Scout Ventures

Join us at the West Point Entrepreneur Summit in Seattle on May 1! This event will focus on local startups, defense tech with dual-use capabilities, cybersecurity, information systems and more. 🌟 Why Attend? - Connect with entrepreneurs, business leaders (CEOs/CXOs), and investors from across the globe. - Create new partnerships, collaborations, and networking opportunities within the Long Gray Line. - Resources for grads at all stages of entrepreneurship—from ideation to scaling and exits. 🗓️ Date: May 1 | Time: 1000-1730 | Location: Microsoft Redmond Campus 🍻 Evening Social: Craft75 Gastropub (1730-2000) 🔗 Register Now: https://bit.ly/3FWgwi3 Thank you to our hosting sponsors Michael Johnson '94 at Microsoft & Jim Schueren & the Institute for Veterans and Military Families - IVMF

Voyager has agreed to acquire LEOcloud, Inc. to expand its space-based cloud computing capabilities. The intended acquisition sets the foundation for Voyager’s customers to leverage cloud services in space, reducing latency for mission-critical applications and enabling autonomous operations for satellites, space stations and lunar missions. Read more here:   https://lnkd.in/gPKNcZH4

We’re thrilled to announce “Omni Mission Trainer” (OMT), our first product designed for the defense industry. OMT is a mixed-reality training system using 15 omni-directional treadmills that let up to 15 soldiers move physically — walking, running, jumping, and kneeling — without boundaries inside a fully immersive, 360-degree virtual reality environment. OMT combines Virtuix’s patented omni-directional treadmills with chroma-keying technology, surrounding each soldier on an Omni One treadmill with a 360-degree blue screen. When looking through the mixed-reality headset, the blue screen disappears and is replaced by a virtual landscape, while the soldier’s hands and other non-blue objects (weapons, equipment) remain visible as in real-life. This patent-pending mixed-reality feature allows soldiers to operate inside the virtual environment while seeing and using the actual weapons, gear, and equipment that they are holding. Virtuix is proud to be working with YokoWERX, an innovation cell of the U.S. Air Force, who has already purchased two single-user OMT stations. “The OMT system is set to revolutionize the military training landscape,” said Adrian Sinclair, COO at YokoWERX. “We look forward to collaborating on the development of this groundbreaking system and pushing the boundaries of military readiness.” We’re looking for additional partners and customers to help us bring OMT to the defense market and enhance our warfighters’ readiness. Contact us for more info!

Today, we are releasing *The AmTech 76* - a list of the 76 top venture capital firms investing in the future of America.     America faces grand challenges: modernizing government, reindustrializing the economy, transforming healthcare, and defending our homeland.     These markets share a distinguishing feature: start-ups in these sectors inevitably engage with government early in their journey, whether as a customer, regulator, or partner. We call this ecosystem #AmTech, short for American Tech.     Why publish this list? Most of the 3,400 VC firms in the US are scared away by exposure to the public sector. But a select few recognize the potential for AmTech. This list is designed to help founders find VCs who understand the nuances of building companies that intersect with government.    Since we launched Commonweal three years ago, we've been excited to see more VCs join us in backing AmTech founders. The growth of this ecosystem benefits founders and investors alike. Many of the firms on this list have invested alongside us in companies like Crux, Pearl Edison, Advocate, Multitude Insights, and Proximity Health, like Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, LRVHealth, Alumni Ventures, New System Ventures, Overture Ventures, CIV, Calibrate Ventures, Ubiquity Ventures, and VSC Ventures,  1121.VC, among others. Commonweal has a simple value prop: We understand government from the inside out and believe understanding government matters in markets shaped by public policy. Our team combines experienced investors with senior government officials, from cabinet members to mayors, to help you partner with the public sector and unlock value.      More to come as we explore the growing AmTech market! Katherine Boyle Jeff Jordan Peter Levine Martin Casado David Ulevitch Lauren Gross Ryan Petersen, Trae Stephens, Hemant Taneja, David Fialkow, Joel Cutler, Quentin Clark, Niko Bonatsos, Vinod Khosla, Samir Kaul, David Weiden, Keith Rabois, Sven Strohband, Josh Wolfe, Peter Hebert, Shahin Farshchi, Deena Shakir, Alex Kolicich

One of our biggest strengths at Scout Ventures? We know what we don't know. Plenty of amazing companies come across our desk. Plenty of these have gone on to be huge successes. But no matter how cool the company seems, we know we're not going to excel if we don't know the space or have the relationships. We know where we excel--it's at the intersection of technical innovation, that has the purpose of supporting national security. And that focused approach is critical to our success. #dualuse #dualusevc #themindfulentrepreneur