Overmatch Ventures

When people think of next generation weapons, they often picture attack aircraft, hypersonic missiles, submarines, and stealth bombers. These represent America’s?sword?on the battlefield. They are critical to power projection, but only represent part of the equation. The other, equally important piece is America’s?shield, or our ability to protect ourselves from attacks. Advanced radar serves as our eyes on the ground, in the air, at sea, and in space. It’s pretty simple.?If you can’t see it, you can’t shoot it. Advanced radar is vital to American deterrence and?our adversaries know this. Chinese and Russian military doctrine is to first render U.S. forces?'deaf, dumb, and blind'?by targeting these systems. Today’s radar systems were?not designed for small drones, hypersonics, stealth, and precision anti-radar missiles. They were designed to track large missiles and aircraft with high heat signatures. If the Ukraine war has taught us anything, it’s that we’re not ready. CHAOS is building advanced sensing and radar capabilities for the 21st century. Their systems are highly mobile, distributed, have longer range, and significantly higher fidelity than our current arsenal. John T., Bo Marr, PhD, Gavin Hood, Brett Cummings, Will Hurd, and the rest of the CHAOS Industries team continue to blow us away with their rapid progress. We are grateful to partner with Accel and 8VC to support CHAOS in their mission to build America’s most critical technologies. CC: Steve Loughlin, Alex Moore, Joe Lonsdale https://lnkd.in/dJF76S8J

Absolutely over the moon (pun intended) to be part of Impulse Space's incredible journey as they lock in a stellar $150M Series B! With this boost, they’re primed to take in-space transportation to new heights—literally. Congrats to Thomas Mueller, Eric Romo, and the whole team on this major milestone.....and the investors Founders Fund (lead), Airbus Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Balerion Space Ventures, Lux Capital, RTX Ventures, Spring Tide Capital, Tamarack Global, 137 Ventures, DCVC, Elysium Ventures, First Principles Group, Island Green, and Trousdale Ventures. To the moon;-) ?? ?? ???? https://lnkd.in/gRU4pgh8 #ImpulseSpace

Super excited to be partnering with Aydin Senkut, Viviana Faga, and the Felicis team on bringing Exowatt P3 to market to power the new world of AI.

From building 3D-printed houses at ICON to funding the most critical tech at his new fund Overmatch Ventures, Evan Loomis is writing the next chapter in the Austin ecosystem. On today’s Austin Next, we talk building a unicorn, the moment we are in for critical tech, and how the Austin ecosystem fits into this puzzle. We don't face head on some of the more contentious issues arising from Austin's transformation. A few of the topics we cover: -ICON at the innovation holy trinity: Robotics, Material Science, & Software -Surge of deep tech and its importance for global competitiveness -Cultural dynamics driving innovation in Austin and Texas -Overmatch Ventures' investment thesis & why now -Contrarian investing & founders pain threshold -The current Austin ecosystem vibe Evan's bold prediction for what’s next: "I think Austin is going to be the center of America for working on the hardest problems, period." You can find the episode on all major platforms Apple: https://lnkd.in/dFsBaWsk Spotify: https://lnkd.in/d9EjYvdH Since launching the fund last year, Evan and team have come out swinging with investments in Saronic, Base Power, Venus Aerospace, Nominal, Exowatt, and more.