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    Space VC

    Austin, Texas, United StatesFounded 2021
    www.spacevc.comLinkedIn
    Defense & SpaceAIManufacturingHardware & SemiconductorsCybersecurityClimate & EnergyRobotics & Automation

    Space VC is a pre-seed venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas, investing in frontier technology startups across space, defense, AI, semiconductors, and advanced manufacturing. Founded in 2021 by Jonathan Lacoste, the firm partners with founders from 'day zero' with check sizes of $500K–$1M.

    Their most common stage is pre-seed (43% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $115.3M (across 6 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    7

    Fund Size

    $20M

    Top Stage

    Pre Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    JL

    Jonathan Lacoste

    General Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    7 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    True Anomaly logoTrue AnomalySeries C—Apr 2025
    Karman logoKarmanPre-Seed$4MSep 2024
    KKarman IndustriesPre-Seed$7.5MJan 2024
    Cosmic Shielding Corporation logoCosmic Shielding CorporationPre-Seed$1MMay 2021
    Rollup logoRollupUnknown$5.6M—
    VVital LyfeSeed$24M—
    Decisive logoDecisiveSeries D$650M—

    Top Co-Investors

    ACME Capital2 shared
    Menlo Ventures2 shared
    Meritech Capital2 shared
    Accel2 shared
    645 Ventures2 shared
    Root Ventures2 shared
    Narya2 shared
    Eclipse2 shared
    Riot Ventures2 shared
    Champion Hill Ventures1 shared
    SpaceFund1 shared
    WorldQuant Ventures1 shared
    Type One Ventures1 shared
    Thiel Capital1 shared
    Alumni Ventures1 shared
    Andreessen Horowitz1 shared
    Spacecadet Ventures1 shared
    JAM Fund1 shared
    Interlagos1 shared
    Generational Partners1 shared

    Last updated: 8 September 2026