Defense & commercial revenues balance

/The exact venue address will be announced soon. Palo Alto, CA/

Defense & commercial revenues of tech startups, how to balance? (a Silicon Valley Space meetup event, August 21, Thursday, 6-9pm, Palo Alto; panel discussion). 5 top defense VC firms providing insignts and recommendations. Among speakers:

Jake Chapman (managing director, Marque Ventures);

Thorsten Claus (former founding partner, NATO Innovation Fund);

Maggie Gray (senior associate, Shield Capital);

Chris Moran (executive director & general manager, Lockheed Martin Ventures).

Schedule (PM Pacific):

6:00-6:30 -- networking;

6:30-7:15 -- panel discussion;

7:15-8:00 -- answering audience questions;

8:00-9:00 -- networking.

Speaker biographies:

Jake Chapman has been in and around the venture industry for almost 20 years as a lawyer, three-time founder, and venture capitalist, including as managing director of the Army Venture Capital Corporation. Jake is an adjunct at Rand, where he works on commercialization and national security topics. Jake is also the managing director of Marque Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on national security technology. He writes all too frequently on Twitter as @vc and somewhat less frequently on LinkedIn.

Thorsten Claus is an American investor focused on defense resilience, dual-use technology, and rebuilding industrial capacity. A founding partner of the NATO Innovation Fund, he has led over 120 direct investments, raised 9 funds, and served on 23 boards across dual-use startups in the U.S. and Europe. A former VP Engineering and CNC machinist for defense and space systems, he works closely with technical teams on strategy, production, and scaling. His focus: aligning capital with sovereign capability and long-term readiness.

Maggie Gray is a Senior Associate at Shield Capital, an early stage, national security focused venture capital firm. Before joining Shield Capital, she worked on technology and cybersecurity policy at several government organizations (NATO, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and CISA) and worked as a product security engineer at Snowflake.

John Christopher "Chris" Moran is the Executive Director and General Manager of Lockheed Martin Ventures; the venture capital investment arm of Lockheed Martin Corporation. Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, Chris was serving in a variety of positions at Applied Materials for over 32 years. Most recently as a head of the Business Systems and Analytics group. Before he was a head of Corporate Strategy and General Manager of Applied Ventures -- investing arm of Applied Materials. Chris is a MIT graduate, BS and MS in mechanical engineering.

We do recommend to register in advance, seats are limited (100).

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Palo Alto Caltrain Station, 95 University Avenue, Palo Alto, United States