Lockheed Martin Ventures is a Bethesda, Maryland based venture capital firm founded in 2007. It is the venture capital arm of Lockheed Martin Corporation.
The firm prefers to invest in technology-driven companies in robotics, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, machine learning, manufacturing, and energy sectors.
The firm invests in venture rounds. The notable investment portfolio of Lockheed Martin Ventures includes 3d Glass Solutions, DUST Identity, Edge Case Research, Humatics, IQ-Analog Corporation, Mythic, Ocean Aero, Pv Labs, etc.
As of January 2020, Lockheed Martin Ventures has made 34 investments and had 11 exits.
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Funded Companies
Mythic is a U.S-based artificial intelligence hardware and software company.
ABL Space Systems builds rockets to launch small satellites to Earth's low orbit.
CalypsoAI Corp. is an artificial intelligence company with offices in California, Virginia, and Dublin, Ireland. The company specializes in developing tools to help monitor and improve safety and reliability of machine learning models.
Humatics is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company founded in 2015 by David Mindell.
Based on 10-years of research and collaboration between MIT, UC Berkeley, and CU Boulder, and funding from DARPA via the POEM program, Ayar Labs created a solution that overcomes the power/performance scaling challenges of semiconductors as well as the interconnect bandwidth bottleneck between those devices.
Tempo Automation is a software-driven factory using data, analytics and automation for prototyping in hardware development environments to manufacture printed circuit board assemblies.
Red Six is a Santa Monica, CA-based company which develops augmented reality-based combat training systems for U.S. Air Force pilots and key support staff
Terran Orbital is an Irvine, California-based company.
People
J. Christopher Moran
Executive Director & General Manager
Further reading
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Companies
3d Glass Solutions
DUST Identity
Edge Case Research
Humatics
IQ-Analog Corporation
Mythic
Ocean Aero
Pv Labs