# L3Harris Technologies

> L3Harris Technologies is a VC fund in Melbourne backing Drones and Aerospace. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, United States
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 31%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/harris-corporation/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/HarrisCorp
- Website: https://www.l3harris.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HarrisCorp

L3Harris Technologies is a VC fund in Melbourne focused on Drones and Aerospace. L3 Harris Technologies is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has annual revenue of $5.4 billion and 16,000 employees — including nearly 7,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated todeveloping best-in-class assured communications® products, systems, and services.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Drones | 5 | 38% |
| Aerospace | 5 | 38% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 38% |
| Machine Learning | 3 | 23% |
| Military | 2 | 15% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 3 | 23% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 23% |
| Series A | 2 | 15% |
| Seed | 1 | 8% |
| Series F | 1 | 8% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 10 | 77% |
| Germany | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Kubasik | Chair and CEO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-kubasik |
| David Rickard | Member of the Board of Directors | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-b-rickard |
| Gregory Swienton | Member of the Board of Directors | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gregory-t-swienton |
| Jim Leach | VP of Market Development - Cyber Integrated Solutions | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-leach |
| Justin D Bragan | Strategic Capture | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/justin-d-bragan |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MatrixSpace | MatrixSpace delivers advanced AI-enabled portable CUAS (counter drone) solutions that operate anywhere and can be rapidly moved. Its compact, ultra-low power radar systems provide persistent detection and classification for airspace, perimeter, and object monitoring in dynamic outdoor environments. www.matrixspace.com. | $20M | Series B | Oct 15, 2025 |  |
| Shield AI | Shield AI is an enterprise-focused company specializing in AI-powered mission autonomy, developing and deploying advanced autonomous systems for defense and security. The company builds AI pilots that operate aircraft and drones, enabling autonomous flight in environments where communication and GPS may be unavailable. Its platform supports missionplanning, navigation, and real-time decision-making for aerial systems used in reconnaissance and operational tasks. Shield AI also integrates hardware and software components to deploy autonomous capabilities across different types of unmanned systems. The company works with government and defense organizations to support missions that require autonomous operation and data-driven coordination. | $240M | Series F | Mar 06, 2025 |  |
| CesiumAstro | CesiumAstro delivers communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space or airborne platforms. Each of the company's products combines carefully selected COTS components with the traditional reliability necessary for aerospace systems. Its products enable connectivity between satellites, drones, planes, cars, andother mobile devices and generate electronically steerable beams of radio waves carrying information between the devices, and its software stitches the information together. | $65M | Series B | Jun 18, 2024 |  |
| Seasats | Seasats autonomous ocean vehicles provide remote monitoring and data collection for defense and commercial customers at a fraction of the cost, logistics, and risk compared to traditional methods. | $10M | Seed | Oct 19, 2022 |  |
| Howso | The company's mission focuses on establishing trustworthy AI as the global standard by redesigning it from the ground up, ensuring transparency and human comprehensibility in every aspect.Howso is an AI-driven platform designed to assist enterprises in preparing and analyzing data for AI use cases. This is achieved through the UnderstandableAI® Platform—a data-centric AI solution offering a clear alternative to traditional neural networks.Howso (formerly “Diveplane”) was co-founded by Dr. Mike Capps, Dr. Chris Hazard, and Mike Resnick in 2017. In September 2023, the company rebranded to Howso, alongside the release of our open source project. | $25M | Series A | Sep 12, 2022 |  |
| Mynaric | Mynaric specializes in manufacturing laser communication equipment designed for high-speed, long-distance wireless data transmission across various platforms, including aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), high-altitude platforms (HAPs), satellites, and ground stations. Their product portfolio includes the CONDOR optical communicationsterminals (OCT) for satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO), which are capable of establishing reliable broadband connections. Additionally, Mynaric offers solutions for airborne and terrestrial applications, facilitating high data rate communication between moving objects. | $11.4M | Post-IPO Equity | Jul 06, 2022 |  |
| Overwatch Imaging | Overwatch Imaging designs and manufactures imaging systems with custom onboard AI software for piloted aircraft and drones. The precision imaging systems help organizations quickly find what they are looking for from the air, so they can focus less on the search and more on the best response. Specific uses of Overwatch Imaging systems includeautomated land surveillance, maritime patrol and search, and linear infrastructure inspection. Overwatch Imaging was founded in 2016 by UAS and airborne imaging experts and is based in Hood River, Oregon. | $11.2M |  | Apr 05, 2022 |  |
| Overwatch Imaging | Overwatch Imaging designs and manufactures imaging systems with custom onboard AI software for piloted aircraft and drones. The precision imaging systems help organizations quickly find what they are looking for from the air, so they can focus less on the search and more on the best response. Specific uses of Overwatch Imaging systems includeautomated land surveillance, maritime patrol and search, and linear infrastructure inspection. Overwatch Imaging was founded in 2016 by UAS and airborne imaging experts and is based in Hood River, Oregon. | $11.2M | Series A | Apr 05, 2022 |  |
| CesiumAstro | CesiumAstro delivers communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space or airborne platforms. Each of the company's products combines carefully selected COTS components with the traditional reliability necessary for aerospace systems. Its products enable connectivity between satellites, drones, planes, cars, andother mobile devices and generate electronically steerable beams of radio waves carrying information between the devices, and its software stitches the information together. | $60M | Series B | Mar 02, 2022 |  |
| Epirus | Epirus develops solid-state, software-defined directed energy systems for counter-electronics applications and power management in defense and commercial sectors. The company specializes in long-pulse high-power microwaves combined with AI and advanced electronics for electronic warfare. | $70M | Series B | Dec 17, 2020 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Shield Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shield-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Bridger Aerospace](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bridger-aerospace) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kleiner Perkins](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kleiner-perkins-caufield-byers) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lavrock Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lavrock-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Portland Seed Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/portland-seed-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Squadra Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/squadra-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does L3Harris Technologies invest in?

L3Harris Technologies invests primarily in Drones, Aerospace and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series B and Funding Round stage. Most of the 13 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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### Who are the partners at L3Harris Technologies?

The team at L3Harris Technologies includes Chris Kubasik (Chair and CEO), David Rickard (Member of the Board of Directors) and Gregory Swienton (Member of the Board of Directors), among 13 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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