Phase Shift Ventures

What Phase Shift Ventures does

Phase Shift Ventures generates revenue through traditional venture capital economics: management fees on committed capital and carried interest on successful portfolio exits (IPO or acquisition). It does not publish pricing or fund terms publicly; investor onboarding occurs via Typeform-based intake on the firm website. The current portfolio comprises two disclosed companies: Seagate Space (a semi-submersible offshore rocket launch platform; over $1.5M pre-seed in February 2025) and Rapta (an AI machine vision platform for manufacturing quality control; $2.7M seed in June 2025). Marketing and deal sourcing rely on a weekly newsletter (The Dispatch), social media (LinkedIn, X, Substack), and ecosystem events, headlined by the inaugural Florida Deep Tech Venture Summit 2025 co-hosted with BackSwing Ventures at Lake Nona's GuideWell Innovation Center.

Name

Phase Shift Ventures

Legal name

Phase Shift Ventures LLC

Website

https://phaseshiftventures.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Phase Shift Ventures is an Orlando-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2025 that invests pre-seed and seed capital in deep tech startups spanning AI, aerospace, defense, quantum, and advanced materials, primarily in Florida's Orlando/Space Coast corridor.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital

NAICS

All Other Financial Investment Activities (52399)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Sector-Focused Venture Capital (Vertical Specialists) (FSANAAAD)

Keywords

• Early-stage venture capital
• Deep tech investing
• Pre-seed funding
• Dual-use technology
• Defense technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Orlando

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Fund management and carried interest: Phase Shift Ventures generates returns through equity ownership in early-stage deep tech portfolio companies. Revenue accrues via carried interest on successful exits (IPO, acquisition) and management fees on committed capital. The firm co-invests alongside institutional investors (Portland Seed Fund, New World Angels, Roadster Capital) and angel investors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Phase Shift Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that provides pre-seed and seed capital to deep tech startups operating in defense, space, AI, advanced manufacturing, energy, advanced materials, and national security infrastructure. Portfolio companies receive equity investment, strategic support, technical due diligence credibility, and access to the firm's Florida defense and deep tech network. The firm co-invests alongside institutional and angel partners and generates returns through carried interest on successful exits and management fees on committed capital.

Product overview

Phase Shift Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that provides capital, strategic support, and domain expertise to deep tech startups at pre-seed and seed stages, primarily in the Orlando/Space Coast corridor. It does not offer a unified software product but deploys its investment vehicle and operational expertise to back portfolio companies. Its portfolio includes two named ventures: Rapta, an AI machine vision platform for manufacturing quality control, and Seagate Space, a maritime offshore launch platform for rockets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Helped build Milcom Technologies' portfolio of 14 dual-use tech companies that attracted over $600M in venture capital
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• BackSwing VenturesflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-host of the inaugural Florida Deep Tech Venture Summit 2025, held December 11 at Lake Nona's GuideWell Innovation Center. BackSwing Ventures, led by Kyle Asman, is a co-organizer alongside Phase Shift Ventures for this flagship ecosystem-building event.
• Florida Venture ForumcoreOthersDennis R. Pape serves on the board of the Florida Venture Forum, a key industry association connecting Florida startups with capital providers and supporting the state's venture ecosystem.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Decisive Point: Decisive Point is a defense- and dual-use-focused early-stage venture firm investing in national security startups. Directly comparable to Phase Shift Ventures in stage, sector specialization, and federal market orientation.
• DataTribe: DataTribe is a seed- and early-stage venture firm that co-builds cybersecurity and deep-tech startups with government and intelligence-community expertise. Comparable to PSV in stage and dual-use/government-market orientation.
• Lux Capital: Lux Capital is a sector-specialist venture firm investing in deep tech across AI, robotics, aerospace, semiconductors, and advanced materials. The leading scaled peer to PSV's vertical-specialist deep-tech strategy.
• Shield Capital: Shield Capital is a venture firm investing in early-stage companies serving national security customers across defense, autonomy, and cybersecurity. Directly comparable to PSV in stage, dual-use focus, and government-market expertise.
• Scout Ventures: Scout Ventures is an early-stage fund focused on dual-use, defense, and frontier technologies, with a strong network across government, defense primes, and engineering founders. Closely aligned with PSV's pre-seed/seed deep-tech and dual-use thesis.

Broad incumbents

• Andreessen Horowitz (a16z): a16z is a multi-stage venture firm with dedicated deep-tech and American Dynamism strategies covering AI, defense, aerospace, and advanced manufacturing. A large incumbent expanding aggressively into PSV's category.
• Founders Fund: Founders Fund is a multi-stage technology venture firm with significant deep-tech exposure across aerospace, defense, AI, and advanced computing. A scaled incumbent that competes for the same founder talent pool and exit pathways as PSV.

Emerging players

• Material Impact: Material Impact is an early-stage venture firm investing in transformative material, manufacturing, and deep-tech companies. Overlaps with PSV's advanced-materials and advanced-manufacturing themes within its Matter and Motion verticals.
• Creative Ventures: Creative Ventures is an early-stage deep-tech fund backing startups in AI, autonomy, advanced computing, and frontier science. Overlaps with PSV's Intelligence vertical and similar stage focus.
• Outsiders Fund: Outsiders Fund is an early-stage deep-tech investor backing founders in defense, energy, and frontier technology. Comparable to PSV in stage and sector focus, though with a different geographic anchor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/phaseshiftvc?s=21
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/phaseshiftventures

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments2 records

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Phase Shift Ventures