Sht 03 / Portfolio

Backing the physical edge.

Inception-stage positions across defense, energy, space, and manufacturing — every one sourced direct through technical communities, never a syndicate.

01 Valar Atomics Nuclear · energy · seed

Scaling nuclear energy for heavy industry and clean fuel production. Sourced through nuclear engineering communities before institutional coverage.

02 Aethero Space · compute · seed

Space-rated compute for autonomous defense platforms, from CubeSats to stations. Accessed pre-Series A through space-hardware technical networks.

03 FlyBy Robotics Defense · drones · seed

NDAA-compliant programmable drones built for autonomy. Introduced through the portfolio network.

04 Vuecason Manufacturing · seed

A proprietary metallurgy platform printing metal parts to replace castings for defense, aerospace, and industry. Sourced on-site — the only investor in the room who could read the data.

05 Stone Power Energy · turbines · seed

America's turbine company — rebuilding domestic capacity to manufacture gas turbines at scale for AI datacenters and a reindustrializing grid, with a path to advanced nuclear and geothermal.

06 Stealth · disclosure pending Compound semiconductors

A compound-semiconductor company in active diligence. Details under wraps until the round is announced.

07 Stealth · disclosure pending Space · satellite

A space-systems company in active diligence. Details under wraps until the round is announced.

Sourcing: technical communities · government program pipelines · university spinouts · operating-founder network

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