chrissy liotta edwards 💸
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Managing Partner, Arsenal Venture Partners | Capitol Hill, turned Venture Capital | Defense, Aerospace, & Hardware Enthusiast 🚀
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I'm excited to share with my friends the launch of my boutique venture firm, Arsenal Venture Partners 🚀
Just a couple weeks after formation & I've been overwhelmed with support as I come out of stealth and activate our first deal.
Details below 👇
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Hi
@mcuban
Thank you for coming to
@CapitalFactory
to discuss the state of Entrepreneurship in Texas!
ICYMI - we’re thriving 🤠
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Two of Texas’ best defense companies spending Memorial Day together 🇺🇸
@AeonIndustrial
@FirehawkAero
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I hear every 👏🏼 day 👏🏼 from founders - “nobody is interested in deep tech/space/hardware/defense/aerospace/robotics/industrial automation/etc - they all just want B2B SaaS”
Here is a list of resources for founders + VCs in these sectors.
A thread 🧵👇
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Parting is such sweet sorrow ❣
Tomorrow will be my last day at Capital Factory! Shortly after moving to Texas almost 3 years ago, I joined the dream team and began my career as a VC. It's been an incredible ride, helping startups navigate corporate relationships, securing
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I've never been more bullish on Austin as a defense tech hub than this SXSW
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I've learned so much from working as a VC. I've learned exponentially more by being married to a founder🚀
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DefenseTech House had a successful SXSW! Thank you to everyone who came to our brunch! We had an overwhelming amount of interest & limited space. Next year we will need a much, much bigger venue💥
@decisivepointvc
@vatnsystems
@FirehawkAero
@CapitalFactory
@Firestorm_Labs
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I once asked
@JoshuaBaer
how I could be successful at
@CapitalFactory
His response: the most successful people find ways to grow their role before its “given” to them
I think about that conversation often. Its simple advice but sometimes u need to hear it from the right person
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Sharing the stage with some of my favorite space & defense investors last week at the
@SkyfiApp
Summit at
#SXSW
, discussing all of my favorite things - non-dilutive DoD funding, ROI on investing in space, and my plug - the Texas Fund at
@CapitalFactory
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Houston, we’re having a space meet up. See you Thursday! 🚀
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✔️ One year of marriage with my very best friend & soul mate
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I just realized that I can attribute 100% of my career pivot into VC to women 🤯
On this
#InternationalWomansDay
, shoutout to the women who helped me break in to venture capital 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@Courteney__Real
@thehelenakrusec
@jillklinvex
@LawtonCummings
@CapitalFactory
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Celebrating some recent accomplishments by
@FirehawkAero
in Austin, TX! The defense innovation space is alive and well 🚀
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Finally getting around to reading Walter Isaacson’s “Elon Musk” and holy moly who wants to start an entrepreneur’s book club w me?? 🤯
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🥳 Celebrating the closing of a successful Q1 -
@CapitalFactory
's Texas Fund invested in 11 startups last quarter!
Quick stats about our Q1 investments:
📈 Seed - Series C
🤖 Robotics, AI, nuclear, neurotech, space, radar and more
🤝 Closed 2 SPVs, including our largest SPV to
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Excited to announce the
@CapitalFactory
gift shop’s newest addition! Pick up your signed copy of
@AdamDraper
’s “Breakfast with Pops” today!
“PS - I love Texas” 🚀
👀 Ft.
@bp22
’s iconic Die with Zero
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I messaged a founder on LinkedIn in 2022 and he just responded today 🫠
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Major FOMO seeing all my friends hanging out with each other at
@shift
Defense Ventures Summit :/
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🎯 Congrats to my friends on
@SVDG_official
's NATSEC100 list!
Seeing some of my fav
@CapitalFactory
portcos -
@ICON3DTech
,
@FirehawkAero
,
@red6ar
,
@VenusAerospace
,
@RebellionDef
,
@sling_shot_aero
🚀
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Wild times in Austin 🇺🇸🤠 This week Capital Factory added a Joint Defense Innovation workspace in our space with AFWERX, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), and NavalX - conveniently across the hall from Army Applications Laboratory.
@CapitalFactory
@AFWERX
@DIU_x
@USNavalX
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It's a great day to invest in defense tech 🙂
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It was a fantastic event! Grateful to the SkyFi team for hosting us 🔥
One of my favorite memories from 2023 was the
#SkyFiSummit
. I just got a recap email from
@SchenckNick
with some great pictures reminding me of the event.
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If TIME magazine wasn’t woke this would be the photo of the year. Incredible. What a boss.
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I lost 100 followers literally overnight after tweeting this...
Finally getting around to reading Walter Isaacson’s “Elon Musk” and holy moly who wants to start an entrepreneur’s book club w me?? 🤯
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A few of our notable investments in this space include
@VenusAerospace
,
@FirehawkAero
,
@Apptronik
,
@sling_shot_aero
,
@ICON3DTech
,
@SkyfiApp
,
@LIFTAircraft
, and dozens of others in the industry 🚀🚀
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Looking to get plugged in to the Texas startup ecosystem? Come visit us 🤠
Happy New Year founders, investors, innovators, and partners! ✨
Feeling energized and ready to get plugged back into the Texas startup scene? Here's a reminder of Capital Factory's recurring events starting up again this month 👇
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Who is coming to SXSW?
I’ve got some curated tips & tricks 👇🏼
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Defense startups, primes, investors, etc:
#FedSupernova
is around the corner - August 22-24 in Austin, TX. This is the gathering of the year for the convergence of startups, investors, & government. See you there!
Grab your ticket now➡️
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Why can’t my doctor just send me her Calendly for booking appointments ??
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Who's attending
@FedSupernova
this year? Here are screenshots of the current registrants' employers. Register to attend & you'll be able to see the names & contact the individuals at these orgs (& more) in advance + you'll see them at the conference!
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Welcoming
@CapitalFactory
's newest portfolio company,
@asylonrobotics
, into the portfolio today at our First Look Event in
#Austin
! Last week, hundreds of DoD/academics/investors gathered at
@FedSupernova
to see their tech in action!
#drone
#bostondynamics
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This year at my favorite SXSW event (scotchXscotchW) we invited 25 Neurotech founders & funders. Including a new friend who is a pilot. Our host, Alex, is a scotch collector with an apartment in downtown Austin. One day during a Blue Angel flyover, he went outside and took a
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This is why we invest in Texas 🤠 Come back any time
@jamoses92
!
I cannot say enough good things about Austin’s burgeoning A&D ecosystem. Thanks for your hospitality this week! 🇺🇸
@williewockets
@ChrissyLiotta
@evanloomis
@dominocielo
@AustinGiraffe
@JohnDDulin
@JordanBlashek
@atbridgman
@8vc
@gigafund
@Saronic
@FirehawkAero
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It’s the cat zaddy profile pic for me
@bp22
@FischerLukeM
@umbraspace
@mouthofmorrison
@dominocielo
@MasterActual
And I think
@williewockets
is on the up and up (slowly)
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🤤🤤🤤
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@M___Morgenstern
@vatnsystems
@JohnDDulin
- both fantastic founders/companies working on maritime security!
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Great conversations today at
@CapitalFactory
’s Innovation Academy - a private, open dialogue between corporates about how to best work with startups. I had a fun time giving a talk about how to evaluate
#startups
!
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I recently planned an entire trip to Sonoma using one ChatGPT response. Life will never be the same again 🤯
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Not to mention, 1/2 the panelists were
@CapitalFactory
portfolio companies 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@SkyfiApp
@Firehawk_Space
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You can change your world by just learning to use Airtable, correctly.
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Let's go!! 🔥🔥
SkyFi secures $7M seed round led by Balerion Space Ventures, with participation from J2 Ventures, Moving Capital, and Bill Perkins, bringing total funding to over $17M.
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If you’re asking someone to do a favor for you, you should always make it as easy as possible for them to do you that favor
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"There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two parties, each arranged under its leader, & concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution." John Adams, 1780
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What are the best resources for folks looking to transition from active duty military to defense tech/venture?
Specifically, I'm trying to help a 27-year-career Army veteran transition into this world. Please reach out if you'd like to connect with him.
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My hotel in Cannes really going the extra mile to be eco-friendly 😂
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Last week I had the pleasure of joining
@bp22
(
@SkyfiApp
),
@dominocielo
(
@umbraspace
), and Will Edwards (
@Firehawk_Space
) to represent
@CapitalFactory
& discuss investing in the space industry. These 3 always make for exciting panelists - thrilled to join them on stage 🚀
#space
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I love international travel, but it’s so good to be back from visiting Los Angeles
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#Dallas
’ Innovation community busting at the seams tonight at
@AnchorCapitalGP
’s happy hour! Investors are ready to deploy capital into the B2B SaaS, space, and health tech spaces (and more!).
#Texas
is open for business 🙌🏼
@CapitalFactory
@BryanDChambers
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🎙️ Looking forward to joining
@umbraspace
founder,
@dominocielo
,
@SkyfiApp
founder,
@bp22
+
@Firehawk_Space
on a panel this Thursday at
@UTexasMcCombs
. We'll be discussing the Space Industry's Future from the perspective of founders and VC's. Register:
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@
@CapitalFactory
, on our 8th floor, sits our Center for Defense Innovation (CDI). We have formal relationships with
@aal_innovation
@AFWERX
@DIU_x
@TXMilitary
, who all office out of our space & maintain an open door policy for startups 🇺🇸
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Ok
@dominocielo
- As an investor in Umbra, I didn’t even know this. And that’s all the more reason to invest in Umbra.
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@CapitalFactory
also has our very own venture fund - the Texas Fund - where we deploy investments in the top startups in Texas, including investments into deep tech/hardware/defense/space/robotics/industrial automation/aerospace/etc
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One time a business associate invited me to get pedicures together instead of "grabbing coffee". These are the kind of innovative geniuses I want to surround myself with more of.
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Our portfolio companies have secured over half a billion dollars in non-dilutive government funding since 2019. This funding comes from SBIRs, STTRs, Purchase Orders, etc.
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And btw, if you're interested in investing with us - we do have a Venture Fund with Defense as a primary vertical:
Shoot me a message if you'd like to meet.
@CapitalFactory
I hear every 👏🏼 day 👏🏼 from founders - “nobody is interested in deep tech/space/hardware/defense/aerospace/robotics/industrial automation/etc - they all just want B2B SaaS”
Here is a list of resources for founders + VCs in these sectors.
A thread 🧵👇
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Okay, I will share my biggest, simplest life hack ever - Never type your email or go grab your calendar link again. Both are just 2-3 keystrokes away!
For Apple users:
-> Settings -> Keyboard -> Text Replacements -> +
Replace: @@ With: [Personal Email]
Replace: @@@ With: [Work
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LFG
@Apptronik
🔥
These Texas robots have gone international! 🤖 Last week,
@Apptronik
announced a new partnership with
@MercedesBenz
.
The
#TexasFund
is thrilled to be a day 1 supporter of Apptronik. We can't wait to see the innovations that come from this collaboration. 🚘
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Thanks for hosting
@Lux_Capital
!
Exciting afternoon in LA with my partner
@Farshchi
, and several AI and defense/dual-use founders/CEOs. The area is brimming with exciting companies (and a lot of SpaceX alums).
Special to also run into my friend
@traestephens
, and celebrity sighting of
@tim_cook
:-)
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@TaylorCSargent
@jamoses92
@lacostejonathan
and I'll go ahead and endorse
@TaylorCSargent
as a new one I've found interesting :)
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Do u use a hand-held vacuum to clean your suitcase out between uses or are u normal?
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Join us in less than an hour 🤠
Want to learn more about the
#TexasFund
? 💸
Join our fund team for "Capital Factory 101" TOMORROW, 1/16, to hear an overview of our investment vehicles.
Email chrissyliotta
@capitalfactory
.com, or simply click the link below tomorrow at 12:00 CT. 💫
🔗
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Those SF hills 😅🤷♀️
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“Startups that have landed funding include companies working on launch, satellite manufacturing and Earth observation.” Wtf.
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Of course my favorite SXSW spot is
@CapitalFactory
House! 🤠
@JoshuaBaer
@gordondaugherty
@Nick_Spiller
@BryanDChambers
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LOVE to see it 🙌
🦄 Only ~20% of unicorn founders went to a “top 10 school” in 2023 vs. 66% in 2013.
Cowboy Ventures just released their unicorn report today and this stat makes me SO happy. A much needed shift in capital allocation over the last 10 years.
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🚀✈️ Aerospace ventures are reaching new heights! In 2022,
@AngelList
witnessed an astounding 147% surge in capital flowing into the aerospace sector.
#Aerospace
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Remember covid, when we realized all too late that we had abysmal national strategic stockpiles of PPE + ridiculous red tape barring healthcare innovation?
Let’s not do that again with our military arsenal. 🙃
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I really like the idea of networking events that aren't centered around alcohol
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10/10 will be seeing this movie when it hits theaters
#LFG
🔥 🚀
Check out a behind the scenes glimpse into Firehawk and the work that went into successfully testing our next generation hybrid rocket engine!
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@E_Bruxxx
@GiantStepVC
@_Faraz
Welcome! 🤠
Definitely suggesting some
@CapitalFactory
portfolio companies -
@Place_The_BETT
of Aerotrax,
@williewockets
of
@FirehawkAero
,
@iamdavo
of Worlds
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Waking up with my phone on SOS mode this morning 🫠
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@mouthofmorrison
@TBabb02
My absolute favorite wedding gift was a SAR image from
@dominocielo
- a real-time SAR image of my wedding taking place ‼️
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Excited to join this great group tomorrow for what’s sure to be a lively discussion 🚀🚀
Don't miss this open panel discussion on all things VC, starting at 9:30 AM CT. Hear from experts on the common challenges faced by entrepreneurs, closing rounds, & the latest space-based observation hardware & software trends. + of course, catch the hot takes on the SVB drama!
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We also have a second office in Austin called the Center for Autonomous Robotics (CAR). This office is a 10-minute drive from our downtown office and drones/autonomous robots can be tested by land, air, & sea. I’m not aware of a more centrally-located space w/ this permitting
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are u joking?
BREAKING: White House confirms Biden will not take a cognitive test as part of his upcoming physical exam.
Biden will be first U.S President in history to refuse a cognitive test.
4K
6K
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America's backbone is being sold off to foreign interests this week:
Japanese company Nippon Steel acquires U.S. Steel in $14.9B deal, while Adobe & Figma call off $20B acquisition due to UK scrutiny.
What is happening to American industrial dominance?
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“Texas cities dominate the top 10. Thanks to no state income tax + low cost of living... 7 out of the 10 cities in the top 10 are in Texas. After deducting taxes & adjusting for cost of living, a $100K salary on avg is worth $77,885 across the 10 TX cities that we analyzed”
$100,000 doesn't go far in these cities.
After adjusting for taxes & cost of living, here's what that annual salary actually looks like (
@smartasset
):
• $44,623 - Los Angeles
• $44,307 - Washington, DC
• $36,445 - San Francisco
• $36,026 - Honolulu
• $35,791 - New York
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This group really doesn’t hold back 👀 Sure to be a great podcast!
On 14 March, during the
@SkyFi
Summit
@caitlinkontgis
,
@dominocielo
,
@Ryandoofy
, and I will be doing a live Pathfinder Podcast. I promise we won't hold back. If you want to get a question answered drop it below
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