# Catapult Ventures

> Catapult Ventures is a VC fund in Los Altos backing Aerospace and Robotics. See 28 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Altos, United States
- Total investments: 28
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 29%
- Fund size: $55M
- Last fund: Feb 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/catapultventures
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/catapultseed
- Website: https://www.catapult.vc

Catapult Ventures is a VC fund in Los Altos focused on Aerospace and Robotics. Investing at the forefront of Automation, Robotics, AI, and IoT

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aerospace | 4 | 14% |
| Robotics | 2 | 7% |
| Software | 2 | 7% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 7% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 7% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 21% |
| Series B | 4 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 14% |
| Series A | 3 | 11% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Darren Liccardo | Co-founder | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darren-liccardo |
| Rouz Jazayeri | Cofounder & Managing Director | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rouz-jazayeri |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Array Labs | Array Labs designs and operates space-based radar systems and delivers 3D Earth imagery and geospatial data services. The company develops modular radar payloads and distributed radar satellite clusters that capture multi-angle data to generate detailed three-dimensional models of terrestrial surfaces and objects. It provides standalone radarinstruments for integration on satellite platforms, fully integrated satellite systems for customers that require dedicated sensing assets, and processed 3D data products via APIs or delivery channels. Array Labs also works with partners to support simulation and modeling of distributed radar constellations and to co-develop enriched datasets that combine radar and other sensing modalities. Its offerings support applications such as geospatial intelligence, infrastructure monitoring, and analytical workflows reliant on volumetric surface data. | $21M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 27, 2026 |  |
| Sancho | Sancho is an automation startup developing autonomous mobile manipulators to streamline physical workflows and factory operations. | $7M | Seed | Jul 15, 2026 |  |
| Anello Photonics | Anello Photonics is a technology company developing a silicon photonic optical gyroscope to navigate, position, and motion track autonomous applications in challenging GPS-jammed and spoofed environments. The company's technology portfolio spans over 28 issued patents, and over 44 pending patents, and includes an AI-based sensor fusion engine.It serves the robotics, defense, construction, agriculture, and autonomous vehicles industries. | $25M | Series B | May 04, 2026 |  |
| OpenLight | OpenLight is a manufacturing industry. | $50M | Series A | Apr 28, 2026 |  |
| HYFIX Spatial Intelligence | HYFIX Spatial Intelligence is a Machinery Manufacturing firm developing IoT-friendl software and hardware. | $15M | Seed | Apr 15, 2026 |  |
| Biostate AI | Biostate AI develops generative AI that benefit all human health. | $12M | Series A | May 20, 2025 |  |
| ElastixAI | ElastixAI is developing an AI inference platform designed to optimize how large language models are run. |  |  | May 14, 2025 |  |
| ElastixAI | ElastixAI is developing an AI inference platform designed to optimize how large language models are run. | $18M | Seed | May 14, 2025 |  |
| Urban Sky | Urban Sky is developing the first-ever reusable 'micro-sat' version of a near-space balloon, armed with sensors that collect high-value Earth observation data over entire cities, serving a multi-billion dollar imagery market and making daily and weekly aerial imagery collection a cost-effective reality. Leveraging advances in componentminiaturization, first-of-its-kind balloon reusability, and the high vantage point of the stratosphere, the Microballoon drastically reduces the cost of high-resolution remote sensing and weather-related data capture over broad areas, leading to more impactful data over more areas than ever before.With a new wealth of data from the stratosphere - this completely untapped layer of Earth’s atmosphere - we can fundamentally change the collective human understanding of the surface of our planet and urban centers. | $30M | Series B | Feb 06, 2025 |  |
| Urban Sky | Urban Sky is developing the first-ever reusable 'micro-sat' version of a near-space balloon, armed with sensors that collect high-value Earth observation data over entire cities, serving a multi-billion dollar imagery market and making daily and weekly aerial imagery collection a cost-effective reality. Leveraging advances in componentminiaturization, first-of-its-kind balloon reusability, and the high vantage point of the stratosphere, the Microballoon drastically reduces the cost of high-resolution remote sensing and weather-related data capture over broad areas, leading to more impactful data over more areas than ever before.With a new wealth of data from the stratosphere - this completely untapped layer of Earth’s atmosphere - we can fundamentally change the collective human understanding of the surface of our planet and urban centers. | $30M | Series B | Feb 06, 2025 |  |

10 of 28 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [New Legacy Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-legacy-group) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [TenOneTen Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tenoneten-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Union Labs Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/union-lab) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Denver Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/denver-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Lavrock Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lavrock-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Catapult Ventures invest in?

Catapult Ventures invests primarily in Aerospace, Robotics and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 28 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 Catapult Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Catapult Ventures?

The team at Catapult Ventures includes Darren Liccardo (Co-founder) and Rouz Jazayeri (Cofounder & Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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