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What does Autopilot Ventures invest in?
Autopilot Ventures invests most often at Series C (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI, Defense and Energy.
Autopilot Ventures highlights
- 01
1 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02
Mostly Series C: 100% of its rounds
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Led 1 rounds
What they do
Autopilot is a research-driven venture firm focused on the early-growth phase.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- Series AGrowth
- Sectors
- AIDefenseEnergy
- Based in
- United States
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first1 appearances
- 2026
1 round
- Feb
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration2 named
MMMaximilian Marlon Hans FriedrichManageriFiling they signed
WCWilliam Christopher SummerlinManageriFiling they signed
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$110Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Autopilot Management Company LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 329400
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
5 of 8 we have independently watched raise
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Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.