Friends & Family Capital

Friends & Family Capital is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 2019. It focuses on investing in technology startups that have the potential to transform large markets. The founding partners have a notable background, having played significant roles in scaling Palantir to a $20 billion valuation and backing over 20 unicorn startups. Friends & Family Capital aims to identify business models that can achieve long-term, defensible compounding growth and generate substantial cash flow. Its investment portfolio includes prominent companies such as Airtable, Anduril, Facebook, Figure, Flexport, Gusto, Mosaic, Palantir, Robinhood, SpaceX, and Verkada. As a Registered Investment Adviser, the firm is committed to supporting innovative entrepreneurs in building impactful businesses.

Colin Anderson

Founding Partner

Bianca Hursh

Associate

Chad Metzger

Associate

Past deals in Drones

Hidden Level

Series C in 2025
Hidden Level specializes in advanced technologies for passive radar and drone detection, focusing on RF spectrum signal analysis. The company offers a comprehensive Airspace Monitoring Service (AMS) that employs networks of passive sensors to detect and track various aerial vehicles, including drones, across extensive geographical areas. This service is tailored for critical sectors such as infrastructure, defense, and public safety, ensuring compliance with privacy regulations. In addition to drone detection, Hidden Level provides custom-built sensor technology, classical systems engineering, data modeling and analysis, field testing, printed circuit board design, and full product life cycle management. Their solutions aim to enhance safety and productivity in low-altitude air traffic monitoring for aerospace component manufacturers.

Swarm Aero

Seed Round in 2024
Swarm Aero is a manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) designed to enhance national defense capabilities. The company focuses on enabling small teams to operate thousands of uncrewed vehicles, particularly in communications-limited and contested environments. By leveraging advanced technology, Swarm Aero aims to provide innovative solutions that improve operational efficiency and effectiveness in complex scenarios.
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