Coalition
Venture capitalCambridge · Pre-Seed–Seed · 11 people tracked
Also known as COALITION ADVISORS, LLC
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Investment thesis
Coalition invests at the frontier of hard technology, writing first institutional checks to founders tackling difficult technical problems. Its focus areas include next-generation computing (optical, analog, novel silicon, and hybrid architectures), resilient communications, physical AI and autonomy, and advanced manufacturing and domestic supply chains. Beyond capital, the firm helps founders find customers with go-to-market experience, applies deep technical expertise from a team and advisors who have built and exited frontier companies, and strategically leverages defense R&D as non-dilutive funding to de-risk emerging technologies.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.
Team · 11 people
from the firm's website & public directories
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Coalition went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 23 of 30 portfolio companiesHardware ×12Deep Tech ×11AI & Machine Learning ×8Defense Tech ×8Advanced Manufacturing ×4Cybersecurity ×4Robotics ×4Semiconductors ×4
HQs:United States×10United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 13 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×72 founders×33 founders×14+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 13 founders with education data
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×4The Wharton School ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 14 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×6Computer Science ×3Business & Management ×2Economics ×2Finance & Accounting ×2Life Sciences ×2Physics ×2
Investments · 30 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 12023 · 22021 · 14 dated
Ambarella develops video compression and autonomous vehicle technologies as a semiconductor company.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareIoTSemiconductors
Feng-Ming (Fermi) Wang(Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer)John A. Young(Chief Financial Officer)inChan W. Lee(Chief Operating Officer)in
Co-investorsDag VenturesMatrixRiverwood Capital
Aalyria develops software and hardware for managing wireless networks in motion, including directional optical communications terminals and a managed platform for orchestrating satellite, airborne, and terrestrial networks.
Defense TechSpace Tech
Nathan W.(Founder)inRick Young(Founder)in
Co-investorsBattery VenturesCortado VenturesJ2 Ventures
Allen Control Systems develops autonomous precision weapon systems designed to counter unmanned aerial threats for military and allied forces.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechRobotics
Mike Wior(CEO)Steve Simoni(President)inLuke Allen(CTO)
Co-investorsCapital FactoryCraft VenturesForum VenturesInspired CapitalRally Ventures Management, LlcToba Capital+3 more
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Apeiron Labs develops autonomous underwater vehicles and ocean technology for marine applications.
Climate TechDeep TechIoTRoboticsCambridge, US
Ravi Pappu(CEO / Board Member)in
BoardSanjeev Krishnan(Director)Jonathan Rosen(Director)David Douglas(Director)Kyle Teamey(Director)inMark Abbott(Director)
Co-investorsBay Bridge Ventures ClimateS2G InvestmentsTFX CapitalRA Capital
Badge provides privacy-preserving, passwordless authentication that lets users enroll once and authenticate on any device without storing passwords, biometric templates, or other secrets.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsUS Venture Partners
BoolSi is a platform that compiles hot C or C++ functions in embedded applications into custom digital logic co-processors, generating, verifying, and deploying hardware bitstreams without HDL or a parallel codebase.
Developer ToolsHardwareSemiconductorsBoston, US
Mihailo Isakov(Executive Officer, Director)Branko Milosavljevic(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsPillar VC
Fluent Metal makes a metal 3D printer that uses a single-step wire-to-drop process to print metal parts directly, without post-sintering, laser, or powder.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareNew MaterialsCambridge, US
Peter Schmitt, PhD(Founder)in
BoardJamie Goldstein(Director)inTheodore Frederick Lee(Director)
Flux Photonics builds compact optical communication systems powered by photonic circuits, designed to be resistant to jamming and interception.
Deep TechDefense TechHardware
Chris Sarabalis(Founder)in
Greenjets is a company drawing on aerospace and automotive engineering expertise to develop technology in the aviation sector.
CleantechDeep TechHardwareMobility & TransportationLondon, GB
Anmol Manohar(CEO)Guido Monterzino(CTO)in
Co-investors7percent VenturesBlossom CapitalExcellis HoldingKern Venture GroupMD One VenturesTanglin Venture Partners+1 more
Lintrinsic Semiconductor designs high-frequency RF switches and switch driver products for microwave and millimeter-wave applications.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductorsBoston, US
CameronGiuseppeDylanJim BuckwalterHarish Krishnaswamyin
Mach Industries designs and manufactures defense systems including unmanned aerial systems, precision munitions, high-altitude surveillance platforms, and propulsion testing capabilities for military applications.
Defense TechHardwareHuntington Beach, US
Ethan Thornton(Executive Officer, Director)inBrendan Cooney(Executive Officer)in
BoardKeith Rabois(Director)inGeoff Lewis(Director)inLewis Geoff(Director)
Co-investorsAloft VCBedrockBig Brain HoldingsChampion Hill VenturesDefense AngelsGreycroft+9 more
Paravision develops AI-powered identity verification and authentication tools, including face recognition, liveness detection, deepfake detection, and age estimation products.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeep Tech
Doug Aley(Chief Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsAtomicIcon VenturesJ2 VenturesPerot JainTransmedia Capital
Phoenix Semiconductor recreates late-generation, legacy, and mature microelectronic components to address the shortage of domestically manufactured legacy chips.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechDefense TechHardwareSemiconductorsAustin, US
BoardRyan Hatcher(Executive Officer, Director)inJonathan Bronson(Director)inDidier Thibaud(Director)in
Co-investorsLockheed Martin VenturesIronGate Capital AdvisorsJ2 Ventures
Phoenix Tailings develops clean technology for rare earth element refining in the United States.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechEnergyFintechNew MaterialsBoston, US
Thomas Villalón(Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder)Anthony Balladon(Chief Commercial Officer & Co-Founder)inMichelle Chao(Cofounder)inNicholas Myers(Founder)inNick Myers(Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder)in
BoardNichola Eliovits(Director)in
Co-investorsBantam GroupBMW i VenturesGeodesic CapitalMPowerOlive Tree CapitalOne Way Ventures+9 more
Pison develops electroneurography sensor technology and AI software to interpret neural signals for applications in human performance and health.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareHealthtechWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsDorm RoomMassVenturesLavrock Ventures
PitPro builds an automated tire service system for fleet vehicles, performing tire changes and rotations at a customer's maintenance depot or lot.
HardwareMobility & TransportationRobotics
Co-investorsDria VenturesParade VenturesVery Serious VenturesBloomberg Beta
Reach develops wireless power beaming technology using AI-driven adaptive systems to transmit electricity over distance to devices and systems, similar to how Wi-Fi transmits data.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningClimate TechDeep TechEnergySan Francisco, US
Christopher Davlantes(Founder)in
Co-investorsDorm Roomfutureland venturesIn-Q-TelOyster VenturesY Combinator
Tenna delivers real-time spectrum intelligence for defense and autonomous systems operators by detecting, classifying, and geolocating radio frequency interference using AI-powered analysis of global sensor data.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeep TechDefense TechSaaS
Co-investorsCostanoa Venturesfresh.fundViola Ventures
TrustPoint is building a commercial Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) using a C-Band LEO microsatellite constellation to deliver more accurate, secure, and jam- and spoof-resistant positioning, navigation, and timing services.
Deep TechDefense TechSpace TechMountain View, US
Patrick Shannon(Founder & CEO)Chris DeMay(Founder & COO)in
Co-investorsOPAMP CAPITAL
Vatn Systems builds low-cost, high-volume autonomous underwater vehicles (UUVs), passive acoustic hydrophone arrays, and vehicle-agnostic navigation and signal-processing systems for undersea missions in GPS-denied, communications-contested waters.
Defense TechHardwareRoboticsPortsmouth, US
Geoff Manchesterin
BoardThomas Hendrix(Director)inGeoffrey Manchester(Director)Thomas Hennessey(Director)inNelson Mills(Executive Officer, Director)Frederick Mills(Director)in
Co-investorsBeyond CapitalBlue CollectiveBVVCCapital FactoryCentre Street PartnersChampion Hill Ventures+14 more
VectorWave builds technology for dynamic spectrum coexistence, using inference on raw radio signals to provide real-time awareness and prioritization across frequencies.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardware
Ben Taylor(Co-founder & CEO)inRonald(Founder & CTO)Charles(Co-founder)
Co-investorsJ2 VenturesZEA
Wild Microbes uses synthetic biology to engineer microbes sourced from diverse wild biomes into production hosts for biomanufacturing high-performance ingredients.
BiotechDeep TechNew Materials
Timothy Wannier(Founder)in
Co-investorsAgronomicsFREEFLOWJuniperSiddhi CapitalFall Line Capital
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Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
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Exits · 1
1 IPOsAmbarellaNASDAQ: AMBA
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Mach Industries · techcrunch.com · Sep 10, 2026
Greenjets · uktech.news · Jul 21, 2026
Reach · quantumzeitgeist.com · Jul 17, 2026
Phoenix Tailings · techstars.com · Jul 17, 2026
Ambarella · tipranks.com · Jul 16, 2026
Boolsi · pulse2.com · Jun 23, 2026
Allen Control Systems · thedefensepost.com · Jun 9, 2026
Aalyria · tectonicdefense.com · Feb 24, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Coalition made?
- Coalition has 30 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Coalition invest at?
- Coalition invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does Coalition focus on?
- Coalition focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Energy, Hardware, New Materials, Robotics, Semiconductors.
- Where is Coalition located?
- Coalition is headquartered in Cambridge, US.
- Does Coalition lead rounds?
- Yes, Coalition leads investment rounds.
- Who does Coalition co-invest with?
- Coalition most often shares deals with J2 Ventures, Capital Factory, Champion Hill Ventures, among 76 tracked co-investors.
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