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Starburst Ventures — Full Portfolio

9 tracked investments · listed companies and verified rows first

Momentusmomentus.spacein𝕏NASDAQ: MNTS

Momentus builds and operates in-space transport and service vehicles using water plasma propulsion technology, offering foundational infrastructure services for satellite companies, government agencies, and research organizations.

Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareSpace TechSan Francisco, US

Mikhail Kokorich(President)inJohn Rood(Executive Officer)inRob Schwarz(Executive Officer)inLon Ensler(Executive Officer)inJoel Sercel(Founding CTO)inJoseph Oorebeek(Senior Staff R\u0026D Scientist)in

Co-investorsC3 VenturesCathexis VenturesEvolution VC PartnersJames Beshara FundNazcaOne Way Ventures+9 more

Alta Aresaltaares.cominMay 2025

Alta Ares builds an AI stack for autonomous air defense and ISTAR, including counter-drone interceptor effectors, an ISR product suite, and mission management software designed for contested, GNSS-denied environments.

AI & Machine LearningDefense TechRoboticsParis, FR

Alain Henry(Founder)Hadrien Canter(Founder)Stanislas Walch(Founder)Théo Bondarec(Founder)

Co-investorsApeiron Venture CapitalCherry VenturesHarpoon VenturesKima VenturesOTB VenturesExpansion Venture Capital+4 more

Corenovacorenova.com

Corenova Technologies builds Hive Defense, a security platform that combines self-learning swarm bots with blockchain to monitor and respond to real-time events across digital and physical infrastructure.

Crypto & Web3CybersecurityRoboticsSanta Monica, US

Peter Lee(Founder)inMichael Brenner(Founder)in

Orbital Insightorbitalinsight.comMay 2024 · $56.5MAcquired

Palo Alto geospatial analytics company applying AI and computer vision to satellite, aerial and mobile location data; acquired by Privateer in 2024.

James Crawford(Founder)inKevin O'Brien(CEO)in

Co-investorsAnsa CapitalBloomberg BetaBrighter CapitalCommunity Access FundGaingelsGen Capital+15 more

Outpost Spaceoutpost.spacein𝕏Sep 2022 · $7.1M

Outpost is an advisory and operations team of space-industry veterans that helps space companies grow from concept through scale-up, acquisition, and IPO.

Deep TechSpace TechSanta Monica, US

Jason Dunn(Founder & CEO)inCraig Cummings(Director)Aaron Kemmer(Director)Michael Vergalla(Executive Officer)Amir Blachman(President & COO)in

Co-investorsAIR CapitalCrosscourt VenturesDraper AssociatesFJ LabsGaingelsHAWKTAIL+12 more

Picogridpicogrid.comin𝕏Apr 2026 · $45M

Picogrid provides software and edge computing networks to integrate heterogeneous sensors, drones, and autonomous systems for real-time command and control across defense and wildfire detection applications.

AI & Machine LearningDefense TechGovTechIoTRoboticsEl Segundo, US

Zane Mountcastle(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inMartin Slosarik(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in

BoardDavid Cowan(Director)in

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundBessemer Venture PartnersInitialized CapitalWashington Harbour PartnersCredo Ventures+1 more

SeRo Systemssero-systems.dein

SeRo provides airspace surveillance and GNSS performance monitoring through ground receiver networks and analytics platforms.

Deep TechDefense TechGovTechHardwareIoTFrankfurt, DE

Matthias Schäfer(Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer)inMarkus Fuchs(Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer)in

Sightecsightec.comin

Sightec develops visual autonomy software for unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) that enables reliable navigation and situational awareness in GPS-denied, urban, and contested environments using computer vision technology.

AI & Machine LearningDefense TechRobotics

Co-investorsPlayfair Capital

WhiteFox Defensewhitefoxdefense.comin𝕏

WhiteFox Defense develops AI-driven solutions for defense innovation and aerospace applications.

AI & Machine LearningDefense TechHardware

STEVE HARO(President & Chief Executive Officer)L.R. FOX(Founder & Chairman)

Co-investorsFrontier Venture CapitalMoore Venture PartnersSaas Ventures, L.L.C.Serra Ventures

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.