Darren Liccardo
InvestorManaging Director at Catapult Ventures · Board director at Urban Sky · Board director at Elroy Air
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
About
Co-founder of Catapult Ventures who brings operational experience from building technology businesses.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Board director at Urban Sky
Intro paths
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In turn, Darren can intro founders to Urban Sky's investors below.
Urban Sky's investors · 11
Altos VenturesBurlingame · $1M – $3M checks · since 2025Catapult VenturesSilicon Valley · $250K – $1.5M checks · since 2025Denver VenturesDenver · $250K – $3M checksLavrock VenturesWashington · since 2025Lerer HippeauNew York · $500K – $2M checks · since 2025National Science FoundationAlexandria · since 2022New Stack VenturesChicago · $500K – $1.5M checks · since 2019TechstarsBoulder · $220K checks · since 2025TenOneTen VenturesLos Angeles · $500K – $5M checksU.S. Air Forcesince 2021UNION Labs VenturesSan Mateo · $500K – $2.5M checks
Co-founders at Urban Sky
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Andrew AntonioExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
JL
Jared LeidichExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
JL
Jared LiedichExecutive Officer
Board director at Elroy Air
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In turn, Darren can intro founders to Elroy Air's investors below.
Elroy Air's investors · 19
Aster CapitalParis · $540K – $16.2M checksCatapult VenturesSilicon Valley · $250K – $1.5M checksCity LightNew York · $1M – $6M checksCubit CapitalDallas · $500K – $3M checksHCVCParis · $100K – $1M checksHemisphere Ventures LLCMckinneyHomebrewBurlingame · $100K – $500K checksLemnos VCSan FranciscoLockheed Martin VenturesBethesdaMana VenturesEsteroProsperity7 VenturesDhahranRackhouse Venture Management LpSan Francisco · $250K checksScript CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $500K checksShield CapitalSan Francisco · since 2024SnowpointPalm BeachSprint VcBangalore · $300 checksThe E14 FundCambridge · $1M – $5M checksU.S. Air Forcesince 2019Yes VCSan Francisco · $30K – $1.5M checks
Co-founders at Elroy Air
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Dave MerrillExecutive Officer, Director
CC
Clint CopeDirector
Experience
- Catapult VenturesCofounder and Managing Directorcurrent2018 — presentLos Altos, CA
- DJIVP Engineering, Systems and Applications2015 — 2017Palo Alto, CA
- Tesla MotorsDirector, Engineering, Autopilot2014 — 2015Palo Alto
- BMW GroupTechnology Office USA2009 — 2014Palo Alto, CA
- Crossbow Technology IncDirector of Software, Inertial Systems2003 — 2010
- Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space, Advanced Technology CenterEngineering Research1999 — 2000
- Exponent (formally Failure Analysis Associates)Electrical Engineering1998
Skills & more
Commercial Pilot1Embedded Systems39Systems Engineering18GPS navigation2Sensor Fusion2Sensors28Automotive Electronics2Computer Vision1Kalman filtering1Auto RacingAlgorithm DesignSignal Processing7
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Machine LearningArtificial IntelligenceRoboticsInertial NavigationVehicle DynamicsSoftware DevelopmentEmbedded SoftwarePrivate PilotCC++MatlabAlgorithmsFrom Darren's professional profile.
Colleagues at Catapult Ventures
Network8
Jeff SchoxScout
Partner at Trucks VC
Jenny FieldingScout
Founder & General Partner at Everywhere Ventures
Kyle VogtScout
Investor at Cruise Automation, Inc.
Oliver CameronScout
Angel
Scott HartleyScout
Founder & General Partner at Everywhere Ventures
Andrea Hippeau
Partner at Lerer Hippeau
Anna Barber
Venture Partner at Everywhere Ventures
Rouz Jazayeri
Co-founder at Catapult Ventures
Investors connected to Darren in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Darren Liccardo?
- Co-founder of Catapult Ventures who brings operational experience from building technology businesses.
- Where does Darren Liccardo work?
- Darren Liccardo is Managing Director at Catapult Ventures and Board director at Urban Sky and Board director at Elroy Air.
- What check size does Darren Liccardo write?
- Darren Liccardo typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did Darren Liccardo go to school?
- Darren Liccardo studied at University of California, Berkeley (MSEE, BSEE, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science).
Same school
Also attended University of California, Berkeley1,611
Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersSteve WozniakCo-founder of AppleTony XuCo-founder & CEO of DoorDashAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIAli GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of DatabricksRyan PetersenFounder & CEO of Flexport
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Shared employers
Also worked at Tesla Motors204
Steve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesJoe GebbiaCo-founder of AirbnbJustin LiuVice President at Sapphire VenturesAndrew VogeleyVice President at Sapphire VenturesErica WaichmanHead of People & Community at Canvas VenturesBen FawEntrepreneur-in-Residence at Context Ventures
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Also worked at BMW Group92
Eva KurzweilMarketing & Communications Lead at Burda Principal InvestmentsGonzalo Sánchez-ArjonaInvestment Director at Kibo VenturesItziar EstevezPartner - Growth at Iris CapitalJanice SaPrincipal at Z Venture CapitalPaula ParnesHead of IR, PR and Business Development at Valor Capital GroupSebastian SchuonCo-Founder at Alasco at PICUS CAPITAL
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Also worked at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space, Advanced Technology Center129
Manny StockmanManaging Partner at Osage University PartnersJeff BabioneSenior Advisory Board at IronGate Capital AdvisorsAlexander WortmannPartner at TCVShalanda ArmstrongManaging Partner at 100Km Ventures LlcDan MoskowitzInvestor at Third Point VenturesDanny CotterManaging Partner at The Westly Group
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