Darren Liccardo
Co-founder @ Catapult Ventures
Los Altos, United States
Darren Liccardo is a pre-seed investor at Catapult Ventures in Los Altos focused on Software and Aerospace. Darren Liccardo is based out of Los Altos, California, and is the co-founder of Catapult Ventures. Darren previously worked at DJI as a VP of engineering. Darren Liccardo attended UC Berkeley.
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
Last updated:
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Industries Darren Liccardo invests in
Stages Darren Liccardo invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 2 (22%)
- Aerospace 2 (22%)
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (22%)
- SaaS 1 (11%)
- Sensor 1 (11%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 2 (22%)
- Series B 2 (22%)
- Seed 1 (11%)
- Angel 1 (11%)
- Series A 1 (11%)
Investments
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| 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 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. | $9.8M / Series A / Oct 16, 2023 | ||
| Quadratic is a data analysis platform that combines spreadsheet functionality with AI, code, and database connections. The system allows users to import and analyze data from sources such as CSV, Excel, and databases, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Snowflake. It supports natural language queries, AI-assisted insights, and code execution inPython, SQL, and JavaScript. Quadratic includes tools for collaborative data analysis and provides cloud-based and self-hosted deployment options. | $660K / Pre-Seed / Sep 01, 2022 | ||
| Polymath develops autonomous vehicle software for industrial vehicles. | Angel / Jul 29, 2022 | ||
| Polymath develops autonomous vehicle software for industrial vehicles. | Pre-Seed / Jun 01, 2022 | ||
| Flightwave Aerospace Systems is a developer of unmanned aerial systems that use carbon-free energy sources to extend the range and endurance of aerospace vehicles ranging from small UAVs to spacecraft. The company's systems enable aerial operations in any condition for asset protection, mapping the environment, or wildlife monitoring, allowingclients to execute and plan missions with ease. Their exclusive thrust-vector control spans multi-rotor and fixed-wing flight, allowing for seamless transitions without pilot input or manual control. | Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 15, 2022 | ||
| Polymath develops autonomous vehicle software for industrial vehicles. | Pre-Seed / Sep 14, 2021 | ||
| 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. | $4.1M / Seed / Aug 19, 2021 | ||
| Oculii is creating a next-generation AI software platform for radars that’s exponentially higher resolution, longer range, more accurate, and less expensive than conventional solutions – increasing safety and reliability. The promise of autonomous vehicles depends on high-performance, all-weather, low-cost and scalable perception technology, andOculii is bringing it to the world. Oculii's AI software amplifies the resolution of any radar platform, enabling high performance perception for the next generation of autonomous systems. Traditional phased array radars have been used for decades and follow a strict size for performance tradeoff - the larger the sensor aperture, the higher the angular resolution. Oculii’s Virtual Aperture Imaging radar technology fundamentally breaks this tradeoff - enabling its sensors to trade increased compute/processing for angular resolution enhancement with the same physical aperture. Leveraging this technique enables Oculii sensors to extract unprecedented accuracy, range, and 4D positioning information from commodity off the shelf low-cost radar elements, bringing high resolution radar imaging to the next frontier. Oculii is backed by some of the top investors and corporations from Silicon Valley, and is working with the leaders in Self Driving Vehicles, Robotics, and Drones - helping them deliver on an autonomous future with an advanced, robust, affordable perception platform. | $55M / Series B / May 06, 2021 |
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About Catapult Ventures
Investing at the forefront of Automation, Robotics, AI, and IoT
Catapult Ventures Contacts
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Darren Liccardo
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Rouz Jazayeri
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What does Darren Liccardo invest in?
Darren Liccardo invests primarily in Software, Aerospace and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Darren Liccardo closed in Feb 2025. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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