Investors / United States / Ambition Capital
Ambition Capital
Venture capital · Austin, TX, United States · North America
Ambition Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage critical technologies. It makes conviction investments of $1M to $5M per company and provides follow-on investments of up to $25M.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningIndustrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense
In its own wordscritical technologiesnational securitydefensespacehypersonicsindustrial
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Or find every investor that fitsAmbition Capital lists 18 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (45%), Industrial & Manufacturing (23%) and Space & Defense (19%). 92% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Space Capital, FDVC and IceNine.
No funding round on record names Ambition Capital yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Ambition Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 18. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 45% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 23% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 19% | 3% |
| Cybersecurity | 3% | 4% |
| Consumer | 3% | 3% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 3% | 6% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 3% | 15% |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers18100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 46th | 18 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 80th | 45% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Ambition Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
18 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Array Labs designs, builds, and operates radar satellites and radar sensor systems for Earth observation and elevation mapping. | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Castelion designs, tests, and manufactures next-generation military systems rapidly and at massive scale to deter future wars. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Danti searches and understands massive amounts of data to provide decision-making information | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Edgescale AI sells an integrated hardware and software appliance that runs AI models on-site at industrial and physical operations such as factories, utilities, and energy sites. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Hubble provides global connectivity solutions for IoT devices using Bluetooth chips and a network of access points. | Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Karman Industries develops and provides thermal management systems for data centers and industrial applications | Industrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Loft Orbital launches and operates satellites for various missions and customers | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Neros builds robotic defense systems, including drones, across multiple domains. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company is building a platform for the commercial maritime industry to connect systems and surface insights. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Pixxel builds a networked system of satellites, software, and intelligence to observe the planet and turn signals into intelligence | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Resolute Grid manufactures power transformers | Industrial & ManufacturingE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Space Forge manufactures advanced materials, including semiconductors, using in-space growth and microgravity environments. | Space & DefenseIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| SpaceX develops and launches rockets and spacecraft, and provides satellite internet services. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| True Anomaly designs and builds spacecraft, software, and payloads for space superiority | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Vital Lyfe creates personal water purification technology to access clean water from any source, including saltwater. | Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Xona provides location services and navigational intelligence through its Pulsar ecosystem, offering advanced positioning, navigation, and timing infrastructure. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- ambition.capital
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 18
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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