's assets are not Sven's personal check parameters.

SeedEarly StageSeries A

#5Ali Tabibian

Founder and Partner

GTK Partners

Ali works where technical systems, strategic finance and corporate transactions meet. GTK's work spans private growth companies, corporations and financial sponsors, with particular expertise in softw

GTK is primarily a corporate advisory firm and does not publish an Ali-specific venture check range. Ali has disclosed individual technology investments, but those do not establish a repeatable allocation mandate. Companies should clarify whether they seek advisory work, financing support or an investment.

Growth-company advisoryMergers and acquisitionsCapital formation

#6Josh Wolfe

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Lux Capital

'Atoms, not bits.' The biggest opportunities are in companies that manipulate the physical world, not just software. Willing to fund multi-year R&D timelines. Just raised the firm's largest fund ever

$1M-$50M+

SeedSeries ASeries B

#7Tess van Stekelenburg

Partner

Lux Capital

Tess is a technically trained generalist investing where AI, biology, aerospace, and the physical world intersect. She seeks engineers and scientists turning frontier research into companies, with par

No verified personal or standard Lux check-size range is published. Tess invests at both early and growth stages and participates in Lux company creation; founders should confirm round fit directly rather than infer an allocation from fund size or disclosed company rounds.

Company CreationSeedSeries A

#8Shahin Farshchi, PhD

Partner

Lux Capital

Shahin creates and backs generational frontier companies that endow people and machines with new capabilities. An engineer and founder, he looks across AI, chips, compute, autonomy, aerospace, robotic

No verified personal or standard Lux check-size range is published. Shahin invests from early conviction through enduring scale and has co-founded companies; financing requirements are opportunity-specific and should be confirmed directly.

Company CreationSeedSeries A

#9Brian Adams

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, UP.Abundance

UP.Partners

Brian Adams invests or supports investments through UP.Partners's published strategy: Back founders bringing intelligence into physical systems across aerospace, robotics, energy, defense, manufacturi

UP.Partners does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

SeedEarly Stage

#10Livi Grant

Investor

MaC Venture Capital

Livi Grant invests or supports investments through MaC Venture Capital's published strategy: Invest at seed in visionary founders whose products benefit from shifts in culture, behavior and technology

MaC Venture Capital does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

SeedEarly Stage

#11Dela Adedze

Investor

MaC Venture Capital

Dela Adedze invests or supports investments through MaC Venture Capital's published strategy: Invest at seed in visionary founders whose products benefit from shifts in culture, behavior and technolog

MaC Venture Capital does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

SeedEarly Stage

#12Oceana Sweet

Executive Assistant and Office Manager

MaC Venture Capital

Oceana Sweet is listed in a Executive Assistant and Office Manager capacity at MaC Venture Capital. No person-specific investment thesis is published for this role; the firm's mandate is included only

MaC Venture Capital does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

SeedEarly Stage

#13Juan Arias

Financial Planning and Analysis Operations Analyst

MaC Venture Capital

Juan Arias is listed in a Financial Planning and Analysis Operations Analyst capacity at MaC Venture Capital. No person-specific investment thesis is published for this role; the firm's mandate is inc

MaC Venture Capital does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

SeedEarly Stage

#14Bulent Altan

Founding Partner

Alpine Space Ventures

Bulent Altan works on Alpine Space Ventures's strategy to lead high-conviction investments in European and selected U.S. space-industrial companies with technical excellence, customer traction and maj

€10M-€20M initial investments. No person-specific check range is inferred for Bulent Altan.

Early StageGrowth Stage

#15Joram Voelklein

Founding Partner

Alpine Space Ventures

Joram Voelklein works on Alpine Space Ventures's strategy to lead high-conviction investments in European and selected U.S. space-industrial companies with technical excellence, customer traction and

€10M-€20M initial investments. No person-specific check range is inferred for Joram Voelklein.

Early StageGrowth Stage

#16Catriona Chambers

Technical Director

Alpine Space Ventures

Catriona Chambers serves Alpine Space Ventures as Technical Director. The official sources do not publish a separate personal investment thesis, so the profile retains the firm's stated strategy witho

€10M-€20M initial investments. No person-specific check range is inferred for Catriona Chambers.

Early StageGrowth Stage

#17Lynn Zoenen

Principal

Alpine Space Ventures

Lynn Zoenen works on Alpine Space Ventures's strategy to lead high-conviction investments in European and selected U.S. space-industrial companies with technical excellence, customer traction and majo

€10M-€20M initial investments. No person-specific check range is inferred for Lynn Zoenen.

Early StageGrowth Stage

#18Sven Meyer-Brunswick

Principal

Alpine Space Ventures

Sven Meyer-Brunswick works on Alpine Space Ventures's strategy to lead high-conviction investments in European and selected U.S. space-industrial companies with technical excellence, customer traction

€10M-€20M initial investments. No person-specific check range is inferred for Sven Meyer-Brunswick.

Early StageGrowth Stage

#19Christina Kotzur

Chief Financial Officer

Alpine Space Ventures

Christina Kotzur serves Alpine Space Ventures as Chief Financial Officer. The official sources do not publish a separate personal investment thesis, so the profile retains the firm's stated strategy w

€10M-€20M initial investments. No person-specific check range is inferred for Christina Kotzur.

Early StageGrowth Stage

#20Julia Reilinger

Managing Director

B&C Innovation Investments

Julia Reilinger is listed in a Managing Director capacity at B&C Innovation Investments. The firm does not publish a person-specific direct-investment mandate for this role; the profile preserves the

€1M or more, as published by B&C Innovation Investments.

Series AGrowth Stage

#21Mathieu Costes

Operating Partner

Airbus Ventures

Mathieu Costes is listed by Airbus Ventures as Operating Partner on the firm's investment or advisory roster. Invests in foundational industrial and defense technologies that form the backbone of nati

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