Ambition Capital

Venture Capital firm investing in early-stage critical technologies

[Ambition Capital @TheAmbitionCap]

RT @lacostejonathan: Lost-cost detterence at scale

160+ open roles at @Castelion across LA, New Mexico, and Texas!

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[Jonathan Lacoste @lacostejonathan]

We have a controversial take: solar is sitting inside a high-leverage window for the U.S. market

Every major energy supply chain (gas turbines, nuclear SMRs, transformers) is slammed with 5-year bottlenecks or R&D timelines

Except one: silicon solar PV ⚡️

[Jonathan Lacoste @lacostejonathan]

This morning, we published Issue 002 of @TheAmbitionCap Journal

Two Miles Wide: Inside the Chokepoint that Defines U.S. - China Relations

[Sawsan @sawsan_haider]

The Ambition Journal is live! Check it out!

[Jonathan Lacoste @lacostejonathan]

Last week, we introduced @TheAmbitionCap as the next evolution of our firm

Today, I'm excited to launch the intellectual engine driving it: The Ambition Journal

[Jonathan Lacoste @lacostejonathan]

Today, Space VC becomes Ambition Capital

Five years ago, I launched a venture firm to little fanfare. Few in venture had heard of us, and even fewer believed the thesis

[True Anomaly @The_TrueAnomaly]

Today, we are proud to announce that JACKAL-0004 and Mosaic have achieved all Mission X-3 test objectives.

Jackal has been fully commissioned and is prepared for its next phase of mission.

We could not be more excited for this moment. True Anomaly is ready for what comes next.

Check out our blog for more details: https://t.co/MYE2U2O14S

[Jonathan Lacoste @lacostejonathan]

This Memorial Day, we honor the brave men and women who gave their lives in service to this great nation

We are all forever indebted to them and their families 🇺🇸

[Jonathan Lacoste @lacostejonathan]

Congratulations to our portfolio company @hawkeye360 on their IPO at the @NYSE this morning!

This represents the first IPO for our firm 👏

Trading under HAWK, we're excited to watch @HawkEye360CEO & team continue to execute moving forward

[Jonathan Lacoste @lacostejonathan]

Big news from the portfolio!

Proud @The_TrueAnomaly investor since Pre-Seed

https://t.co/H3cDe1BkkT

[Jonathan Lacoste @lacostejonathan]

AI workloads generate unprecedented heat, forcing new architecture of data center thermal systems

Every GW of new compute brings massive incremental cooling demand

Karman built the HPU to solve exactly this. Proud to have backed team from day zero

https://t.co/7A1UoV0QdZ

[Jonathan Lacoste @lacostejonathan]

Congrats @XonaSpace on the $170M Series C! 🛰️

Pulsar PNT has rapidly moved from concept to real-world capability over the past few years

Now: scaling manufacturing & deploying the full constellation

[Jonathan Lacoste @lacostejonathan]

One of my favorite podcasts since becoming a VC has been @DWeisburd’s “How I Invest”

Jumped behind the mic & joined an episode recently! We discuss:

✅ Why frontier & deep tech are different

✅ Why emerging managers need to be non-consensus

✅ @TheSpaceVC stories & more

[Jonathan Lacoste @lacostejonathan]

New Stealth Investment Announcement

We recently led the pre-seed for a new defense tech startup at @TheSpaceVC

Founders bring exceptional industry experience from @anduriltech, @SpaceX & @PalantirTech

[Ambition Capital @TheAmbitionCap]

Announcing our next portfolio company: @VitalLyfe

Solving the world’s water crisis through modular, desalination

[Jonathan Lacoste @lacostejonathan]

Congrats to @VitalLyfe for emerging from stealth + announcing $24M in funding!

@TheSpaceVC invested at pre-seed alongside Cantos, Also Capital & Generation Partners

@VitalLyfe is building modular, desalination tech to solve the world's water crisis 🚿

https://t.co/CcShYq995m

[Jonathan Lacoste @lacostejonathan]

Congrats to @VitalLyfe for emerging from stealth + announcing $24M in funding!

@TheSpaceVC invested at pre-seed alongside Cantos, Also Capital & Generation Partners

@VitalLyfe is building modular, desalination tech to solve the world's water crisis 🚿

https://t.co/CcShYq995m

[Castelion @Castelion]

Castelion is profiled in @WSJ by @heathersomervil on our work to close the U.S. hypersonic missile gap, fueled by our $350M Series B funding.

@AltimeterCap @lightspeedvp @LavrockVC @a16z @generalcatalyst @FirstInVentures @TheSpaceVC @cantos @blueyard @Avenir_Growth #ChampionHill #Interlagos

[Jonathan Lacoste @lacostejonathan]

Congrats to our portfolio company @hubble_network on announcing their $70M Series B!

Communicating & asset tracking from space: using Bluetooth 🛜

https://t.co/TEkPeAL73W

[Jonathan Lacoste @lacostejonathan]

Reminder: I am actively investing $1M in founders raising their first round across:

⚡️energy generation & storage
🤖robotics & physical AI
🛰️defense & space tech
📶next-gen comms infrastructure
🏭manufacturing & industrials

DM if you're starting a company & raising soon 🙌

[Ambition Capital @TheAmbitionCap]

Our company @EdgescaleAI was given a great shoutout for enabling AI edge deployment for @PalantirTech customers

See 44:50 for their physical AI Edge Node.

[TBPN @tbpn]

Alex Karp LIVE @ Palantir AIPCon https://t.co/ttsMHHYfNg