# Alex Poulin

> Alex Poulin is a seed investor at Lavrock Ventures (Washington) backing Manufacturing and Military. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Lavrock Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lavrock-ventures)
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-s-poulin

Alex Poulin is a seed investor at Lavrock Ventures in Washington focused on Manufacturing and Military. Alex Poulin currently works as the Principal for Lavrock Ventures. He previously worked at InSITE as the VP of Partnerships. He attended Georgetown University and Fox School of Business at Temple University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 100% |
| Military | 1 | 50% |
| Aerospace | 1 | 50% |
| Government | 1 | 50% |
| National Security | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Castelion | Pallas is a venture-backed defense tech company applying modern hardware development and manufacturing processes to critical national security challenges, specifically to solve affordability, scale, and supply chain robustness. | $350M | Series B | Dec 05, 2025 |  |
| Aventra Defense Systems | Aventra Defense Systems operates as a defense technology start-up, that develops low-cost glide and guidance systems. | $3M | Seed | Oct 01, 2025 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Altimeter Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altimeter-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BlueYard Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blueyard-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cantos](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cantos-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Champion Hill Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/champion-hill-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DataPower Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/datapower-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Lavrock Ventures

VC Fund · Mclean, United States

Lavrock Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage (Series A) investments. It seeks to invest in cybersecurity and enterprise software companies. The firm often invests in commercial-focused technologies with potential relevance in National Security

4 contacts available at Lavrock Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel Hanks | Co-Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-hanks-2 |
| Jim Hunt | Co-Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-hunt-2 |
| Stephen Smoot | Managing Partner, Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stephen-smoot |
| Alex Poulin | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-poulin |

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## FAQ

### What does Alex Poulin invest in?

Alex Poulin invests primarily in Manufacturing, Military and Aerospace startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Alex Poulin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alex Poulin closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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