Countdown Capital

Rebuilding our industrial base is a trillion dollar market opportunity American hard tech founders will unlock progress and prosperity for generations Jai Malik is the founder and solo General Partner at Countdown Capital Jai began his career as the first hire at Accrete (raised $25M to date), where he helped the company successfully launch its first two products for defense and commercial customers Thereafter, he was an early hire at dual-use startup Forge AI (acquired by FiscalNote), where he led product management for data products Wanting to further support founders, Jai then transitioned to venture capital at Rocana Ventures and worked on foodtech and manufacturing investments for two years before closing Countdown’s first fund in 2021 In his spare time, Jai enjoys reading about ancient philosophy and modern history and will never pass up a competitive tennis match

Our Limited Partners (LPs) have founded or led teams at world-class organizations, including those featured below

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, capital-intensive bets

“We’ve launched Factory #1 and proven that we can produce space and defense parts 10 times faster and more efficient than anybody else,” Hadrian founder and CEO Chris Power told CNBC

The funding round saw investments from the likes of Giant Ventures, Soma Capital and 11 2 Capital, Countdown Capital, Uber Elevate co-founder Nikhil Goel and Cruise Automation

The firm is already prototyping, designing its manufacturing production process and experimenting with different types of hemp The current plan is to come to market in 2023