Jonathan Lacoste

Ambition Capital | Backing founders at inception

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 19 investments📅 5 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2024
VC🌍 United States
19
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Pre-Seed Investor
Dec 2024
At Vital Lyfe, we’re tackling the global water crisis by developing innovative, desalination devices designed for efficiency and accessibility. Founded by a team of experienced engineers, we’re committed to delivering cutting edge technology that provides clean water solutions for underserved communities, disaster relief, and sustainable living. Our mission is to make a measurable impact on global water scarcity while inspiring change through innovation and purpose driven design.
Seed Investor
Oct 2024
Connecting AI to physical systems is hard. Scaling it to operations-grade is harder. 𝘞𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦.
Pre-Seed Investor
Aug 2024
Karman Industries Heat Processing Unit (HPU) is a full thermal management system for AI factories. Purpose built for the future of AI utilizing a natural refrigerant to give best in class performance in a fraction of the size.
Seed Investor
Dec 2023
Neros is a defense technology company that builds asymmetric systems to ensure the West’s strategic edge.
Investor
Oct 2023
A network for entrepreneurs building in stealth. Submit your information here so investors can find you: harmonic.ai/get-discovered
Investor
Apr 2023
Rollup is a mission-driven software company with the aim to help accelerate the development and optimization of complex hardware and systems.
Investor
Feb 2023
Danti is a search engine which focuses on enabling novice and expert users alike to ask simple questions and discover the breadth of information being generated across the Earth today. We have experienced and observed how data silos impact users from commercial and federal users alike. Those impacts span across data sources such as satellites, drones, manned aircraft, terrestrial scanners, analytics firms, to even social media data, public sources and others. We aim to bring the data at any point on Earth to those looking to answer questions. Danti is backed by leading investors in the space, enterprise software, and defense markets and our team has decades of experience building some of the largest data systems within government and the enterprise market.
Investor
Jan 2023
Peace through Deterrence
Investor
Jul 2022
Building One A.I. For Defense.
Investor
May 2022
Hubble Network just became the first company in history to connect a Bluetooth chip to a satellite… Founded by a team of experts in wireless communications, space, and industrial IoT applications, Hubble Network is creating a global satellite network that any Bluetooth-enabled device can connect to, regardless of cellular reception. Through this unbelievable technology, Hubble Network is primed to shake up entire industries by finally delivering a global network and platform for actionable real-world data acquisition. The applications of this technology are far-reaching: container & pallet tracking, wildfire detection, energy grid monitoring, heavy equipment, tool tracking, fleet management, logistics, predictive maintenance, safety for children, fall detection for the elderly, agricultural technology, & environmental monitoring to name a few. ------------------------ We have confirmed communication, validating our unbelievable technology and successfully kicking off their global satellite network, after launching satellites on SpaceX T-10 in Q1 2024. Moving forward, any device with a Bluetooth chip can have the ability to connect to our global satellite network. We aim to connect a billion devices, establishing the world’s first global, cost-efficient, and low-power network.
Investor
Apr 2022
Next-era navigational intelligence that brings real-time, centimeter-level certainty to any device, anywhere on Earth.
Investor
Mar 2022
True Anomaly is the only defense technology company focused exclusively on space defense. Founded in 2022 by ex-U.S. Space Force members, True Anomaly designs and builds advanced systems for space superiority: agile and powerful spacecraft platforms, mission software engineered for unmatched command and control, and payloads tailored for precision sensing and effects. We are headquartered in Centennial, Colorado, with regional offices in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Long Beach, California, and Washington, D.C. We are hiring and seeking exceptional talent to join True Anomaly, from any technical industry or background, to bring unique talents, perspective, and solutions. If you embrace complexity, demonstrate relentless ownership, have the resiliency and persistence to overcome challenges. If you’re like us and want your work to carry purpose and shape the future of space, visit www.WhyAreYouHere.com.
Investor
Feb 2022
Pixxel is a global space data company operating the world’s highest-resolution commercial hyperspectral imaging constellation. With six commercial satellites in orbit, we aim to deliver sharper, richer insights for a healthier planet! Our data and analytical tools support decision-making across agriculture, energy, environment, and mining sectors, helping the world see more, know more, and act faster.
Investor
Dec 2021
Array Labs builds advanced radar systems to help humanity understand and respond to changes across the physical world. We’re launching a coordinated fleet of radar satellites to create a high-resolution 3D map of the Earth – updated in real time – enabling faster, smarter decision-making for government and commercial organizations supporting disaster response, infrastructure resilience, and mission-critical geopolitical intelligence. We design and build our satellites end-to-end, producing the world’s most advanced earth observation satellites. Our fleet will deliver unprecedented levels of accuracy, coverage, and responsiveness to power critical insights precisely where they’re needed most.
Investor
Jul 2021
HawkEye 360 is equipping defense, intelligence and national security leaders with mission-critical signals intelligence to enable faster, better decision making. By detecting, geolocating, and characterizing radio frequency emissions worldwide, HawkEye 360 delivers trusted domain awareness and early warning indicators to the US Government and allied partners. Our space-based collection, proprietary signal processing, and AI-powered analytics transform knowledge of RF spectrum into a strategic advantage. Proven by operational mission success, HawkEye 360 is redefining how signals intelligence strengthens national and global security. HawkEye 360 was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.
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2024
Pre-Seed Investor
Dec 2024
At Vital Lyfe, we’re tackling the global water crisis by developing innovative, desalination devices designed for efficiency and accessibility. Founded by a team of experienced engineers, we’re committed to delivering cutting edge technology that provides clean water solutions for underserved communities, disaster relief, and sustainable living. Our mission is to make a measurable impact on global water scarcity while inspiring change through innovation and purpose driven design.
Seed Investor
Oct 2024
Connecting AI to physical systems is hard. Scaling it to operations-grade is harder. 𝘞𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦.
Pre-Seed Investor
Aug 2024
Karman Industries Heat Processing Unit (HPU) is a full thermal management system for AI factories. Purpose built for the future of AI utilizing a natural refrigerant to give best in class performance in a fraction of the size.
2023
Seed Investor
Dec 2023
Neros is a defense technology company that builds asymmetric systems to ensure the West’s strategic edge.
Investor
Oct 2023
A network for entrepreneurs building in stealth. Submit your information here so investors can find you: harmonic.ai/get-discovered
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