Derivee Capital Advisors

What Derivee Capital Advisors does

Dérivée Capital is a Bermuda-domiciled proprietary family office founded in 2010 that invests its own capital across four technology sectors: Aerospace, Dual-Use & Critical Technologies, Energy & Propulsion, and Advanced Mobility. The firm is explicitly structured as a family office rather than an external fund, answers to no external mandate, and positions its investment process as "first-principles" identification of structural technology shifts before consensus forms, combining what it describes as the discipline of engineers with the patience of long-duration owners.

The portfolio disclosed on the firm's website includes Firefly Aerospace (end-to-end space services including lunar landing, cislunar spacecraft, and AI-enabled missile warning via the SciTec acquisition), Boom Supersonic (Overture supersonic airliner, Symphony engine, and aero-derivative gas turbines targeting AI data center power), Mesodyne (MIT spinout producing silent multi-fuel thermophotovoltaic generators for tactical applications), and Harbinger Motors (medium-duty electric and plug-in hybrid commercial vehicle chassis and step vans). These positions span dual-use defense, commercial aerospace, frontier energy, and electrified mobility, with a clear tilt toward deep-technology and government-adjacent end markets.

As a proprietary capital vehicle, Dérivée has no fee revenue, no external LPs, and no public financial disclosures. The firm operates with a small team of 11-50 employees from Hamilton, Bermuda, with a single disclosed general enquiries email contact and no published leadership team. Value creation is expected to accrue through portfolio company exits, dividends, and intrinsic appreciation rather than through operating revenue or fund management fees.

Name

Derivee Capital Advisors

Legal name

Derivee Capital Limited

Website

https://derivee.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dérivée Capital is a Bermuda-domiciled proprietary family office founded in 2010 that deploys its own capital across four technology sectors—Aerospace, Dual-Use & Critical Technologies, Energy & Propulsion, and Advanced Mobility—with disclosed holdings in Firefly Aerospace, Boom Supersonic, Mesodyne, and Harbinger Motors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Core offering

Dérivée Capital is a proprietary single-family office established in 2010 in Hamilton, Bermuda. The firm deploys its own capital across four technology investment sectors—Aerospace, Dual-Use & Critical Technologies, Energy & Propulsion, and Advanced Mobility—identifying structural shifts in technology before consensus forms and committing patient capital to portfolio companies such as Firefly Aerospace, Boom Supersonic, Mesodyne, and Harbinger Motors.

Product overview

Derivee Capital is a family office making proprietary investments in technology. The firm operates across four investment sectors (Aerospace, Dual-Use & Critical Technologies, Energy & Propulsion, and Advanced Mobility), deploying capital into portfolio companies that align with its thesis on structural technology shifts. The portfolio includes Firefly Aerospace (space launch and spacecraft), Boom Supersonic (supersonic airliner), Mesodyne (thermophotovoltaic generators), and Harbinger Motors (electric commercial vehicles).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Proprietary Capital Investment Program

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• In-Q-Tel: Strategic investor for the U.S. intelligence community, focused on dual-use and critical technologies. Directly comparable on the Dual-Use & Critical Technologies vertical, though government-affiliated rather than private family capital.
• Khosla Ventures: Deep-tech and clean-technology investor with concentrated exposure to energy, mobility, aerospace, and frontier science. Comparable thesis across Advanced Mobility and Energy & Propulsion verticals.
• Allen & Company: Privately held investment bank and family-office-style advisor deploying proprietary capital in technology, media, and aerospace. Closest structural analogue as a private, low-disclosure investment firm with aerospace exposure.
• Schmidt Futures: Family-office-style philanthropic and investment vehicle of Eric Schmidt, deploying patient capital into hard tech, energy, and AI infrastructure. Closely comparable as a tech-philanthropist family office with aerospace-adjacent exposure.
• Founders Bank: Boutique private investment firm backing founders in aerospace, mobility, and frontier technology. Comparable in check size and sector focus, particularly around advanced mobility and dual-use applications.
• Founders Fund: Technology-focused venture firm with heavy exposure to aerospace (SpaceX), defense, and energy. Closest peer in the aerospace/defense investing thesis, though structured as multi-fund VC rather than proprietary family-office capital.
• Lux Capital: Deep-tech and science-focused venture firm investing in aerospace, energy, and advanced manufacturing. Most direct comparable in thesis (frontier technology, patient conviction-driven capital) even though structured as a fund rather than a family office.
• Section 32: Science and technology investment firm founded by Bill Maris, backing frontier tech across healthcare, aerospace, and AI. Comparable in patient, thesis-driven deployment into deep-tech categories.

Emerging players

• Prime Movers Lab: Early-stage investor backing breakthrough scientific discoveries in aerospace, energy, propulsion, and mobility. Closely overlaps Dérivée's four-sector thesis but operates at earlier-stage check sizes as a dedicated fund.

Broad incumbents

• Mubadala Capital: Sovereign-backed investment platform with significant aerospace, defense tech, and mobility allocations. Comparable in scale and aerospace/defense conviction, but structured as a sovereign vehicle rather than family-office.

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/deriveecap
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-derivee-group

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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