SpaceX: a different starting point for launch
Reusable launch systems for people and payloads.
A wider view.
An earlier start.
For the people turning difficult science into useful technology.
Explore the portfolio- Our early-stage focus
- Seed & Series A
- Where we are based
- United States
- Our mandate
- Europe & North America
- Our perspective
- Independent minds.
Long horizons.
Close to the science.
Closer to the work.
Aerospace & robotics. Energy & advanced materials. Industrial systems. We bring curiosity to difficult questions and patience to the people answering them.
Our approachBig questions.
Practical work.
A better question can change an industry. A good partner helps turn the answer into something that works.
Milky Way Capital brings a scientific frame of mind to venture investing: curiosity about the problem, patience with hard engineering and care for the evidence. Our team brings five complementary perspectives to hard technical problems.
Our approachTechnology with
a wider horizon.
View the portfolio Six companies building the next generation of space, energy and industrial infrastructure.
- SpaceXReusable launch systems for people and payloads.Aerospace
- Blue OriginLaunch vehicles, lunar landers and rocket engines.Aerospace
- Rocket LabLaunch, spacecraft and the systems that connect them.Space infrastructure
- Commonwealth Fusion SystemsDeveloping the next steps toward fusion power.Fusion energy
- Form EnergyIron-air batteries designed for multiday storage.Energy storage
- HadrianPrecision components and software-driven factories.Advanced manufacturing
Five independent minds.
One shared table.
Galileo Galilei. Johannes Kepler. Carl Sagan. Katherine Johnson. Marie Curie. Each general partner brings a different lens to hard technical problems.
Meet our teamIdeas behind
the investment.
Read the journal Blue Origin: thinking beyond a single mission
Launch vehicles, lunar landers and rocket engines.
Rocket Lab: connecting the mission end to end
Launch, spacecraft and the systems that connect them.