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Moonshots Capital

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Moonshots Capital is a seed stage venture capital firm that invests in technology startups.

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founded date

01.09.2014

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Private

Description

The firm, founded in 2014 and based in Los Angeles, California, takes a disciplined approach to the investment process to identify companies with “moonshot” potential and seeks to make investments in military veteran-founded companies operating in the mobile, artificial intelligence, and SaaS sectors, with a regional office in Austin, Texas.
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Kelly Perdew
Kelly Perdew

Kelly Perdew

Co-Founder & Managing General Partner at Moonshots Capital.

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Craig Cummings
Craig Cummings

Craig Cummings

Craig Cummings is currently the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of RideScout, the “Kayak” of Ground Transportation. RideScout was acquired by Daimler (Mercedes-Benz) in September 2014. In his free time, Craig actively invests in technology start-ups through his company, Moonshots Capital, which he co-founded with Kelly Perdew. Since leaving the military in 2009, Craig has co-founded and served as COO of BTS (exit 2011) and co-founded APX Labs (NEA backed). Prior to transitioning to the private sector, Craig spent 17 years in the Army, most of that time as an Intelligence Officer serving in multiple National Security Agency (NSA) assignments and locations.  In 2006-2007, Craig deployed to Afghanistan with the Joint Special Operations Command where he earned the Bronze Star.  During his military career, Craig also served as an Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Department of Social Sciences at West Point, NY. Craig graduated in the top 2% of his West Point class and later earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University.  He was the first-ever Truman Scholarship winner from a Service Academy, a U.S.-Italy Young Leader, a former Term Member with the Council on Foreign Relations, and is a Board member for several of companies.

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Kelly Perdew

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