The Deep Tech Universe

By Kaison (LI, X)John (X)

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120
investors
1,314
companies
2,294
transactions
4
themes
Y Combinator
most active investor
Industrials
biggest theme

Most contrarian investors

Share of portfolio no other investor on the map backs · min 5 companies

  1. 01AE Ventures88% · 22/25
  2. 02Angular Ventures86% · 6/7
  3. 03Slow Ventures83% · 10/12
  4. 04Access Venture Partners82% · 9/11
  5. 05AlleyCorp78% · 18/23
  6. 06Boost VC72% · 49/68
  7. 07Mythos Ventures70% · 7/10
  8. 08Playground Global69% · 9/13
  9. 09Juniper68% · 28/41
  10. 10Refactor Capital67% · 10/15

Top co-investing pairs

Shared portfolio companies

  1. 01Initialized Capital × Y Combinator16
  2. 02Fifty Years × Y Combinator14
  3. 03Alumni Ventures × Lockheed Martin Ventures11
  4. 04Alumni Ventures × Y Combinator10
  5. 05Andreessen Horowitz × Silent Ventures8
  6. 06Valor Equity Partners × Founders Fund8
  7. 07Wayfinder Ventures × Y Combinator8
  8. 08Unmatched Ventures × Valor Equity Partners8
  9. 09Balerion Space Ventures × Industrious Ventures8

Consensus companies

Backed by the most investors on the map

  1. 01Anduril19 investors
  2. 02Varda Space16 investors
  3. 03SpaceX15 investors
  4. 04Astranis13 investors
  5. 05Valar Atomics13 investors
  6. 06Northwood Space12 investors
  7. 07Impulse Space12 investors
  8. 08Aalo Atomics11 investors
  9. 09Astro Mechanica10 investors
  10. 10Antares Industries10 investors
  11. 11Hadrian10 investors

Most active by theme

Top three · Distinct portfolio companies on the map · November 2026

Compute

  1. 01Sequoia Capital51 companies
  2. 02Alumni Ventures29 companies
  3. 03Y Combinator27 companies

Industrials

  1. 01Boost VC36 companies
  2. 02Y Combinator27 companies
  3. 03Alumni Ventures25 companies

Space & Defense

  1. 01Y Combinator37 companies
  2. 02Space Capital33 companies
  3. 03Industrious Ventures27 companies

Energy

  1. 01Breakthrough Energy68 companies
  2. 02Valor Equity Partners31 companies
  3. 03Juniper28 companies