# J. Christopher Moran

> J. Christopher Moran is a Series B investor at Lockheed Martin Ventures backing Software. See 67 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Lockheed Martin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lockheed-martin-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 67
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 39%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-moran-045759/

J. Christopher Moran is a Series B investor at Lockheed Martin Ventures in San Francisco Bay Area focused on Software and Aerospace. Chris Moran is the VP &GM LM Ventures at Lockheed Martin.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 8 | 12% |
| Aerospace | 7 | 10% |
| Manufacturing | 6 | 9% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 9% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 9% |

51 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 13 | 19% |
| Series A | 12 | 18% |
| Funding Round | 9 | 13% |
| Seed | 3 | 4% |
| Series D | 3 | 4% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 29 | 43% |
| Australia | 2 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Venus Aerospace | Venus Aerospace is a space company that provides an innovative approach to hypersonic transportation. Venus Aerospace is a startup aerospace company focused on engineering the future of hypersonic flight. We are making one-hour global transport possible to connect the world and make it safer.The company is an expert team of PhDs, rocketscientists, and engineers taking on the biggest challenges in aerospace at Mach 9 speed. The company also takes pride in being moms and dads, military veterans, and BBQ enthusiasts. | $91M | Series B | Jul 08, 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 |  |
| Firestorm | Firestorm is a defense technology company that develops modular, mission-adaptable unmanned aerial systems (UAS) designed for military applications. Its platform focuses on open-system architectures that allow operators to reconfigure hardware, software, propulsion, and payloads based on mission requirements. Firestorm also builds distributedmanufacturing solutions such as containerized production units that enable on-site or remote fabrication of drones and components using additive manufacturing and automated workflows. The company offers multiple aerial systems, including larger modular drones, tube-launched systems, and lightweight hand-launched units, each designed for different operational roles such as surveillance, electronic warfare, or strike missions. In addition, it develops supporting technologies like onboard computing systems and software tools that enable autonomous operation, sensor integration, and third-party interoperability. Firestorm also provides simulation and mission-planning capabilities that allow users to test scenarios, train operators, and evaluate payload performance in virtual environments. | $82M | Series B | Apr 29, 2026 |  |
| Antaris | Antaris develops cloud-based software platforms that support the design, simulation, and operation of satellite missions. The company provides a unified system that enables organizations to model entire space missions digitally, from early concept through deployment and in-orbit operations. Its core offering, the Antaris Cloud Platform, allowsusers to design satellites, test configurations, and simulate real-world mission scenarios using digital twin technology before committing to hardware. This approach helps teams evaluate performance, validate decisions, and reduce risks associated with complex space missions. | $28M | Series A | Mar 31, 2026 |  |
| Radiant | Radiant is a technology company that develops portable nuclear microreactors designed to generate electricity and heat in a compact, factory-built form. The company’s flagship product, Kaleidos, is engineered to be transportable to customer sites and to replace traditional power sources such as diesel generators for applications including backuppower and continuous energy supply. Radiant manages design, assembly, fueling, and testing of its reactors with a focus on modular deployment and energy generation without on-site water requirements. It also undertakes infrastructure planning for reactor production facilities to support broader availability of its microreactors. Radiant engages with regulatory processes and industry partners to advance testing and commercialization of its nuclear energy solutions. |  | Series D | Feb 17, 2026 |  |
| Machina Labs | Machina Labs is a mechanical & industrial engineering & manufacturing firm that unlocks manufacturing through AI & machine learning. | $124M | Series C | Feb 04, 2026 |  |
| Mythic | Mythic is a diverse group of individuals focused on developing cutting-edge analog matrix processors based on our unique analog compute-in-memory. Their products are the M1076 Analog Matrix Processor, MP10304 Quad-AMP PCIe Card, and MM1076 M.2 M Key Card. They offer AI solutions, from the data center to the edge device. | $125M | Series D | Dec 17, 2025 |  |
| Vatn Systems | Vatn Systems builds affordable autonomous underwater vehicles that act in cooperative swarms.At the core of Vatn's R&D efforts is advanced navigation software that is effective in GPS, vision, and comms compromised environments while reducing hardware costs. | $60M | Series A | Dec 10, 2025 |  |
| South 8 Technologies | South 8 Technologies develops liquefied gas electrolyte chemistry for rechargeable lithium metal batteries and electrochemical capacitors. | $11M | Series A | Dec 09, 2025 |  |
| Venus Aerospace | Venus Aerospace is a space company that provides an innovative approach to hypersonic transportation. Venus Aerospace is a startup aerospace company focused on engineering the future of hypersonic flight. We are making one-hour global transport possible to connect the world and make it safer.The company is an expert team of PhDs, rocketscientists, and engineers taking on the biggest challenges in aerospace at Mach 9 speed. The company also takes pride in being moms and dads, military veterans, and BBQ enthusiasts. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 22, 2025 |  |

10 of 67 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [DCVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/data-collective) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Balerion Space Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/balerion-space-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [IQT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/in-q-tel) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [LG Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lg-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Razor's Edge Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/razors-edge-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About Lockheed Martin Ventures

VC Fund · Bethesda, United States

Lockheed Martin Ventures is the venture arm of Lockheed Martin Corporation. The mission of Lockheed Martin Ventures is to make strategic investments in companies that are developing disruptive, cutting-edge technologies in core businesses and new markets important to Lockheed Martin. These emerging innovations have the potential to becomefoundational technologies that solve the complex challenges customers face.

5 contacts available at Lockheed Martin Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Frank A. St. John | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frank-a-st-john |
| J. Christopher Moran | VP & GM LM Ventures | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/j-christopher-moran |
| Jim Taiclet | Chairman, President & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-d-taiclet |
| Jim Taiclet | Chairman, President & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-taiclet |
| John W. Mollard | Acting Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-w-mollard |

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## FAQ

### What does J. Christopher Moran invest in?

J. Christopher Moran invests primarily in Software, Aerospace and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 67 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did J. Christopher Moran last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for J. Christopher Moran closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 67 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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