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1789 Capital

Venture capital

Palm Beach · 10 people tracked

Find your way into 1789 Capital

3,330 people in our graph share verified history with the 1789 Capital team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Dan Bartusunlockedknows Omeed Malik · together at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (overlapped)
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×2knows the team · via Bank of America Merrill Lynch
knows the team · via Colgate University
knows the team · via NYU Stern School of Business
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Investment thesis

1789 Capital is an investment firm focused on funding what it describes as the next chapter of American exceptionalism.

Invests inSector AgnosticPalm BeachUnited States

Source: firm website, verified Aug 16, 2026.

HQ
Palm Beach, FL, US
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2022
Last 12 months
7 investments
AUM
$861M
Tracked investments
9

Team · 10 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Christopher Buskirk· Founder & CIO
Rebekah Mercer· Founder
Don Trump Jr· Partner
Emanuel Zareh· Partner
Joe Voboril· Partnerin
Jordan Cohen· Partner & COOin
Christoper Buskirk· Executive Officer

What they invest in

from 6 of 9 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×4Deep Tech ×2Defense Tech ×2Hardware ×2Robotics ×2Space Tech ×2Consumer ×1Cybersecurity ×1

HQs:United States×7Netherlands×1

Investments · 9 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 52025 · 38 dated

Andurilanduril.cominJul 2026

Anduril builds autonomous systems and software for defense and military applications, including attack aviation, unmanned aircraft, and underwater vehicles, unified by an autonomy platform.

AI & Machine LearningDefense TechHardwareRobotics

Palmer Luckey(Founder)inBrian Schimpf(CEO)inTrae Stephens(Founder)in

Co-investors137 Ventures1Flourish Capital8VCAltra VentureAndreessen HorowitzAnorak Ventures+82 more

Firehawkfirehawkaerospace.comin𝕏Sep 2025 · $60M

Firehawk Aerospace manufactures solid rocket motors, energetic materials, and propellant using additive (3D printing) manufacturing to produce propellant grains and hybrid rocket engine components.

Defense TechHardwareSpace TechWilmington, US

Will Edwards(Cofounder)inAndrew Wills Edwards(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsBackswing VenturesCathexis VenturesDecisive PointDraper AssociatesPlains VenturesRed Beard Ventures+5 more

Hadrianhadrian.ioinAug 2026 · $1.4B

Hadrian offers an offensive security platform that continuously maps an organization's external attack surface, discovers assets, and uses agentic AI to validate which exposures are actually exploitable.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSAmsterdam, NL

Rogier Fischer(Co-Founder & CEO)inOlivier Beg(Co-Founder & Chief Hacking Officer)inMaurice Clin(Co-Founder & Head of Business Development)inTijl van Vliet(Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsCapitalGConstruct CapitalLux CapitalPICUS CAPITAL137 VenturesAltimeter Capital+6 more

Ramp BusinessNov 2025 · $300M

New York, US

Karim Atiyeh(Executive Officer, Director)inEric Glyman(Executive Officer, Director)inScott Bulua(Executive Officer)in

BoardKeith Rabois(Director)inZachary Frankel(Director)

Co-investorsAlpha Wave GlobalBessemer Venture PartnersCoral CapitalFounders FundKhosla VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners

Reflectionreflection.appin𝕏

Reflection is a journaling app that combines AI-powered prompts and guides with advanced search capabilities to help users reflect on their personal growth and life experiences.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerMental HealthWellness & Fitness

Mike

Co-investorsVery Serious VenturesDisruptiveNVIDIA

SalesAug 2026 · $1B

Lake Forest, US

Jacobs M Gerard(Executive Officer)in

Skild AIskild.aiin𝕏Jan 2026

Skild develops AI software and robotics systems that enable robots to operate autonomously in unstructured, real-world environments, performing tasks like navigation, grasping, and inspection without constant human intervention.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsPittsburgh, US

Deepak Pathak(Founder)inAbhinav Gupta(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlpha Square GroupBerkeley FrontierCoatue ManagementCRV (Charles River Ventures)DG Daiwa VenturesFelicis Ventures+17 more

Starlab Spacestarlab-space.comin𝕏May 2026

Starlab is developing a commercial space station intended to support microgravity research, commercial innovation, and international collaboration in low-Earth orbit.

Deep TechSpace TechHouston, US

Marshall Smith(CEO)inBob EssinBrad Henderson(Chief Commercial Officer)inPaul Schauer(Chief Procurement Officer)in

Co-investorsFrontera Technology VenturesMercury FundRiverbend CapitalVoyager Technologies

Twittertwitter.comMar 2025Acquired

Twitter, Inc. was the San Francisco social media company behind the Twitter microblogging service, merged into X Corp. in 2023.

Elon Musk(Owner (acquired 2022; merged into xAI 2025))Parag Agrawalin

BoardFei-Fei Li(Board of Directors)in

Co-investorsFelicis Ventures

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