# Stephen Smoot

> Stephen Smoot is a Series A investor at Lavrock Ventures (Mclean) backing Software and SaaS. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Lavrock Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lavrock-ventures)
- Location: Mclean, United States
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-smoot-605a5a8/
- Website: https://lavrockvc.com

Stephen Smoot is a Series A investor at Lavrock Ventures in Mclean focused on Software and SaaS. Steve Smoot is based out of Mclean, Virginia and is the Managing Partner, Co-Founder of Lavrock Ventures. Steve previously worked at NextGen Venture Partners as a Founding Member. Steve Smoot attended the Brigham Young University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 25% |
| SaaS | 3 | 19% |
| Hardware | 3 | 19% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 19% |
| Computer | 2 | 13% |

39 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 7 | 44% |
| Seed | 6 | 38% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 6% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Morpheus Space | Morpheus Space is an aerospace company that produces a modular and electric propulsion system for the small satellite industry. The company is disrupting the NewSpace industry by introducing Agile Constellations, a fusion between cutting-edge electric propulsion and Artificial Intelligence. The solution package enables satellite service providersto operate entire constellations as one entity. Thanks to the highly efficient propulsion systems, each satellite can perform countless orbital maneuvers, which allows for the first time the possibility of "objective first" mission planning with an automated trade-off. This provides a never before seen flexibility of satellite networks that is exploited by the A.I. to optimally morph the constellations to fulfill the user's objectives, which can range from revisit frequencies to observation of moving POIs. | $15M | Series A | Feb 05, 2026 |  |
| Launchpad.build | Launchpad is developing technology that will allow products to be delivered in days rather than months. The company is creating a user-friendly system of advanced software and autonomous hardware that will allow for a streamlined AI-driven digital thread from product CAD to actual product assembly. Launchpad's digitool is a networkedautomation solution that can perform a wide range of assembly tasks, such as pick and place, fastening, dispensing, and more, using only a product CAD file. The company's mission to enable manufacturing's future by increasing automation and improving utilization | $8.5M | Series A | Oct 15, 2025 |  |
| TreQ | TreQ is a manufacturing company that builds and operates bespoke quantum computing clusters. | $5M | Seed | Oct 07, 2024 |  |
| Proteus Space | Proteus Space compresses the spacecraft definition and AI&T life-cycle from years to months, delivering full CAD based Design Packages with Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) validation on record timelines. This transformational speed and scale, backed by Unlimited Data Rights to the resulting design specifications, fundamentally changes the ability torapidly prototype and field responsive space assets on radically shorter timelines. | $4.2M | Seed | Jul 13, 2023 |  |
| Morpheus Space | Morpheus Space is an aerospace company that produces a modular and electric propulsion system for the small satellite industry. The company is disrupting the NewSpace industry by introducing Agile Constellations, a fusion between cutting-edge electric propulsion and Artificial Intelligence. The solution package enables satellite service providersto operate entire constellations as one entity. Thanks to the highly efficient propulsion systems, each satellite can perform countless orbital maneuvers, which allows for the first time the possibility of "objective first" mission planning with an automated trade-off. This provides a never before seen flexibility of satellite networks that is exploited by the A.I. to optimally morph the constellations to fulfill the user's objectives, which can range from revisit frequencies to observation of moving POIs. | $28M | Series A | Sep 14, 2022 |  |
| Geosite | Geosite is a business operations platform that links the power of spatial data and analytics to business operations, incident management, and planning workflows. | $5M | Series A | Jul 22, 2021 |  |
| Morpheus Space | Morpheus Space is an aerospace company that produces a modular and electric propulsion system for the small satellite industry. The company is disrupting the NewSpace industry by introducing Agile Constellations, a fusion between cutting-edge electric propulsion and Artificial Intelligence. The solution package enables satellite service providersto operate entire constellations as one entity. Thanks to the highly efficient propulsion systems, each satellite can perform countless orbital maneuvers, which allows for the first time the possibility of "objective first" mission planning with an automated trade-off. This provides a never before seen flexibility of satellite networks that is exploited by the A.I. to optimally morph the constellations to fulfill the user's objectives, which can range from revisit frequencies to observation of moving POIs. |  | Seed | Aug 26, 2020 |  |
| Avizia | Avizia is a provider of telehealth and remote conferencing platform to deploy and power system-wide telehealth programs. It is delivering on the vision of collaborative care for patients by connecting medical experts across distance through innovative, leading-edge telemedicine solutions. Supported by Cisco technology, Avizia delivers telemedicinethat is as powerful as it is easy to use. Its end-to-end solution includes telemedicine devices, workflow management software, store-and-forward capabilities with EHR integration, and a line of peripherals, such as digital stethoscopes and examination cameras. Whether medical professionals are performing remote medical consultations or teaching a new procedure, Avizia makes the experience feel as if everyone is present.Avizia uses Cisco TelePresence technology to enable HD, real-time video collaboration in hospitals amongst patients and professionals. | $11M | Series A | Jul 12, 2016 |  |
| Interfolio | Interfolio is the provider of the most advanced workflow and shared governance technology for faculty and universities. Interfolio offers the first holistic Faculty Information System to support the full lifecycle of faculty work—from hiring to annual review, service, activity reporting, scholarly data collection and validation, and more.Interfolio defines and leads the market for faculty-first technology.As the higher education market transitions from legacy, on-premise technology to the cloud, Interfolio is quickly becoming a critical part of the enterprise IT stack by providing agile, scholar-centric SaaS solutions. Currently, Interfolio works with hundreds of institutions, including Johns Hopkins, Brown, Dartmouth, the University of Virginia, and Stanford. | $13M | Series A | Jan 13, 2016 |  |
| Avizia | Avizia is a provider of telehealth and remote conferencing platform to deploy and power system-wide telehealth programs. It is delivering on the vision of collaborative care for patients by connecting medical experts across distance through innovative, leading-edge telemedicine solutions. Supported by Cisco technology, Avizia delivers telemedicinethat is as powerful as it is easy to use. Its end-to-end solution includes telemedicine devices, workflow management software, store-and-forward capabilities with EHR integration, and a line of peripherals, such as digital stethoscopes and examination cameras. Whether medical professionals are performing remote medical consultations or teaching a new procedure, Avizia makes the experience feel as if everyone is present.Avizia uses Cisco TelePresence technology to enable HD, real-time video collaboration in hospitals amongst patients and professionals. | $1.7M | Seed | Aug 19, 2014 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Blu Venture Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blu-venture-investors) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Vsquared Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vsquared-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Middleland Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/middleland-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [NextGen Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nextgenvp) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Pallas Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pallas-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Airbus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/airbus-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Lavrock Ventures

VC Fund · Mclean, United States

Lavrock Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage (Series A) investments. It seeks to invest in cybersecurity and enterprise software companies. The firm often invests in commercial-focused technologies with potential relevance in National Security

4 contacts available at Lavrock Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel Hanks | Co-Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-hanks-2 |
| Jim Hunt | Co-Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-hunt-2 |
| Stephen Smoot | Managing Partner, Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stephen-smoot |
| Alex Poulin | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-poulin |

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## FAQ

### What does Stephen Smoot invest in?

Stephen Smoot invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Hardware startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 16 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 Stephen Smoot last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Stephen Smoot closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 16 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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