Katie Swanson

Katie Swanson

Senior Investment Manager atLockheed Martin VenturesMaryland

Katie Swanson is a Senior Investment Manager at Lockheed Martin Ventures, focusing on strategic investments for national security. She has a background in science, entrepreneurship, and venture capital, and has helped establish over 40 VC firms.

What Katie can write

Writes checks of$1M to $10M
Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series BMostly follows a lead
Pitch pageSubmit on their siteThe firm asks founders to apply here.

Lockheed Martin Ventures writes $1M to $10M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: Lockheed Martin Ventures.

Focus

strategic investmentsnational securitycommercial innovationprime contractor markets

Education

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Also at Lockheed Martin Ventures

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Who is Katie Swanson?

Katie Swanson is a Senior Investment Manager at Lockheed Martin Ventures, focusing on strategic investments for national security. She has a background in science, entrepreneurship, and venture capital, and has helped establish over 40 VC firms.

How much does Katie Swanson invest?

Katie Swanson invests through Lockheed Martin Ventures, which writes checks of $1M to $10M at pre-seed, seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Katie Swanson?

A warm intro from a founder Lockheed Martin Ventures backed works best.

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