Lavrock Ventures

Lavrock Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 and based in Virginia that focuses on early-stage technology investments. It specializes in post-seed and Series A rounds, targeting software, cybersecurity, data analytics, and other enterprise technologies with potential national security relevance. The firm typically invests between $1 million and $3 million per round, with larger rounds possible through limited partner co-investment, targeting total round sizes around $3 million to $8 million. Lavrock backs commercially oriented technology companies in Europe and North America, partnering with founders to scale product, sales, and operations while navigating security and growth challenges.

Conor Friedmann

Associate

Jacob Gottlieb

Associate

Daniel Hanks

General Partner

James Hunt

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Alex Poulin

Principal

Steve Smoot

General Partner

Past deals in Aerospace

Proteus Space

Seed Round in 2025
Proteus Space designs and builds custom satellite buses and provides payload integration, including complete bus builds with payload installation, environmental testing and qualification, and licensing and insurance services for missions. The company also develops autonomous digital engineering and digital twin systems to support modeling, engineering and testing of custom satellites, enabling designers to model, engineer and test missions while reducing errors and increasing production speed.

Urban Sky

Series B in 2025
Urban Sky develops reusable micro-satellites equipped with sensors that collect high-value Earth observation data over entire cities, serving a multi-billion dollar imagery market. By leveraging advances in component miniaturization and operating from the stratosphere, Urban Sky reduces costs for high-resolution remote sensing and weather-related data capture.

Castelion

Series A in 2025
Castelion is a defense technology company that specializes in modernizing military systems. It applies advanced hardware development and manufacturing methods to address key national security challenges, focusing on affordability, scalability, and supply chain resilience. Castelion offers services like high-speed hypersonic testing, thermal protection systems, and avionics, designed to integrate with existing platforms and enhance military capabilities while mitigating these critical concerns.

CesiumAstro

Series B in 2024
CesiumAstro designs and manufactures advanced communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other airborne platforms. Its products include multi-beam active phased array systems, software-defined radios, single-board computers, and Ka-Band active phased array antennas. CesiumAstro's solutions enable connectivity between various mobile devices in space environments.

Urban Sky

Series A in 2023
Urban Sky develops reusable micro-satellites equipped with sensors that collect high-value Earth observation data over entire cities, serving a multi-billion dollar imagery market. By leveraging advances in component miniaturization and operating from the stratosphere, Urban Sky reduces costs for high-resolution remote sensing and weather-related data capture.

Castelion

Seed Round in 2023
Castelion is a defense technology company that specializes in modernizing military systems. It applies advanced hardware development and manufacturing methods to address key national security challenges, focusing on affordability, scalability, and supply chain resilience. Castelion offers services like high-speed hypersonic testing, thermal protection systems, and avionics, designed to integrate with existing platforms and enhance military capabilities while mitigating these critical concerns.

Proteus Space

Seed Round in 2023
Proteus Space designs and builds custom satellite buses and provides payload integration, including complete bus builds with payload installation, environmental testing and qualification, and licensing and insurance services for missions. The company also develops autonomous digital engineering and digital twin systems to support modeling, engineering and testing of custom satellites, enabling designers to model, engineer and test missions while reducing errors and increasing production speed.

Castelion

Venture Round in 2023
Castelion is a defense technology company that specializes in modernizing military systems. It applies advanced hardware development and manufacturing methods to address key national security challenges, focusing on affordability, scalability, and supply chain resilience. Castelion offers services like high-speed hypersonic testing, thermal protection systems, and avionics, designed to integrate with existing platforms and enhance military capabilities while mitigating these critical concerns.

PteroDynamics

Seed Round in 2023
Founded in 2017, PteroDynamics aims to enhance mobility while minimizing environmental impact through sustainable autonomous vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft. Its patented Transwing design enables wings to fold during flight, offering advantages over traditional VTOL designs for both cargo and passenger transport.

Morpheus Space

Series A in 2022
Founded in 2018, Morpheus Space specializes in manufacturing electric propulsion systems for small satellites. Its innovative solutions enable satellite service providers to operate entire constellations as a single entity, offering unprecedented flexibility and efficiency through advanced propulsion technology and artificial intelligence.

CesiumAstro

Series B in 2022
CesiumAstro designs and manufactures advanced communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other airborne platforms. Its products include multi-beam active phased array systems, software-defined radios, single-board computers, and Ka-Band active phased array antennas. CesiumAstro's solutions enable connectivity between various mobile devices in space environments.

Morpheus Space

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2018, Morpheus Space specializes in manufacturing electric propulsion systems for small satellites. Its innovative solutions enable satellite service providers to operate entire constellations as a single entity, offering unprecedented flexibility and efficiency through advanced propulsion technology and artificial intelligence.

CesiumAstro

Series A in 2019
CesiumAstro designs and manufactures advanced communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other airborne platforms. Its products include multi-beam active phased array systems, software-defined radios, single-board computers, and Ka-Band active phased array antennas. CesiumAstro's solutions enable connectivity between various mobile devices in space environments.
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