Invests in
Stages:
Locations:
Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
Skills
Education
- Uo
Lists including Jordan
Investments
Danti
Total Funding: $8M
Akash Systems
Total Funding: $21M
Pixxel
Total Funding: $71M
Slingshot Aerospace
Total Funding: $84M
Genesis Systems
Total Funding: $10M
Inversion
Total Funding: $10M
Skyryse
Total Funding: $240M
Chromatic 3D Materials
Total Funding: $5M
KittyCAD
Total Funding: $5M
Work Experience
2020
Co-Founder & General Partner
2020
Deep tech.
2021
Executive Chairman
2022
Co-Founder
2021
Zoo develops advanced hardware design tools and infrastructure.
Chief Executive Officer
2021 - 2022
President’s Leadership Council
2023
The President’s Leadership Council consists of exemplary alumni, parents and friends of USC whose dedication and service help the university expand its influence. Members advise the president on issues of primary importance to the future of the university and serve as USC ambassadors.
2019 - 2021
U.S. Speaker's Program
2019 - 2021
https://www.worldlearning.org/program/u-s-speaker-program/ I support U.S. foreign policy goals by interacting with key foreign audiences worldwide, promoting an understanding among foreign audience of U.S. policies and institutions, and the political, economic, social, and cultural context from which they arise. I engage in conversations that enable foreign audiences to learn more about U.S. society, culture and institutions, thereby supporting development and growth of political, economic, and social institutions abroad, and countering negative stereotypes. This establishes sustained relationships and linkages between U.S. speakers and foreign audiences and institutions in order to share knowledge and skills with their peers and broader communities.
2016 - 2020
Chief Technology Officer
2016 - 2020
Co-Founder
2016 - 2020
2016 - 2016
Relativity Space
2016 - 2016
Accepted into YC W16 batch as Relativity Space. Y Combinator pioneered the startup accelerator model, and has less than 0.1% acceptance rate as the undisputed top program in the world. YC seeded Airbnb, Reddit, Dropbox, Stripe, Cruise Automation, and dozens of other companies (including Relativity) when they were just a few founders and an idea. Their company portfolio value now exceeds $100B.
2014 - 2015
Propulsion Development Engineer
2014 - 2015
Dragon 2 Pad Abort Flight: Responsible for qualification and integration of propulsion system components. Dragon 2 Design: Responsible for design, manufacturing, testing, and integration of propulsion system components.
In-Space Propulsion Intern
2014 - 2014
Responsible for qualification of Cargo Dragon propulsion systems components for flight on the upgraded Falcon 9 V1.1. The qualified system was flown on SpaceX’s CRS-4 Mission on September 23rd, 2014.
Chief Engineer and Chief Operations Officer
2010 - 2014
Led USC’s Rocket Propulsion Laboratory (RPL), including during their first two attempts at becoming the first student group in the world to launch a rocket into space, over 100 km in altitude. My responsibilities including coordinating work between engineering leads, obtaining FAA launch licensing, composite filament winder development, and in-house simulation development. While leading RPL, I became the first student in the world to obtain a FAA launch license to fly a rocket to space. Additionally, we flew five unique vehicles; completed static fires of over a dozen solid rocket motors; and performed our first static fires of biprop engines, both a Hydrogen/Oxygen engine, and a Methane/Oxygen engine.
2013 - 2013
Propulsion Intern
2013 - 2013
Designed and manufactured a 5 degree-of-freedom structural test stand for fluid bellows, including a fluid system for testing at pressure and cryogenic temperatures. This test stand was designed to handle components for BE-3, BE-4, and New Shepard.
2011 - 2012
Sensors & Materials Intern
2011 - 2012
Design and testing of highly anisotropic materials for structural reconfiguration applications.