Beyond the
Atmosphere.

The next trillion-dollar economy isn’t being built on Earth. We back the founders who know that.

OUR PARTNERS
Aerospace Sector Hero - LaFamilia Capital
AEROSPACE THESIS

Orbit as infrastructure.

We invest where launch economics, satellite networks, and autonomous flight converge — backing the companies that become the substrate aerospace runs on.

Launch & Propulsion

Next-generation rocket engines, reusable launch vehicles, and propulsion systems that collapse the cost of reaching orbit by orders of magnitude.

Satellite & Communications

Constellation architecture, optical inter-satellite links, and ground-station networks that deliver persistent global connectivity and observation.

Autonomous Flight

Unmanned aerial systems, urban air mobility, and autonomous navigation stacks that remove the human bottleneck from mission-critical flight operations.

Space Manufacturing & Servicing

In-orbit assembly, debris removal, and on-orbit servicing platforms that transform space from a destination into a permanent industrial zone.

MARKET SIGNAL

The sector is accelerating. The numbers speak.

$847B+
A&D market

The largest defense-industrial complex ever built

8.2%
CAGR

Annual growth through 2032

$19B
VC deployed

Nearly double 2024 — investors are all in

$1.1T
defense budgets

Global military spending hit record highs in 2025

$84B
space economy

Commercial space revenue accelerating annually

$86B
defense tech

Estimated valuation of VC-backed defense firms

THE CHALLENGE

The Missing Layer.

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The Launch
Bottleneck

Global satellite demand is outpacing launch capacity by 3:1. Companies wait months for rides to orbit while constellations remain incomplete — creating a widening gap between space ambition and operational reality.

APPLICATIONS

Where Aerospace Creates Value

Earth
Observation

Satellite imagery and remote sensing platforms that deliver real-time environmental monitoring, agricultural intelligence, and disaster response.

Global
Connectivity

Low-Earth orbit constellations providing broadband access to the 3 billion people still without reliable internet — and the industries that depend on them.

Autonomous
Logistics

Unmanned cargo delivery systems that compress supply chain timelines from days to hours across remote, contested, and disaster-stricken geographies.

Space
Manufacturing

Microgravity production environments enabling materials, pharmaceuticals, and semiconductors impossible to create under Earth’s gravitational constraints.

Defense &
Reconnaissance

Persistent surveillance, signals intelligence, and rapid-response platforms that give operators information dominance across every operational domain.

Launch &
Orbital Services

Rideshare deployment, on-orbit servicing, and debris remediation platforms enabling sustainable access to the orbital economy.

THE MANDATE

What This Sector Exists to Accomplish

Orbital
Sovereignty

Build systems that give nations and enterprises sovereign access to space — independent, resilient, and free from single-provider dependency.

Launch
Democratization

Collapse the cost of reaching orbit until space access becomes a utility, not a privilege reserved for superpowers and billionaires.

Persistent
Awareness

Deploy constellations that deliver continuous, real-time observation of every square meter of Earth — enabling decision superiority at planetary scale.

Industrial
Expansion

Extend humanity’s industrial footprint beyond Earth. Make manufacturing, energy, and resource extraction in space economically viable within this decade.

ECOSYSTEM

The Aerospace Stack

Launch
Systems

Reusable rockets, small-launch vehicles, and next-generation propulsion technologies.

Satellite
Infrastructure

Constellation design, bus manufacturing, payload integration, and ground-station networks.

Autonomous
Flight

UAVs, eVTOL platforms, autonomous navigation, and sense-and-avoid systems.

Space
Operations

On-orbit servicing, debris tracking, rendezvous and proximity operations, and mission management.

Earth Observation
& Analytics

Imagery pipelines, synthetic aperture radar, hyperspectral sensing, and geospatial data platforms.

Aerospace Software
& Tooling

Flight simulation, mission planning, digital twins, and certification automation platforms.

LAFAMILIA CAPITAL

Why We Invest in Aerospace

The Thesis

Aerospace is not a sector we observe — it is the frontier we were built to fund. Every generation produces a handful of platforms that redefine access. Railroads were the last century’s. Orbital infrastructure is this one.

The Pattern

We invest in founders building the physical infrastructure of the space economy. We look for companies that own proprietary propulsion advantages, build moats through flight heritage, and understand that reliability is the ultimate moat.

The Edge

Our edge: we evaluate engineering, not pitch decks. We invest in companies we’ve tested alongside. And we go deep in the physics that matter most.

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

We build alongside you

Great products are not built in isolation. We offer structured guidance through each phase of development — from early validation to scaling — so founders can move with clarity and confidence.

Discovery & Validation

We help you validate assumptions fast — through user interviews, lightweight prototypes, and rapid feedback loops before a single line of production code is written.

Architecture & Roadmap

We guide technical architecture decisions and build prioritized roadmaps that balance speed-to-market with long-term scalability and maintainability.

Iterative Sprints

Two-week cycles of build, measure, learn. We embed alongside your team to ship features that matter — not endless backlogs that never see production.

Scale & Optimize

Once product-market fit is locked, we help you scale infrastructure, optimize performance, and prepare your stack for the inflection point every great company hits.

About us
9
Startups

Deep tech shaping tomorrow

60
partners

From Anthropic to Apple

8
sectors

Breakthrough technologies

10
years

Backing overlooked builders

Ready to build something real?

Approach

Our approach

01

Discovery

We learn about your vision, team, and market opportunity through initial conversations.

02

Research

Our team conducts deep market analysis and due diligence to understand the landscape.

03

Investment

Once aligned, we provide capital and strategic support to help you scale.

PRINCIPLES

Principles behind LaFamilia

01

Actions Over Words

We made a simple rule, never promise what we can't deliver. Then we deliver more than we promise.

02

Principles Above Ideas

Ideas are easy. Principles are hard. We back founders with the resolve to see something through.

03

Enablement, Not Extraction

The traditional model takes. We give. Every interaction should leave a founder stronger than before.

04

Long-Term, Not Transactional

Building something lasting takes patience. We're here to walk that path with you.

Partners

Our partners

We don't move fast. We move right.
We know who we are. We know who we back.

Our Bases

Where we operate, think, and build

Four cities. Three continents. One conviction — that the next generation of world-changing companies can come from anywhere. We invest globally because talent is borderless.

01 — Armenia

Yerevan

Araratian Plain · Armenia Time

The hidden gem of the Caucasus — a city of mathematicians, engineers, and builders who've been quietly producing world-class software for decades. Yerevan is our Eastern European and Central Asian anchor, where exceptional talent meets frontier-market opportunity at a fraction of the cost.

Engineering Talent Emerging Markets Frontier Tech
Connect in Yerevan
02 — France

Paris

Île-de-France · Central European Time

Europe's most ambitious startup ecosystem, reborn. Station F, the Grande École network, and a generation of French engineers who chose to build instead of consult. Our Paris base is our bridge to the EU market, regulatory intelligence, and the continent's finest technical talent.

EU Market Access Climate Tech Deep Science
Connect in Paris
03 — Germany

Berlin

Brandenburg · Central European Time

Europe's industrial powerhouse meets startup culture. Berlin combines German engineering precision with creative risk-taking. Our presence here connects us to the continent's deepest manufacturing expertise, automotive innovation, and a thriving ecosystem of technical founders building the next generation of industrial software.

Industrial Tech Enterprise Software Manufacturing
Connect in Berlin
04 — UAE

Dubai

Arabian Gulf · Gulf Standard Time

The Middle East's gateway to global capital and ambition. Dubai represents our bridge to sovereign wealth, emerging market expansion, and a new generation of founders building for the region's 400 million people. Where East meets West, and where the future of finance, logistics, and infrastructure is being written.

Fintech Web3 Infrastructure
Connect in Dubai
Global ventures · Local conviction
STRATEGY

Where we see the future

We invest in the thesis before the market writes it.

AI Infrastructure

The layer below the application — models, data pipelines, compute. The picks and shovels of the AI era.

Defense & Aerospace

Nations are rearming. The companies building the next generation of autonomous systems, propulsion, and defense platforms will define the next century.

Precision Health

AI-powered diagnostics, early detection, and personalized medicine. The trillion-dollar transformation of how humanity treats disease.

Financial Infrastructure

Reimagining the rails for the next generation of capital markets, payments, and financial intelligence.

Contact us

The next great company is being built right now. It might be yours.

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