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Lockheed Martin Ventures
Lockheed Martin Ventures is the USD 1B (April 2026) evergreen corporate venture arm of Lockheed Martin, investing in dual-use deep tech relevant to defense, aerospace and national security.
Investment thesis
Lockheed Martin Ventures is the USD 1B (April 2026) evergreen corporate venture arm of Lockheed Martin, investing in dual-use deep tech relevant to defense, aerospace and national security. Quantum is one of the named focus areas alongside AI, autonomy, directed energy and advanced materials. Confirmed direct equity investments include IonQ (Series B 2019, pre-IPO, where Lockheed joined Samsung, Airbus Ventures, Bosch and Mubadala) and Q-CTRL (USD 113M Series B in October 2024). Lockheed was also one of the earliest enterprise customers of D-Wave and Rigetti, but those appear to be commercial/partnership relationships rather than equity bets - a critical distinction for this file. The strategic thesis centres on quantum computing for defense optimisation and quantum sensing for PNT (positioning/navigation/timing) in GPS-denied environments. Portfolio companies get unmatched DoD programme-of-record credibility and access to Lockheed's classified customer base.
Anti-thesis
The patterns that trigger a fast no with this fund.
- Lockheed Martin Ventures has historically passed on pure-play gate-based quantum computing hardware bets, preferring quantum sensing, PNT and secure communications applications with direct defense pull through.
Notable quantum portfolio
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