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At a glance
Point72 Ventures appears in 3 funding rounds tracked by ValueAddVC since 2026, leading 1. Its most frequent sector in these rounds is Defense & Space, and its most recent tracked deal was Stoke Space's $1B Series E round (Sep 8, 2026).
Strategy
Stages
SeedSeries BGrowth
Sectors
Technology
Geographies
USAStamford, United States
Check size
$250K - $50MRecent changes
- Sep 8, 2026Sep 8, 2026Invested in Stoke Space (Series E, $1B) TechCrunch
- Aug 17, 2026Aug 17, 2026Invested in Smack Technologies (Series B, $61M) Yahoo Finance
- Jul 27, 2026Jul 27, 2026Invested in Antares (Series C, $370M) TechCrunch
Portfolio
7 totalRecent Investment Activity
3Track record: led 1 and participated in 2 of 3 tracked venture rounds · 3 in the last 12 months · led 1 Series E
| Date | Company | Event | Role | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | Stoke Space | Series E | Led | $1B | $10B | Point72 VenturesLeadSpark CapitalLeadGeneral InnovationGlade Brook CapitalWashington Harbour PartnersWoven CapitalY CombinatorUS Innovation Technology | TechCrunch |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Smack Technologies | Series B | Participated | $61M | — | Costanoa VenturesLeadunverifiedFirst InLeadunverifiedPoint72 VenturesunverifiedGeodesic CapitalunverifiedFelicis VenturesunverifiedSapphire VenturesunverifiedScribble VenturesunverifiedFortitude VenturesunverifiedBloomberg BetaunverifiedNomi CapitalPalumni VC | Pulse story |
| Jul 27, 2026 | Antares | Series C | Participated | $370M | — | Pulse story |
Sector / Stage Activity
By sector (portfolio)
Defense
3 · 43%
Nuclear
1 · 14%
Crypto
1 · 14%
Space
1 · 14%
Energy
1 · 14%
By stage (tracked rounds)
Series E
1 · 33%
Series B
1 · 33%
Series C
1 · 33%
Co-Investors
12Caffeinated Capital · 2 sharedIndustrious Ventures · 2 sharedRiot Ventures · 2 sharedScribble Ventures · 2 sharedSnowpoint Ventures · 2 sharedValor Equity Partners · 2 shared1789 Capital · 1 sharedAccel · 1 sharedCostanoa Ventures · 1 sharedFortitude Ventures · 1 sharedL3Harris · 1 sharedShyam Sankar · 1 shared
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Latest Pulse
- Sep 14, 2026Nine US Rounds, $8.7B, Ten Days: September's Real PaceValue Add Pulse totaled the nine largest US venture rounds of September 5-11 and found $8.7 billion committed, with three deals at $1 billion or more.→
- Sep 8, 2026Stoke Space Raises $1B to Out-Reuse SpaceXStoke Space closed a $1 billion Series E led by Point72 Ventures and Spark Capital, pushing total funding to $2.3 billion as it builds a rocket designed so both stages fly back and refly.→
- Aug 17, 2026Smack Technologies Raises $61M for Battlefield AISmack Technologies raised a $61 million Series B led by Costanoa Ventures and First In, bringing total funding past $90 million, months after the Pentagon labeled Anthropic a "supply-chain risk" and sent military branches scrambling for alternative AI vendors.→
- Aug 3, 2026Valar Atomics Raises $1B at $6B for Factory NuclearSequoia led a $1B Series B for Valar Atomics at a $6B post-money valuation, tripling the mark it carried in April, weeks after the startup used a fission reaction to power an Nvidia AI chip.→
- Aug 3, 2026Sequoia Leads $1B Round for Nuclear Startup ValarValar Atomics closed a $1B Series B led by Sequoia at a $6B valuation, tripling its April mark, weeks after its microreactor became the first in US history to power an Nvidia AI chip.→
- Jul 27, 2026Antares Raises $470M For Military Nuclear MicroreactorsAntares raised a $470 million Series C -- $370 million equity plus $100 million debt -- co-led by Paradigm and Caffeinated Capital, after achieving initial criticality on its Mark-0 compact nuclear reactor under a DOE pilot program.→
- Jul 27, 2026Antares Raises $470M for Military MicroreactorsNuclear startup Antares raised a $470 million Series C to build small modular reactors for US military bases, part of a Pentagon program racing to bring domestic reactors online by 2028 under a Trump executive order.→
- Jul 27, 2026Antares Nuclear Raises $470M For Military MicroreactorsAntares Nuclear raised a $470 million Series C led by Paradigm and Caffeinated Capital to deploy small nuclear microreactors that can power US military bases independent of the civilian grid by 2028.→
- Jun 18, 2026Twenty Raises $100M at $1B -- America's First VC-Backed Cyber Warfare StartupTwenty Technologies, an Arlington-based startup building automated offensive cyber operations for the U.S. military and intelligence community, raised a $100 million Series B at a $1 billion valuation led by Accel, with Point72 Ventures, Caffeinated Capital, and Friends & Family Capital participating. The round, which brings total funding to $138 million, mints a defense-tech unicorn in a category most VCs avoided a few years ago.→
- Jun 17, 2026Cyber-Warfare Startup Twenty Raises $100M Series B at a $1B ValuationTwenty, an Arlington-based startup building AI-enabled offensive cyber systems for the US military and intelligence community, raised a $100 million Series B led by Accel at a $1 billion valuation. Founded only in 2024, it's billing itself as America's first VC-backed cyber-warfare company and just hit unicorn status.→
- Jun 17, 2026Cyber-Warfare Startup Twenty Raises $100M Series B at a $1B ValuationTwenty, which bills itself as America's first VC-backed cyber-warfare company, raised a $100 million Series B led by Accel at a $1 billion valuation, with Point72 Ventures and Caffeinated Capital joining. The startup builds AI-enabled, end-to-end offensive and defensive cyber systems for the US military and intelligence community.→
Point72 Ventures FAQ
What companies has Point72 Ventures invested in?
Point72 Ventures' portfolio includes Shield AI, Stoke Space, Polymarket, Smack Technologies, Valar Atomics, Antares, and 1 more tracked companies.
Who does Point72 Ventures co-invest with most?
In the rounds Value Add tracks, Point72 Ventures most often invests alongside Caffeinated Capital (2 shared deals), Industrious Ventures (2 shared deals), Riot Ventures (2 shared deals), Scribble Ventures (2 shared deals), Snowpoint Ventures (2 shared deals).
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