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[SVC @TheSpaceVC]

We are excited to announce the close of our $20M Fund II this morning!

🌱 Pre-Seed
🛰️ Frontier Tech: Space, Defense, Manufacturing & Industrials
💰 $500k-$1M

https://t.co/eGNOFO4bz2

[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

[SVC @TheSpaceVC]

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 🙌

[SVC @TheSpaceVC]

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

[SVC @TheSpaceVC]

@lacostejonathan a future founder

[Jonathan Lacoste @lacostejonathan]

Another big week for @TheSpaceVC portfolio company:

✅$92M in new funding
✅Series B led by Craft Ventures
✅$20M STRATFI
✅Launched Pulsar-0 satellite this week

Congrats to @XonaSpace team! Building the world's commercial PNT/GPS constellation 🛰️

[Jonathan Lacoste @lacostejonathan]

Love launch days! 🚀

@SpaceX Transporter-14 is another busy one for @TheSpaceVC portfolio

Pulsar-0 from @XonaSpace - commercial PNT!

ForgeStar-1 from @Space_Forge - huge launch for in-space manufacturing & the UK space ecosystem

YAM-10 from @LoftOrbital with @EarthDailyA customer - making space launches routine & easy these days

@hubble_network's next IOT satellite is launching in partnership with @SpireGlobal

Good luck to everyone onboard!

[Jonathan Lacoste @lacostejonathan]

Thrilled to announce the next @TheSpaceVC investment emerging from stealth today

@VitalLyfe 🚰

Access to clean water is a fundamental human need, and in many ways, it's one of the oldest challenges humanity still hasn't fully mastered

Billions face water scarcity, whether due to natural disasters, humanitarian crises, military operations, or life at sea

@VitalLyfe is developing breakthrough desalination tech to bring clean water to where it's needed most — in a world where water infrastructure is increasingly fragile, aging & unreliable

much more to announce shortly 👀

[Jonathan Lacoste @lacostejonathan]

Space Security is expanding to Geo & Cislunar

@The_TrueAnomaly announces new missions launching in 2026 👀

https://t.co/un4E7FJ37I

[SVC @TheSpaceVC]

Congratulations @neros_tech on closing a $35M Series A to re-industrialize the U.S. drone & components ecosystem

https://t.co/FEyURcYKLP

[Jonathan Lacoste @lacostejonathan]

Congrats to @castelion on closing $100M Series A 👏 welcome @ConnorLoveCA & @lightspeedvp!

It's been an absolute privilege to partner with @hargsb & team since day zero

The U.S. needs low cost, mass manufactured hypersonics & Castelion team is delivering on that🇺🇸