# Industrious Ventures

> Industrious Ventures is a VC fund backing Aerospace and Space Travel. See 36 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Denver, United States
- Total investments: 36
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last fund: Jun 2024
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/industrious-ventures
- Website: http://industrious.vc/

Industrious Ventures is a VC fund in Denver focused on Aerospace and Space Travel. Industrious Ventures backs founders reinventing the world's most critical industries—from the deep sea to deep space. With evergreen capital and long-term conviction, the firm partners with deep-tech builders from early development through scale-up and production. Industrious invests across aerospace, national security, energy, compute,manufacturing, and other foundational sectors where innovation strengthens the industrial economy.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aerospace | 11 | 31% |
| Space Travel | 6 | 17% |
| Logistics | 5 | 14% |
| Software | 4 | 11% |
| Robotics | 3 | 8% |

53 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 11 | 31% |
| Seed | 10 | 28% |
| Series B | 6 | 17% |
| Series C | 2 | 6% |
| Series D | 1 | 3% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 23 | 64% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Taylor Sargent | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/taylor-sargent-ae5f |
| Christian Gammill | Co-Founder | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christian-gammill |
| Mason Angel | Co-Founder and Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mason-angel |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Antares | Designing and building fission microreactors | $370M | Series C | Jul 27, 2026 |  |
| Lunar Outpost | Lunar Outpost creates technologies that enable a sustainable presence in cislunar space while driving a positive impact here on Earth. With product lines focused on robotics and advanced instrumentation Lunar Outpost has helped create the first oxygen on Mars as part of the Perseverance mission, has the first ever contract to sell space resources(specifically lunar resources) to NASA, and has successfully created product line from advanced technology work. Key products include the commercial lunar rover MAPP that can provide mobility to a variety of payloads on the lunar surface, and the Canary Air Quality and Monitoring System, an IoT system, which has collected over 20 Billion unique data points to date in over 20 different states.[ | $32.1M | Series B | May 07, 2026 |  |
| Lunar Outpost | Lunar Outpost creates technologies that enable a sustainable presence in cislunar space while driving a positive impact here on Earth. With product lines focused on robotics and advanced instrumentation Lunar Outpost has helped create the first oxygen on Mars as part of the Perseverance mission, has the first ever contract to sell space resources(specifically lunar resources) to NASA, and has successfully created product line from advanced technology work. Key products include the commercial lunar rover MAPP that can provide mobility to a variety of payloads on the lunar surface, and the Canary Air Quality and Monitoring System, an IoT system, which has collected over 20 Billion unique data points to date in over 20 different states.[ | $32.1M | Series B | May 07, 2026 |  |
| Turion Space | Turion Space provides a spacecraft to remove orbital debris and services to existing satellites. The spacecraft will rendezvous and dock with current satellites and large debris objects using vision sensors and robotic arms. Utilizing the onboard propulsion system, the spacecraft will either deorbit or change the orbit of the debris object orsatellite. | $75M | Series B | Apr 15, 2026 |  |
| Citra Space | Citra provides modular sensing and software solutions for detecting, tracking, and identifying orbiting objects to ensure safe and sustainable space operations for all. | $15M | Series A | Apr 13, 2026 |  |
| Starfish Space | Starfish Space is a space technology company focused on developing infrastructure for in-orbit satellite servicing and maintenance. It designs autonomous spacecraft, particularly its Otter vehicle, which can rendezvous with, dock to, and interact with satellites already in orbit. The company’s technology enables services such as extending theoperational life of satellites, repositioning them, and safely removing defunct satellites or debris from space. Its systems rely on advanced robotics, navigation software, and electric propulsion to perform precise proximity operations in orbit. Through these capabilities, it aims to make satellite servicing more affordable and scalable, supporting the long-term sustainability and growth of space activities. | $111.7M | Series B | Apr 07, 2026 |  |
| Antares | Designing and building fission microreactors | $71M | Series B | Dec 02, 2025 |  |
| Stoke Space | Stoke Space develops the Nova rocket, a fully reusable launch vehicle designed to provide affordable access to and from Earth's orbit. The vehicle features a reusable upper stage that enables on-demand access to any orbit for cargo, logistics, and asset operations. Stoke Space operates vertically integrated design and manufacturing to buildand rapidly iterate on its rocket engines and structures. | $860M | Series D | Oct 08, 2025 |  |
| Space Kinetic | Building resilient in-space supply lines. | $12M | Seed | Aug 13, 2025 |  |
| Xona | Xona Space Systems is building a next-generation satellite navigation system using small but powerful satellites in low-Earth orbit. The constellation they are developing is designed to provide secure navigation and timing services with the resilience and accuracy that modern intelligent systems, such as autonomous vehicles and drones, need tooperate safely at scale. | $92M | Series B | Jun 26, 2025 |  |

10 of 36 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [NFX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nfxcapital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Point72 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/point72-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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- [Beyond Earth Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beyond-earth-technologies) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Industrious Ventures invest in?

Industrious Ventures invests primarily in Aerospace, Space Travel and Logistics startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 36 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 Industrious Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Industrious Ventures?

The team at Industrious Ventures includes Taylor Sargent (Partner), Christian Gammill (Co-Founder) and Mason Angel (Co-Founder and Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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