# Marlinspike Capital

> Marlinspike Capital is a VC fund in Annapolis backing Aerospace, Software and Manufacturing. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Annapolis, United States
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/marlinspike/about/
- Website: https://marlinspikecapital.com/

Marlinspike Capital is a VC fund in Annapolis focused on Aerospace and Software. Marlinspike Capital operates as an investment and advisory firm with expertise in National Defense Technology.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aerospace | 5 | 22% |
| Software | 4 | 17% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 13% |
| Cloud Computing | 3 | 13% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 13% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 8 | 35% |
| Seed | 2 | 9% |
| Series B | 2 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 9% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Volund Manufacturing | Volund Manufacturing is a precision manufacturing company specializing in CNC machining, fabrication, and engineered metal components. | $12M | Seed | Jun 10, 2026 |  |
| Layup Parts | Layup manufactures composite parts and the tooling required to make those parts, as well as developing technologies that will allow us to get parts to our clients faster than ever before. Layup ship parts far faster than our competitors can provide a quote. | $42M | Series A | Jun 02, 2026 |  |
| Armada | Welcome to the new edge. Armada is the world’s first full-stack edge computing platform, revolutionizing connectivity, compute, and AI solutions where they’re needed most - anywhere on Earth. | $230M | Series B | May 19, 2026 |  |
| Chariot Defense | Chariot Defense is developing the sophisticated hardware and software framework to address the military's most pressing problem: the distribution, control, and transformation of energy into power on the contemporary battlefield. | $34M | Series A | Feb 25, 2026 |  |
| JetZero | JetZero is an aerospace company that designs and manufactures zero-emissions jet aircraft.Airlines have long sought more fuel-efficient aircraft and now that climate change is a worldwide problem, planes with minimal carbon emissions, if not zero, are unavoidable. Their objective is to hasten such shift. JetZero is actively collaborating withNASA on sustainable aircraft ideas that will soon make zero-emission flight a reality.JetZero is headquartered in Long Beach, California and was founded in 2020. | $175M | Series B | Jan 13, 2026 |  |
| Armada | Welcome to the new edge. Armada is the world’s first full-stack edge computing platform, revolutionizing connectivity, compute, and AI solutions where they’re needed most - anywhere on Earth. | $131M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 24, 2025 |  |
| BrightAI | We harness the power of AI to seamlessly convert physical entities into digital counterparts, infusing them with intelligence and control. This catalyzes limitless opportunities for business expansion and fosters positive societal impact. BrightAI is headquartered in Hillsborough, California and was founded in 2020. | $51M | Series A | Jul 18, 2025 |  |
| Heliux | All-In-One, AI-Powered Enterprise Operating System for Engineering and Manufacturing. | $2.4M |  | Feb 24, 2025 |  |
| Kindo | Kindo elevates the workforce by providing the only truly open AI platform for all businesses. | $20.6M | Series A | Jul 15, 2024 |  |
| Privateer | Privateer is creating the data infrastructure that enables sustainable growth for the new space economy. The company's proprietary knowledge graph technology offers much-needed enhancements to how it collects and processes information about space objects. Even as orbital highways become more congested, this data and the applications built onit will allow space operators to maneuver safely and effectively. | $56.5M | Series A | May 06, 2024 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lux Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lux-capital) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-fund) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Shield Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shield-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [8VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8vc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [8090 Industries](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8090-industries) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Marlinspike Capital invest in?

Marlinspike Capital invests primarily in Aerospace, Software and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 23 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 Marlinspike Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Marlinspike Capital closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 23 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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