# Lavrock Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Lavrock Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 6 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest May 2026.

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# Lavrock Ventures

Last cheque observed May 2026; 6 cheques on record.

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VC firm Deploying now New fund $27M, Aug 2025

Pre-seed Seed Series A Smart Clothes Web Tools Collaboration Tools

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**50%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 6 on record

Since the last cheque **176** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$12M** Cheque size, as they say **$500K – $4.0M** Rounds led **1 of 6** Mostly in **United States, 100%**

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## Lavrock Ventures highlights

- 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A and Seed: 80% of its rounds
- 03 Led 1 rounds

## What they do

> Lavrock Ventures invests in frontier technologies for national security, focusing on real demand-driven startups in space, quantum, deep tech and more. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $500K – $4.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Smart Clothes Web Tools Collaboration Tools
- **Based in:** Arlington, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **6 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **May** **[Casimir Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/casimir-inc)** Seed · US · Ventureburn **$12M** With 5 others
- **2025** 2 rounds
- **Jul** **[Castelion](https://millionrounds.com/company/castelion)** Series B · US · TechCrunch **$350M** With 11 others
- **Jan** **[Castelion](https://millionrounds.com/company/castelion)** Series A · US · Crunchbase News **$100M** With 6 others
- **2019** 3 rounds
- **Jul** **[Trueface](https://millionrounds.com/company/trueface)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$3.7M** With 5 others
- **Apr** **[Native](https://millionrounds.com/company/native)** US · FinSMEs **$2.5M** *Led*
- **Mar** **[CesiumAstro](https://millionrounds.com/company/cesiumastro)** Series A · US · Businesswire **$12M** With 5 others

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 registration **5 named**

AP **Alex Poulin** Secretary of the Manager i Filing they signed

DH **Daniel Hanks** MANAGING PRINCIPAL OF THE GENERAL PARTNER i Filing they signed

JH **James Hunt** MANAGING PRINCIPAL OF THE GENERAL PARTNER i Filing they signed

JD **Jefferson Daniel Hanks** Manager i Form ADV

SD **Stephen Davis Smoot** MANAGING PRINCIPAL OF THE GENERAL PARTNER i Filing they signed

We also hold **3** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$264M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Lavrock Ventures, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 285450

New fund on file

**$27M**

raised in Aug 2025

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$12M** the round, not its cheque

Led 1 of 6 rounds **17%**

- **Said size:** $500K – $4.0M
- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** May 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *3*
- Seed said *1*
- Series B *1*
- Pre-seed said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz) 2
- [BlueYard Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blueyard-capital) 2
- [Interlagos](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interlagos) 2
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) 2
- [Scout Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scout-ventures) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Lavrock Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Andreessen Horowitz** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[**BlueYard Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blueyard-capital)[**Interlagos** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interlagos)[**Lightspeed Venture Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners)[**Scout Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scout-ventures)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Lavrock Ventures put money into.

[**Casimir Inc.** $12M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/casimir-inc)[**Castelion** $350M · Jul 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/castelion)[**Trueface** $3.7M · Jul 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/trueface)[**CesiumAstro** $12M · Mar 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/cesiumastro)

## Quick answers about Lavrock Ventures

### What does Lavrock Ventures invest in?

Lavrock Ventures invests most often at Series A and Seed (80% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Smart Clothes, Web Tools and Collaboration Tools.

### How active is Lavrock Ventures?

6 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in May 2026.

### What has Lavrock Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Casimir Inc. (Seed, May 2026), Castelion (Series B, Jul 2025) and Trueface (Series A, Jul 2019).

### How big are Lavrock Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $12M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $4.0M.

### Does Lavrock Ventures lead rounds?

Yes: it led 1 of its 6 investments on record (17%).

### Where does Lavrock Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

### Is Lavrock Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Lavrock Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Andreessen Horowitz (2 rounds together), BlueYard Capital (2 rounds together) and Interlagos (2 rounds together).

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