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Alpha co-invests with the world’s leading VCs by sharing economics with early-stage investors in their best growth companies. Learn more → |
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Saronic makes history with first-ever drone boat rescue in combat; saves crew of drowned US helicopter near Hormuz |
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| Just 10 weeks after becoming operational, the Corsair, a 24-foot autonomous boat, rescued two US Army Apache helicopter crew members after their aircraft was shot down near the Strait of Hormuz. The Corsair located the downed aviators and brought them to a pickup point, where a crewed helicopter completed the recovery. This appears to be the first time a sea drone has saved people in combat. The rescue follows Saronic’s $1.75 billion Series D at a $9.25 billion valuation. The company produces up to 500 Corsairs a year as part of a $392 million Navy contract. Read the story → |
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| | | Earlier this month, the venture community lost one of its finest. Joshua Baer was a close friend of ours and a pillar of the startup and venture ecosystems nationally and in Austin. To honor Josh, we’re resharing an episode from our archives in which he talks about his journey from launching a startup in his dorm room to building Capital Factory into the most active early-stage investor in Texas. Listen here → |
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| | | | Vi launches a suite of AI agents and closes $145M at a $1.64B valuation Vi, the Palantir of healthcare, has launched a new suite of AI agents for healthcare, life sciences, and wellness enterprises. Vi also completed a $145 million transaction at a $1.64 billion valuation. Powered by one of the world's largest datasets of clinical, behavioral, and operational signals, the agents support real-time decisions across patient care, clinical trials, and drug commercialization. Vi currently supports more than 190 million lives across 100-plus enterprise customers. Read more → |
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| | Zero Networks grows its OT customer
base 80%
Zero Networks, a new Alpha portfolio company, is a microsegmentation platform that limits how far attackers can move once they breach a network. Zero Networks grew its OT (operational technology) customer base 80% year over year, with OT now featuring in 26% of net new deals. Customers span manufacturing, energy, utilities, and transportation, and deploy the platform across an average of six sites per installation. For industrial operators, the appeal is containing a breach without taking critical systems offline. Learn more → |
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| How AI is impacting how LPs think about venture capital
The Wall Street Journal’s VC newsletter recently turned to Alpha Partners Managing Partner Steve Brotman to ask how the AI boom is reshaping what limited partners want from venture capital. Steve’s take: LPs no longer ask if they should be in venture, they ask where and when in venture they actually get paid. The answer, Steve argues, is moving later in the lifecycle, and the reason is simple math. Once a company has already reached a large valuation, it has a much better chance of crossing the next threshold than an earlier-stage company, and AI is amplifying that skew. Read more → |
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| Note: The above reflects Steve Brotman's personal opinion and does not constitute investment advice or represent the views of Alpha Partners. |
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| Conference we’re attending |
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| August 1–6: Black Hat, Las Vegas September 16: Primary Venture Summit, New York City September 21–22: Aspen Venture Summit, Aspen November 30 – December 4: AWS re:Invent, Las Vegas
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| AlphaMarket 2026 will take place on October 21, 2026 in New York City. Our lineup of speakers already includes Ron Insana (MS NOW), Laura Chau (Canaan), and Jack Selby (Copper Sky Capital). Reserve your spot today! Interested in speaking or sponsoring? Select that option when you apply. Apply →
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| | | | The portfolio companies identified and described herein do not represent all of the portfolio companies purchased, sold, or recommended for funds advised by Alpha Partners. The reader should not assume that an investment in the portfolio companies was or will be profitable. For a full list of investments, please contact Alpha Partners. Individual portfolio company outcomes vary and past milestones are not indicative of future performance. |
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