Lockheed Martin Ventures

What is Lockheed Martin Ventures?

Lockheed Martin Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Lockheed Martin Corporation, specializing in strategic investments in companies developing cutting-edge technologies within core business areas as well as emerging markets that are of strategic interest to Lockheed Martin.

With assets under management worth $400 million, Lockheed Martin Ventures targets investments in a wide array of industries, including Software, FinTech, Hardware, Energy, IoT, CleanTech, A.I., HealthTech, Blockchain, Web Security, Analytics, Robotics, Aerospace, Defense, DeepTech, and Nanotechnology.

They provide not only capital but also access to Lockheed Martin's extensive engineering expertise, cutting-edge technology, research capabilities, and a vast network of international business relations and supply chain partnerships. Lockheed Martin Ventures invests in various stages of company growth, including Expansion, MBO/LBO, Seed, Series A, and Series B.

The fund's investment sweet spot is $2.5 million, while they generally invest between $500,000 and $5 million. Equity is the fund's primary form of investment expertise.

They are committed to fostering innovation that complements Lockheed Martin's mission by investing in transformative technologies like artificial intelligence, autonomy, cybersecurity, advanced electronics, propulsion, quantum computing, sensor technologies, communications, space technologies, and synthetic biology.

Through partnering with portfolio companies, Lockheed Martin Ventures aims to contribute to the resiliency and growth of the defense industrial base and catalyze the development of advanced solutions to meet both current and future challenges.

What they say:

We are the venture capital division of Lockheed Martin Corporation.

What we look for: We invest in aerospace, hardware, impact investing, security, and space.