# Backswing Ventures

> Backswing Ventures is a VC fund backing Aerospace and Manufacturing. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Philadelphia, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 38%
- Fund size: $15M
- Last fund: Mar 2022
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/backswing-ventures/about/
- Website: http://backswingventures.com

Backswing Ventures is a $50mm venture fund investing in early-stage companies in a broad range of industries. Backswing utilizes the diversity of its founders' backgrounds and networks to source and evaluate opportunities where investment can help accelerate the growth and actualize their potential. Backswing focuses on founders, investing inteams that have a strong conviction and passion for their business, and focus on executing. Backswing invests in companies that are currently profitable or will be within 12 months of investment. It invests in companies that are disruptive and will have a lasting impact on their respective industries.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aerospace | 3 | 38% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 38% |
| 3D Printing | 2 | 25% |
| Transportation | 2 | 25% |
| Video | 1 | 13% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 63% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 13% |
| Series C | 1 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kyle Asman | Managing Partner | 2 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Isengard Industries | Isengard Industries manufactures artificial intelligence guided precision munitions, loitering munitions, and unmanned aerial vehicles. |  | Seed | Aug 04, 2026 |  |
| Orion Edge | Orion Edge Group Provides mobile and flexible offensive electromagnetic warfare for the warfighter. | $3M | Seed | May 18, 2026 |  |
| Space Kinetic | Building resilient in-space supply lines. | $12M | Seed | Aug 13, 2025 |  |
| Firehawk Aerospace | Firehawk Aerospace is a defense technology company that replaces traditional propulsion production methods with additive manufacturing (3D printing) to produce solid rocket motors, hybrid rocket engines, and propellant. This proprietary process creates customized propellant grains and fuel structures, which allows for rapid manufacturing andincreased design flexibility for defense systems. | $60M | Series C | Jan 05, 2025 |  |
| Raven Space Systems | Raven Space Systems is a company that is modernizing reentry capsule production using an automated facility that can make capsules at a much lower cost and much faster. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Nov 20, 2024 |  |
| MEND | MEND is a life sciences company with a mission to help people heal and live their healthiest. The company is currently researching and developing targeted clinical nutrition and medical food interventions to enhance patient outcomes, from injury and surgery to aging and physical performance. MEND has been adopted by numerous hospitals, healthsystems, professional sports teams across all major leagues, and the elite forces of the US Military. The company is headquartered in New York City. |  | Seed | Dec 27, 2020 |  |
| ZeroEyes | ZeroEyes is an AI security company that detects the weapon and sends an alert to prevent and stop active shooter threats. It also sends real-time alerts to improve situational awareness and decrease response times for first responders. The company's gun detection technology uses computer vision to send alerts about an active shooter threat.ZeroEyes applies a layer of artificial intelligence that turns camera networks into an early warning system for firearms-related threats. They will track multiple suspects as the subject moves past surveillance cameras and update responders in a real-time fashion. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. | $1.5M |  | Oct 26, 2020 |  |
| ZeroEyes | ZeroEyes is an AI security company that detects the weapon and sends an alert to prevent and stop active shooter threats. It also sends real-time alerts to improve situational awareness and decrease response times for first responders. The company's gun detection technology uses computer vision to send alerts about an active shooter threat.ZeroEyes applies a layer of artificial intelligence that turns camera networks into an early warning system for firearms-related threats. They will track multiple suspects as the subject moves past surveillance cameras and update responders in a real-time fashion. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. | $1.5M | Seed | Oct 26, 2020 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Backswing Ventures invest in?

Backswing Ventures invests primarily in Aerospace, Manufacturing and 3D Printing startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Backswing Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Backswing Ventures?

The team at Backswing Ventures includes Kyle Asman (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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