Lavrock Ventures — 2025 Investments
4 investments dated 2025 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all
Aventra develops low-cost, long-range modular guidance kits that convert unguided munitions into precision weapons, including Piranha, a balloon-dropped payload glider for deep strike missions.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechHardware
Castelion designs and manufactures low-cost, mass-producible hypersonic strike weapons and defensive systems for U.S. national security and defense customers such as the U.S.
Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechHardwareTorrance, US
Bryon Hargis(Founder)inSean Pitt(Founder)inAndrew Kreitz(Founder)inCharles Bryon Hargis(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardAlex Poulin(Director)in
Co-investors7percent VenturesAndreessen HorowitzAngel Collective Opportunity FundAvenir Growth CapitalBlueYard CapitalCantos Ventures+16 more
Thesis develops reusable, steerable microballoons for routine access to the stratosphere (40,000–130,000 feet), enabling persistent surveillance, communications relay, and atmospheric research for defense, intelligence, commercial, and scientific applications.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningClimate TechData & InfrastructureDeep TechDefense TechInsurTechSpace TechDenver, US
Andrew Antonio(CEO & Co-Founder)inJared Leidich(CTO & Co-Founder)inJared Liedich(Executive Officer)
BoardNick Moran(Director)inAlan Eustace(Director)Darren Liccardo(Director)in
Co-investorsCatapult VenturesLerer HippeauTechstarsUNION Labs VenturesAltos VenturesDenver Ventures+2 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Aventra Defense Systems
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