Christian Elam

GP | Board Member | Speaker | Policy | Impact

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 11 investments📅 6 years investing🗓 Last invested May 2024
VC🌍 United States
11
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Early stage
6
Mid stage
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Late stage
6y
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Investor & Advisor
May 2024
We’re on a mission to deliver affordable drone defense at scale – protecting critical targets and infrastructure from aerial threats. Our innovative directed energy defense systems are designed to eliminate threats at scale. We define the state of the art to create the defense systems of tomorrow.
Investor
Mar 2024
Inversion is developing low-cost, high cadence re-entry vehicles. Returning cargo & resources will be essential for humanity to continue to grow within low-earth orbit and beyond. We believe in a future where returning from space is as common as launching to space. Join us: https://boards.greenhouse.io/inversionspace
Investor
Mar 2024
Inversion is developing low-cost, high cadence re-entry vehicles. Returning cargo & resources will be essential for humanity to continue to grow within low-earth orbit and beyond. We believe in a future where returning from space is as common as launching to space. Join us: https://boards.greenhouse.io/inversionspace
Investor
Feb 2024
Aviato is an essential tool for anyone looking to source, qualify, and engage the most promising startups at their earliest stage. With a robust dataset derived using proprietary methods, Aviato delivers actionable insights and tools that allow you or your team to uncover previously unseen founders and companies. Aviato‘s strength lies in its ability to refresh data on a near-daily basis, ensuring that what you see is truly the latest information available.
Investor
Feb 2024
Aviato is an essential tool for anyone looking to source, qualify, and engage the most promising startups at their earliest stage. With a robust dataset derived using proprietary methods, Aviato delivers actionable insights and tools that allow you or your team to uncover previously unseen founders and companies. Aviato‘s strength lies in its ability to refresh data on a near-daily basis, ensuring that what you see is truly the latest information available.
Investor
May 2022
Gaingels is a leading venture investment syndicate in support of and representing the LGBTQIA+ community and allies in the venture capital space. Gaingels also supports its companies with a diverse talent and capital pipeline and provides an internal diverse board member recruitment advisory to help bring more diversity and representation within private boards. Gaingels invests in companies with diverse/LGBTQIA+ founders and C-suite leaders at all stages of growth, as well as in other high-growth companies resolved on building more inclusive teams. Gaingels is an ardent supporter the Diversity Term Sheet Rider Initiative to increase access to venture funding events for non-traditional check writers, and regularly co-invests with select VC leads across a variety of sectors, from technology, to B2B, healthcare and consumer, in competitive and over-subscribed rounds from Seed to Growth/pre-IPO. For more information visit www.gaingels.com.
Investor
Sep 2021
Kraken helps people own the power of their money. Founded in 2011, were one of the worlds longest-standing crypto platforms, now offering crypto, stocks, futures, staking, payments and more. Trusted by millions of institutions, professional traders, and consumers across 190+ countries. Built on the belief that everyone should own the power of their money, Kraken has been a category leader in crypto since 2011. Weve grown into a global financial platform offering crypto, stocks, futures, staking, payments and institutional infrastructure — all on a single foundation built for the future of finance. Our product lineup: — Kraken: the worlds leading hybrid investment platform, built for the future of finance from the ground up — Kraken Pro: the all-in command center that unleashes your trading potential — Krak: the next-generation money platform that turns every type of asset into usable money Proof of Reserves since 2014. Assets held 1:1. Trusted by 13M+ people, thousands of institutions, and a growing community of developers building on Kraken rails. Our mission: accelerate the global adoption of crypto so everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. Risk Disclosure: https://www.kraken.com/en-ca/social-media-disclosure
Series B Investor
Mar 2021
Pipe makes embedded financial solutions accessible to growing businesses inside the software they use every day. Underwriting is based on live transaction and business data, removing the hurdles of traditional business financing. How does it work? Eligible merchants: Receive a pre-approved or pre-qualified offer, based on their revenue Verify a few business and ownership details Then accept as much of their offer as they need and get back to doing what they love, running their business Pipe can help turn your software into a one-stop shop for your customers and help them gain access to the capital they need to thrive.
Seed Investor
Feb 2021
Radian Aerospace (Radian) is disrupting the aerospace industry with a next generation aerospace vehicle that is the world’s first fully reusable horizontal takeoff and landing, single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane, delivering people and cargo to low Earth orbit (LEO) and multiple terrestrial destinations with aircraft-like operations.
LP & Investor
Jan 2021
Sutton Capital uses a thesis driven strategy to back the worlds best founders and fund managers. Our leadership team supports technology teams with capital, experience, and resources so they can drive the next trillion dollar markets. We leverage our networks to exponentially grow a deep focus on tech. Our unique relationships with top tier investors give us access to exciting & proprietary opportunities. Sutton Capital’s educational program is an immersive, training experience designed for aspiring professionals looking to break into private equity, investment banking, and venture capital. The program combines hands-on learning with rigorous financial modeling, personalized 1-on-1 coaching, and exclusive networking opportunities with top-tier investors and deal professionals across the alternative investment landscape. Participants work on live case studies and deal simulations that mirror real transactions, allowing them to build practical skills in due diligence, valuation, and capital structuring. Each participant receives tailored mentorship from industry veterans who provide strategic career guidance and actionable feedback. In addition, the program provides direct access to a curated network of active institutional investment professionals and firms through invite-only events, summits, and deal forums, offering unmatched exposure and relationship-building in the investment community. Whether you’re transitioning into the industry or deepening your expertise, Sutton Capital’s program delivers the tools, relationships, and credibility needed to confidently pursue a career in high finance.
Seed & Series A Investor
Jun 2020
Rentberry is the first closed-loop platform that makes the long-term rental process transparent and efficient, eliminates the hassle of paper applications and helps properties get their true market price. Its patented technology allows tenants to submit custom offers and potentially save $87 bln on move-in costs that are currently blocked as rental security deposits. Rentberry has a solid track record that goes beyond a vision and a roadmap. Our product has already been established and proven to be a successful business within the long-term rental space.
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Investments (11)
Founder (5)
2025
Co-founder & GP
Aug 2025
Andromeda Ventures represents a unique convergence of strategic foresight, technical expertise, and systematic investing at the intersection of space, defense, and dual-use technologies. Founded by senior government officials who have shaped Americas space and defense capabilities, we invest with unparalleled precision in technologies that serve both terrestrial and extraterrestrial applications. Our approach is fundamentally different: rather than speculating on emerging trends, we invest based on proven technology roadmaps and clearly identified capability gaps.
2024
Investor & Advisor
May 2024
We’re on a mission to deliver affordable drone defense at scale – protecting critical targets and infrastructure from aerial threats. Our innovative directed energy defense systems are designed to eliminate threats at scale. We define the state of the art to create the defense systems of tomorrow.
Investor
Mar 2024
Inversion is developing low-cost, high cadence re-entry vehicles. Returning cargo & resources will be essential for humanity to continue to grow within low-earth orbit and beyond. We believe in a future where returning from space is as common as launching to space. Join us: https://boards.greenhouse.io/inversionspace
Investor
Mar 2024
Inversion is developing low-cost, high cadence re-entry vehicles. Returning cargo & resources will be essential for humanity to continue to grow within low-earth orbit and beyond. We believe in a future where returning from space is as common as launching to space. Join us: https://boards.greenhouse.io/inversionspace
VC Partner & Advisor
Feb 2024
Since its founding in 1993, NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been a pioneer in accelerated computing. The company’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics, ignited the era of modern AI and is fueling the creation of the metaverse. NVIDIA is now a full-stack computing company with data-center-scale offerings that are reshaping industry.
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