Robotics & Defense Investors

We invest in companies with technologies applicable to national security (deep tech, aerospace / defense, healthcare, cybersecurity, AI, etc)

Grishin Robotics is a venture capital firm focused exclusively on the smart hardware industry. Launched in 2012, it provides capital, mentorship and connections to help entrepreneurs in this space get off the ground, scale their businesses globally and become a part of growing network of fellow hardware founders. Founded by Dmitry Grishin, co-founder & CEO of Mail.Ru Group, the mission of Grishin Robotics is to bring real change to the physical world by supporting companies that combine software innovation and tangible hardware products.

Industrial47 is a venture capital firm specializing in pre-seed, early stage and growth capital investments. The firm seeks to invest in industrial and deep-tech innovation including robotics, satellites, defense, agriculture, and energy. The firm seeks to invest in India. The firm seeks to make investments between $0.5 million and $1.5 million. Industrial47 is based in India.

Wind Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in pre-seed to series B, seed and early-stage investments. The firm typically invests in the AI, space, and defense, internet, technology, luxury goods, service, new mobility, renewable energy, sustainable building, security, sustainable agriculture, clean air initiatives, climate, deep tech, Exit, fintech, industry 4.0, lifestyle and SaaS sectors. Under new mobility it prefers to invest in urban transport infrastructure, alternative fuels, green logistics. Under renewable energy it prefers to invest in alternative power sources, green batteries & storage, affordable heating. Under sustainable building it prefers to invest in new materials & equipment, energy-efficient construction, autonomous buildings. Under security it prefers to invest in industry security, disaster resilience, consumer guidance, robotics, cyber security. Under sustainable agriculture it prefers to invest in food security, precision farming, agbots, water preservation. Under clean air initiatives it prefers to invest in air pollution reduction, carbon capture, renewables, Green IT, and waste management. It also provides advisory services at a later stage of development, it helps start-ups and SME to define their consolidation or exit strategy, by connecting buy-side and sell-side partners through their network of VCs and industrials based in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The firm primarily invests in French and European companies. The firm prefers to invest between €0.10 million ($0.11 million) and €5 million ($5.86 million). Wind Capital is based in Paris, France, with additional offices in Paris,France, San Francisco, California.

X2 Equity GmbH is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in seed stage, start up, early stage, growth stage, expansion stage, late stage, management buyouts & buy ins and corporate carve out investments. The companies in the early-stage should have at least a working beta version of its technology in place (software or systems hardware proto) ready for testing in real customer environments. The firm seeks to invest in technology sector with focus products and services targeting industrial manufacturing, technology machinery and equipment, advanced components, services, modular software, smart connected machines and digital platforms. The companies in products and services targeting industrial manufacturing markets should market and distribute their products and services to large-scale industrial manufacturing customers from the following industries: Semiconductor, PCB and Electronics manufacturing, automotive (Tier-1 / OEM‘s), high-end consumer electronics products (ODM‘s / OEM‘s), industrial electronics, battery production (energy storage), clean energy / renewables, medical devices and defense and security. For technology machinery and equipment the firm invests in process and automation equipment, electronics manufacturing equipment (Semicon/PCB/SMT/Assembly), automation systems and robotics, autonomous systems, line integration equipment and services, other advanced technology systems deployable in high-end mass production environments, yield and quality protection (Industrial imaging and vision), test & inspection systems, customized vision systems for quality assurance and yield protection in large-scale manufacturing. For advanced components the firm invests in industrial Imaging and test components (cameras and sensors), x-ray detectors and sources, sensors and MEMS devices, drive and motion components, control and power electronics. For services sector the firm seeks to invest in advanced manufacturing services (technology machinery & equipment), rapid prototyping, mass customization, contract manufacturing (machine hardware), service based machinery use, inspection as a services and pay per use. For modular software the firm seeks to invest in industrial imaging software and standard software for imaging equipment manufacturers and system integrators (machine vision). For smart connected machines the firm seeks to invest in smart sensors enabling machine connectivity and monitoring, machine data analytics, machine learning (predictive analytics) and AR/VR for service, repair and maintenance steps. For digital platforms the firm seeks to invest in automated machine and service bookings, digital workflows, pay per use, enabling software and smart manufacturing logistics. The firm seeks to invest in companies located in Europe, North America or Asia. The company seeks to take both minority and majority stakes. X2 Equity GmbH is based in Munich, Germany with additional offices in Suzhou, China and Tempe, Arizona.

GP Ventures Ltda is Accelerator, venture capital firm and venture builder specializing in direct and fund of fund investments. Within direct investments, it specializes in startup, seed, early venture, venture debt, and growth capital investments. Within fund of fund, it prefers to invest in venture capital funds. It seeks to invest in disruptive technologies and in healthcare technology. It also invests in agritech, biotechnology, business services, retailtech, defense tech, clean technology, fintech, smart cities, urban mobility, nanotechnology, robotics and software, among others. It primarily invests in Brazil. The firms offers a 6-months acceleration program. GP Ventures Ltda was founded in 2015 and it is based in Porto Alegre, Brazil with an additional office in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

FGA Partners, LLC, formerly known as Falcon Global Acquisitions LLC, is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in startups, early venture, emerging growth, growth capital, industry consolidation, restructuring, exit strategy, expansion and distressed, mergers & acquisitions, roll-up acquisition, turnaround situations and management buyouts. The firm provides private consulting services including deal structuring, corporate restructuring, reverse merger, divestitures, mergers and acquisitions, liquidations, commodities, legal, accounting, and capital raising. It collaborates closely with miners and private buyers of precious metals and stones worldwide. It actively acquires gold, silver, platinum, and palladium through direct purchase agreements with qualified sellers, miners and refineries worldwide. The firm seeks to invest in healthcare, healthcare technology, manufacturing industry software, real estate industry software, virtual reality software, computer and mobile games, communication services, building materials, raw commodities like timber, cement, agricultural products, gaming technology; robotics and automation technology including AI-driven manufacturing systems, industrial robotics, automation platforms; real estate, commercial real estate, precious metals, software, fintech, online trading services, online bill payment services, online insurance services, consumer staple, artificial intelligence, smart technology; blockchain technology including blockchain AI; tokenization, cybersecurity spaces, manufacturing, petroleum, agriculture, aerospace and defense manufacturing including precision components, next-gen materials, and mission-critical systems; technological integration, global business development, food and beverage manufacturing including beverage brands, sustainable packaging, specialty food processing, and consumer packaged goods; digital assets industries. The firm is geographically agnostic with a focus on the North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, India, USA, Europe, Eurasia, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Australia, South America and beyond. The firm also invests in movie projects in the genres of action, drama, thriller, comedy and horror having a minimum budget of $1 million and maximum total budget of $20 million. The firm invests in companies with enterprise value between $20 million and $100 million. The firm seeks a majority or minority ownership with minimum 20% stake. FGA Partners, LLC was founded in 1998 and is based in New York, New York.

Overmatch Ventures is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in pre-seed, seed, series A, series B, series C, start-up, early venture and growth capital investments. The firm prefers to invest in Critical Tech, Deep tech (Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Sciences, Robotics & Manufacturing, Energy, Advanced Materials, Computing & Microelectronics & Biotech); Defense (Cybersecurity, Autonomous Systems, Hypersonics, Human Machine Interfaces, Directed Energy, Advanced Sensing & Radar); and Space (Satellites, Propulsion, Future Communications, Multi-Orbit Operations & Logistics, In-Space Manufacturing) sector. The firm focuses to invest in United States of America. The firm invests in Pre Seed upto $1 million, in Seed upto $2 million, in Series A upto $3 million and in Series B-C between $5 million and $15 million. Overmatch Ventures is based in Austin, Texas.

Futureland Ventures is a founder-led venture capital firm based in DC and SF that backs pioneers building transformative deep tech in sectors like robotics, clean energy, and defense tech.

Ferocity Capital LLC is a private equity and venture capital firm. The firm invests in pre-seed, seed, A round and start-up companies. The firm invests from B2B, life sciences to IoT, cybersecurity, Biotechnology and Human Systems, Manufacturing, New Materials, Sustainability, Infrastructure, Data Analytics, Data Centers, Buildings, Logistics, Agriculture, Enterprise, DevOps, Data Centers, Defense. Big Data, AI/ML, robotics, space tech, and cleantech. The firm does not invest in crypto, blockchain, and consumer products. The firm invests in USA, EU, UK, NATO and allies. Ferocity Capital LLC was founded in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Acquinox Capital SARL is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in transformative, early to pre-IPO, growth, mature, late stage and market expansion investments. It seeks growth capital and buyout investments. The firm prefers to invest in technology, GenAI & AI Agents, Decarbonization & Clean Energy, Space & Defense Tech, Cybersecurity & Digital Infrastructure, Robotics & Intelligent Automation, AI Hardware & Semiconductor Innovation, Gaming & Interactive Entertainment, Fintech and SaaS. It focuses to invest in Europe and North American region. The firm seeks to invest equity of EUR 3 million ($3.52 million) and above. Acquinox Capital SARL was founded in 2023 and is based Luxembourg, Luxembourg with additional offices in Capellen, Luxembourg and Zug, Switzerland.

Cogenuity Partners, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in lower middle market investments. It seeks to invest in businesses operating within the advanced industrial economy. Taking a collaborative capital approach, the firm serves as a thought and investment partner to critical product and service companies with favorable growth tailwinds across high-value manufacturing, advanced materials, aerospace, defense components, materials, analytical instrumentation, coatings, adhesives, sealants, elastomers (CASE), engineered components and systems, filtration, fire, life safety, flow, process control, interconnect solutions, medical devices, components, seals, gaskets, specialty pumps, valves, infrastructure solutions, data center products, services, energy, power, utility products, services, infrastructure maintenance solutions, transportation products, services, water, wastewater products, services, critical industrial services, air quality testing, permitting, electrical, mechanical, environmental, waste, facility services, field services, infrastructure rehabilitation, life extension services, MRO services, quality assurance, control services, testing, inspection, certification, compliance services, utility services and industrial technology, automation, conveyance, and robotics, process control solutions, remote monitoring solutions, sensors, detectors, and probes, software-enabled critical products & services sectors. The firm prefers to invest in North America. The firm typically invest equity between $20 million and $200 million in the companies with revenue up to $250 million and EBITDA between $5 million and $35 million. Cogenuity Partners, LLC was incorporated in 2023 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Modern Venture Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The firm specializes in connecting individual and family investors with venture-backed startups, providing them with opportunities typically accessible to endowments, pension funds, and asset managers. Their investment focus spans various sectors, including advanced materials, consumer products, defense, education technology, electronics, enterprise IT, financial technology, government technology, healthcare IT, internet and IoT, networking, robotics, security, semiconductors, and transportation. The firm has been involved in 23 transactions, with a portfolio that includes companies like Superjoi, Balbix, Club Feast, and Clockwork. Notably, Modern Venture Partners has a team dedicated to driving value post-investment, assisting founders in accelerating go-to-market strategies, talent acquisition, and unlocking future growth capital.

InterAlpen Partners, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in emerging growth and growth stage companies. It prefers to invest in the companies during expansion stage. It invests in companies at the nexus of technology and ESG impact. It prefers to invest in healthcare & technology, technology & finance, technology & business sectors. Within technology, it prefers to invest in robotics, vertical artificial intelligence, automation, SaaS software, defense technology and technical services. Within healthcare, it prefers to invest in software, artificial intelligence, telehealth, services, preventative health & wellness. The firm prefers to invest in US and Europe. The firm prefers to invest between $20 million and $50 million. The firm prefers to invest in companies with a minimum of $20 million in revenue, greater than $3 million in EBITDA and enterprise value maximum of $500 million. The firm only seeks minority and control investments. InterAlpen Partners, LLC was founded in 2020 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska with additional office in Denver, Colorado.

Pacific Bays Capital LLC is a venture capital firm specializing in Series A to pre-IPO and startup investments. The firm seeks to invests in diverse industries ranging from agriculture to manufacturing that includes industrials, technologies relating to AI and machine learning, automation and data insights; deep tech; energy including renewable energy and resource management; space exploration including space defense; defense and security; biotechnology including healthcare and life sciences; clean technology, robotics to genetic engineering. It primarily invests in startups located in Japan and the world. It seeks to invest between $0.5 million and $1 million per portfolio company. Pacific Bays Capital LLC was founded in 2020, and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

SFW Capital Partners, L.P. is a private equity firm specializing in investments in growth capital, buyouts, bridge, industry consolidation, management-led and complete buyouts, turnaround, emerging growth, corporate carve-outs and divestitures, public to private transactions, recapitalization of founder-owned and family businesses, partnerships with strategic or financial buyers and family-owned businesses and generational transitions in mid-sized, later stage, middle market, and mature companies. The firm prefers to invest in analytical tools and related service companies including providers of instrumentation and related software, information, and analytical business services that are often involved in research, product development, engineering, quality control, measurement, diagnostics, sales and marketing, or other critical decision-making processes within companies. It invests across all end markets, typical end markets, and sectors include healthcare and life sciences, life sciences tools, controls, process instruments, fluid handling, sample preparation, automated assembly equipment, robotics, motion control, inspection systems, industrial, public infrastructure, rail, marine, trucking & logistics, food, measuring devices, laboratory products, Labs and test, Inspection, and certification (TIC) services transportation and logistics, aerospace and defense, consumer and retail, specialty chemicals, kits, industrial automation, biopharmaceutical, agriculture, beverage, discrete, process manufacturing electronics, utilities, technology media and telecom, energy and power, financial technology, and industrial technology. Within instrumentation and related, the firm invests in lab instruments, field instruments, test and measurement equipment, diagnostic devices, process control instruments, sensors, monitors, components for instruments or devices, and consumables, reagents and apparatus. Within software, informatics and HCIT, it invests in analytical software, industry vertical software, process management and logistics software, compliance software, decision support and predictive analytics, industrial, manufacturing, utilities software, life sciences software, bioinformatics and application software. Within information, the firm invests in providers of business intelligence, data analytics, diagnostic information, market and competitive information and benchmarking information. Within analytical businesses services, it invests in technology enabled business services, clinical and diagnostic testing laboratories, outpatient testing and monitoring services, product testing and safety laboratories, clinical support services / core labs, and market research, consulting and information service firms. Within production & processing equipment, it invests in lab products, critical production. Within critical outsourced services, it invests in inspection, certification, Compliance services, Testing labs, Integrators, VARs, Outsourced pharmaceutical services (e.g. CRO, CDMO, consulting) and Specialty distribution. Within components and consumables, it invests in high-value chemicals, reagents and standards, proprietary parts, differentiated consumables, testing and monitoring kits. The firm typically invests in Europe and in North America with a focus on the United States and Canada. It seeks to make investments between $10 million and $100 million in its portfolio companies with enterprise value between $10 million and $300 million, and EBITDA between $2.5 million for platform companies and $20 million. The firm prefers to invest in companies in with minimum EBITDA is Break even. The firm prefers to invest in a companies with revenues $10 million to $250 million. The firm also invests larger amounts in certain situations with support from its partners. The firm only seeks significant minority transactions and majority stakes. It also considers platform investments in growing companies that may still be unprofitable and/or companies with significant structural or operational complexity. The firm actively seeks add-on acquisitions for select portfolio companies (strategic fit is more important than size or profitability). It seeks to make control investments but also selectively considers minority investments. SFW Capital Partners, L.P. was founded in 2007 and is based in Rye, New York.

Strategic Development Fund is venture investment arm of Tawazun Economic Council specializes in mid to late stage companies. The firm prefers to invest in ventures developing technologies and IPs related to defense, security, aviation, urban mobility and autonomous technologies; and dual-use and commercial technologies across areas such as aerospace, advanced mobility, autonomous systems, robotics, and artificial intelligence. It seeks to invest in United Arab Emirates. It prefers strategic equity stake. Strategic Development Fund was founded in 2019 is based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Vance Street Management LLC is a private equity firm specializing in investments in lower middle market, later stage, mature, management buyouts, turnaround, growth capital, industry consolidation and add on acquisition, corporate divestitures, recapitalization of family businesses, corporate Carve-Outs and in companies in need of Capital investment for strategic growth initiatives. The firm invests in companies indulged in the healthcare, industrials, machinery, B2B, medical and industrial sectors. Within medical the firm prefer to invest in components & devices focusing on specialty extrusion and advanced catheter components, fine-wire and nitinol components, hypo tubes and needles, specialty coatings, micro-molded components, precision grinding and forming, micro-machining / laser processing, design and engineering services, disposables and light capital, single-use end devices; life science focusing on films & specialty materials, diagnostics and laboratory products and supplies. Within industrial the firm prefer to invest in industrial technology and components focusing on sensors & instrumentation, condition monitoring, optics systems & components, engineered components, automation and robotics, flow control and filtration, communications and connectivity, specialty materials and coatings; aerospace & defense focusing on niche MRO services, defense electronics & C4ISR, engineered components, unmanned technology, composites & NextGen materials. It typically invests in companies based in the, North America, Latin America and Caribbean, Central America and Mexico, United States and Canada primarily Western United States with a focus on California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico. It does not have any geographic limit for add on acquisitions. The firm prefers to invest between $10 million and $150 million in companies with an enterprise value between $30 million and $350 million, sales value between $20 million and $200 million, and EBITDA between $3 million and $30 million. For add on acquisitions, it is open to any size investments. The firm makes majority stake and control investments. Vance Street Management LLC was founded in August 2007 and is based in Los Angeles, California and additional office in Dallas, Texas; Los Angeles, California.

CORE Industrial Partners, LLC is a private equity firm specializing in direct and fund of fund investing. Within direct, firm specializes in lower middle market, later stage, mature, turnaround, growth capital, industry consolidation, complex situations, family succession, add on acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, and carve-outs. Within fund of fund investing, the firm invests in private equity funds and turnaround funds. The firm primarily invests in industrial technology, industrial services and manufacturing businesses. Within manufacturing it focus on aerospace and defense, automotive & transportation, electrical & power, food manufacturing, medical equipment, building and infrastructure products, paper & packaging, personal care products, specialty materials, highly engineered components, machinery and equipment, and process controls; within Industrial technology it focus on additive manufacturing, automation & robotics, motion & process control, optics, lasers & photonics, power production & management, rapid prototyping, sensors & instruments, testing & measurement, water & environmental technology and within industrial services it focus on distribution, equipment services, environmental services, facility services, infrastructure services, Field Services, Industrial Technology Solutions, Maintenance, Repair & Operations, Testing, Inspection & Compliance. It considers investments in North America region and Mexico. The firm typically invests in companies with revenues up to $200 million, enterprise value of up to $125 million, and with EBITDA up to $25 million. It invests up to $150 million in equity per transaction with additional equity available as needed. It seeks to acquire majority control stakes. CORE Industrial Partners, LLC was founded in 2016 and is based in Chicago, Illinois with an additional offices in Cleveland, Ohio and Austin, Texas.

General Innovation Capital, LLC is a venture capital investment firm specializing in incubation and growth capital and emerging growth investments. It prefers to invest in deep technology sectors, AI/ML, semiconductors, quantum, edge, autonomy, defense systems, mobility, space-based systems, robotics, advanced manufacturing, advanced materials, agriculture/food security, next-generation energy, clean water supply, materials extraction. The firm prefers to invest globally. It prefers to make equity investment from $25 million to $100 million. The firm prefers to take minority stake in companies. General Innovation Capital, LLC is based in Miami, Florida.