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Industrious Ventures is a Denver-based venture capital firm founded in 2019 that backs founders reinventing critical, capital-intensive industries—from aerospace and defense to energy, manufacturing, and logistics. The firm (legally Apres Capital LLC d/b/a Industrious Ventures) bridges the gap between modern deep technologies and legacy industries.
36% of their portfolio is in Defense & Space. Deal activity increased 200% year-over-year (9 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $68.5M (across 27 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
22
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
9
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
33 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLanyon AI | Unknown | $10.6M | Aug 2026 |
| AAntares Nuclear | Series C | — | Jul 2026 |
| Series B | $30M | May 2026 | |
| CCitra Space | Series A | $15M | Apr 2026 |
| SStarfish | Series B | $100M | Apr 2026 |
| Series B | $100M | Apr 2026 | |
| Series B | $96M | Dec 2025 | |
| AAntares Nuclear | Unknown | $96M | Dec 2025 |
| Series D | $510M | Oct 2025 | |
| Series B | $92M | Jun 2025 | |
| Series A | $17M | May 2025 | |
| Seed | $12M | Jan 2025 | |
| SSolestial Solar | Series A | $17M | Jan 2025 |
| Series C | $260M | Jan 2025 | |
| Series A | — | Nov 2024 | |
| Series A | $20M | Aug 2024 | |
| Series A | $19M | May 2024 | |
| Series B | $92M | Jan 2024 | |
| Series B | $100M | Oct 2023 | |
| Series A | $28.5M | Apr 2023 | |
| Unknown | $28.5M | Jan 2023 | |
| Seed | $5M | Oct 2022 | |
| Seed | $10M | Oct 2022 | |
| Seed | — | Mar 2022 | |
| SSolestial Solar | Seed | — | Jan 2022 |
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Top Co-Investors
Toyota Ventures8 shared
Y Combinator8 shared
Stellar Ventures7 shared
Techstars5 shared
NFX5 shared
Airbus Ventures4 shared
Root Ventures4 shared
MaC Venture Capital4 shared
Breakthrough Energy Ventures4 shared
Washington Harbour Partners4 shared
Lockheed Martin Ventures3 shared
NGP Capital3 shared
In-Q-Tel3 shared
University of Michigan3 shared
Moment Ventures3 shared
Gaingels3 shared
Shine Capital3 shared
Caffeinated Capital3 shared
Crosscut Ventures2 shared
Zeon Ventures2 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026