Countdown Capital

As long as micro funds can be nimble enough to gain meaningful ownership, they shouldn’t be too concerned about Countdown’s fate.

Countdown Capital winding down is not a bad omen for micro funds

Hello and welcome back to Max Q. By the time you read this, United Launch Alliance will have hopefully launched its Vulcan Centaur rocket for the first time, and Astrobotic’s…

United Launch Alliance and Astrobotic launches, Countdown Capital shutdown

Countdown Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on hard tech industrial startups, will shut down by the end of March and return uninvested capital, firm founder and solo general…

Early-stage hard tech firm Countdown Capital shutting down

The first half of 2022 broke fundraising records at VC firms, but everyone we spoke to expected fundraising to slow by the end of the year. While it is slowing…

VC fundraising gets weird as autumn nears

In a time when most VCs are acting more cautiously and placing focus on companies with a quick path to profitability, Countdown Capital is instead going all in on hard-to-build,…

Countdown Capital raises $15 million to back the next industrial revolution