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Chris Gasteratos

Chris Gasteratos is a Greek venture capitalist and Associate at Marathon Venture Capital, based in Athens. With a background in finance and early investment experience, he focuses on sourcing deal flow and advocating for founders in sectors such as FinTech, Web3/Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, and Cyber Security. His investment range varies from $100,000 to $5 million, with a preference for pre-seed and seed-stage startups. Chris has been involved in notable investments, including ODIN Space and Acorai. He maintains an active online presence through platforms like LinkedIn and Medium.

Location: Athens, Greece

Starburst Accelerator

Starburst Accelerator is a pioneering force in the aerospace and defense startup ecosystem, providing investment, strategic consulting, and industry connections to emerging companies. With an extensive international network and deep expertise, Starburst accelerates innovation in aviation, space, and related high-tech industries.

Location: Los Angeles, California, United States

Nadav Ben-Chanoch

Nadav Ben-Chanoch is an American entrepreneur and angel investor based in Miami, Florida. He is the Founder and CEO of Survivor Spring, a company focused on acquiring and growing businesses, where he advises early-stage founders on various aspects of business development. In 2022, he founded Noba, a company offering customized solutions for cryptocurrencies. As a partner at Pareto Holdings, Nadav has played a pivotal role in building their investing and venture studio teams, actively managing several startups and leveraging his legal and entrepreneurial expertise to foster growth and innovation. His investment portfolio spans various sectors, including healthcare, FinTech, AI, cybersecurity, and consumer products, with a focus on early-stage investments. Notable recent investments include micro1, Skedway, TRIVER, Swaap, and Nocturne Games.

Munich Re Ventures

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Location: San Francisco, United States

ScaleWolf

ScaleWolf is a pioneering venture capital fund and technology accelerator specializing in dual-use technologies that serve both defense and commercial sectors. Launched in 2023, it collaborates with the Lithuanian Ministry of Economy and Innovation to support startups through grants, acceleration, and capital investment, particularly in aerospace, software, and space travel industries

Location: Vilnius, Lithuania

Space.VC

Space.VC is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Austin, Texas, specializing in investments in frontier technology sectors. The firm focuses on pre-seed startups operating in space technology, defense, manufacturing, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and cybersecurity.

Location: Austin, Texas

GMV

Founded in 1984, GMV is a Spanish private capital technology business group with an international presence, employing over 3,300 professionals. Initially focused on the space and defense sectors, GMV has diversified its operations into areas such as aeronautics, intelligent transportation systems, automotive, cybersecurity, healthcare, and digital public service

Location: Madrid, Spain

Lunar Ventures

Lunar Ventures is a highly technical DeepTech venture capital firm with a unique specialization in early-stage software-first innovation, making it highly relevant for space companies building computational and AI-driven systems.By investing at the convergence of machine learning, aerospace autonomy, and scalable computation for extreme environments, Lunar Ventures plays a critical role in advancing the NewSpace software stack—even if it does not invest in launchers or hardware platforms directly.

Location: Berlin, Germany

Wind Capital

Wind Capital is a Paris-based venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in European deep-tech startups focused on climate resilience and sustainability. The firm operates under the EU SFDR Article 9 classification, emphasizing measurable environmental impact.

Location: Paris, France

Starquest Capital

Starquest Capital is a French venture capital firm specializing in investments in high-tech startups with strong intellectual property. The firm focuses on supporting innovative companies in the early stages of development, particularly those with a global ambition and a commitment to sustainable development.

Location: Paris, France

Vito Ventures

Vito Ventures is a Munich-based venture capital firm that invests in breakthrough technology and business innovations globally. The firm focuses on early-stage and growth-phase startups applying cutting-edge technology to solve fundamental societal challenges, such as climate change and energy security. Vito Ventures emphasizes sectors including the Internet of Things (IoT), machine intelligence, frontier tech hardware, cybersecurity, augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), distributed ledger technologies, enterprise software, and autonomous systems.

Location: Munich, Germany

In-Q-Tel (IQT)

In-Q-Tel (IQT) is a not-for-profit strategic investor that identifies, evaluates, and leverages emerging commercial technologies to deliver best-in-class capabilities, strategic insights, and other services to the U.S. national security community and its allies. Established by the CIA in 1999, IQT bridges the gap between the technology needs of the intelligence and defense communities and the innovative solutions of the private sector.

Location: Arlington, Virginia, United States