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1789 Capital

214 Brazilian Avenue Suite 200-J, Palm Beach, Florida, 33480, United States

Overview

1789 Capital invests in entrepreneurship, innovation, and growth across various sectors, providing venture and growth capital to companies driving the next era of American prosperity. The firm focuses on four key areas: (i) the Replication/Parallel Economy, (ii) Deglobalization, (iii) Anti-ESG sectors negatively impacted by such principles, and (iv) cutting-edge technologies that disrupt industries hindered by excessive bureaucracy.

Total investments
16
Lead investments
3
Investments · 12mo
14
Active investors
3

Sector focus

  • Aerospace
  • Energy
  • Government
  • Infrastructure
  • Manufacturing
  • Military
  • National Security
  • Software
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Investment portfolio

  • Hadrian

    Participated · Series D · Aug 2026

    Hadrian builds automated manufacturing facilities that mass-produce parts for vehicles used by the military. The company has opened multiple facilities, including a fourth site in Alabama announced in March to produce submarine parts. That Alabama facility was structured as a public/private partnership and valued at $2.4 billion, according to Hadrian. Hadrian has attracted large venture and institutional backers and recently raised a $1.37 billion round at a $7.87 billion valuation. About a year earlier it raised a $260 million Series C led by Founders Fund and Lux Capital, bringing total capital raised to roughly $2 billion per PitchBook estimates. The company's current plans and financing indicate continued expansion of its automated production footprint for defense supply chains.

  • Ramp

    Participated · Series F · Jun 2026

    Ramp started as an expense-management platform and has expanded into payments, fraud detection, procurement, vendor management and accounting while integrating AI capabilities across its product suite. The company says it has more than 70,000 customers, including Visa, Uber, Shopify, Anduril and Figma, up from 50,000 last November. Ramp reported annualized revenue of more than $1 billion (with Bloomberg reporting a run-rate above $1.5 billion) and said it has reached positive free cash flow. It has launched AI-focused features such as AI agents for procurement, expense management, accounting and budgeting, and even a corporate credit card intended for AI-agent use. Ramp has raised over $3 billion in total capital to date. Management has indicated an eventual aim to go public, though no timing was given.

  • Replit

    Participated · Series D · Mar 2026

    Replit, described as a “vibe-coding sensation,” offers an online platform designed to make software creation approachable for a broad audience. After nine years of development, the company made a controversial shift away from exclusively targeting professional developers and toward non-programmers, a move its CEO credits for its recent traction. In September, Replit reported it was on track for $150 million in annualized revenue. The company has since told Forbes it aims to reach $1 billion in annual recurring revenue by the end of the year. Replit’s valuation has soared from $3 billion in September to $9 billion just six months later. The fresh capital is expected to support further product expansion and community growth, although specific road-map details were not disclosed. Founder and CEO Amjad Masad notes that this momentum follows nearly a decade of steady iteration.

  • Ayar Labs

    Participated · Series E · Mar 2026

    Headquartered in San Jose, CA, Ayar Labs builds co-packaged optics that move data between chips with light instead of copper, reducing power consumption while boosting bandwidth for AI infrastructure. Its flagship TeraPHY optical engine is manufactured in concert with leading semiconductor partners and is designed to slot directly into existing accelerator and switch designs. By replacing traditional electrical I/O with optical links, the technology delivers significant performance gains and cost savings in power-constrained environments. Following its latest financing, the company plans to ramp production and testing capacity, open and staff a new office in Hsinchu, Taiwan, and deepen ecosystem partnerships to speed customer deployments. Ayar Labs’ CPO solution is already qualified for industry-standard fab, manufacturing, and packaging flows, positioning it for broad adoption. The company has raised a cumulative $870 million to date, providing substantial capital to execute its global expansion and commercialization roadmap.

  • Axiom Space

    Participated · Equity · Feb 2026

    Axiom Space is building commercial orbital infrastructure, with headline programs that include a commercial space station and development of lunar spacesuits for NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration campaign. The company is pursuing a broader roadmap of space infrastructure and technology advancement and has positioned itself to define the next era of the space economy. Financially, Axiom recently closed an expanded funding round that grew to more than $525 million after an opportunistic extension that brought in new and existing investors. The company said the funds will be used to support its space station and spacesuit efforts as well as other roadmap priorities. Axiom has publicly welcomed NASA’s decision to continue the Commercial LEO Destinations program under its established approach, which it says aligns with its commercial station plans.

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