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Keith Masback

Principal Consultant at PLUM RUN

New York City Metropolitan Area

Overview 

Keith Masback is a Board Member, Investor, Advisor, and Mentor with a focus on strategic partnerships, new business development, and government initiatives in national security, defense, and intelligence. He has served as a Board Member for Descartes Labs and Edgybees, and has invested in companies like Hermeus and Ursa Space Systems. Masback's career highlights include his role as a Principal Consultant at PLUM RUN, LLC and as a Principal and Founding Team member at Earth Fire Alliance, showcasing his expertise in process improvement and leadership within the defense and intelligence sectors.

Work Experience 

  • Principal Consultant

    2019 - Current

  • Principal, Founding Team

    2024

  • Board Member

    2024

    Formerly Descartes Labs Government (DLG); Board Member, Descartes Labs, Inc. January - October 2024

  • Independent Board Member

    2023

  • Investor

    2020

Cognitive Space develops a generation machine intelligence platform for satellite constellation management.

Raised $9,620,000.00 from OpAmp Capital.

  • Member Of The Board Of Advisors & Investor

    2020

Xona Space Systems develops satellite services for positioning, navigation, and timing to support the advancement of intelligent systems.

Raised $39,424,995.00 from الياس الجبل, Murata Manufacturing, Space Capital, NGP Capital, Future Ventures, Seraphim Space, Aloniq and Industrious Ventures.

  • Advisor & Investor

    2019

Hermeus is developing Mach 5 aircraft to speed up the global transportation network.

Raised $215,955,107.00 from Sahin Boydas, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Sam Altman, Bling Capital, Khosla Ventures, RTX Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Canaan Partners, Pallas Ventures and Keith Masback.

  • Investor

    2021

    Strategic Advisor 2021-2023

Building satellites to capture the ultra-high resolution 10 cm visible imagery, co-collected with 2 m thermal imagery.

Raised $93,000,000.00 from Shield Capital, Initialized Capital, Booz Allen Ventures, Republic capital, Giant Step Capital, Y Combinator, Bill Perkins, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Cubit Capital and Jetstream.

  • Investor

    2023

Search engine for all of Earth's data

Raised $7,825,000.00 from Tech Square Ventures, Leo Polovets, Space.VC, Shield Capital, Radius Capital and Humba Ventures.

  • Advisor & Investor

    2021

Near Space Labs is an aerial imagery company that provides timely wide-scale imagery from the stratosphere at affordable prices.

Raised $14,500,000.00 from IAG Firemark Ventures.

  • Strategic Advisor

    2021

Tomorrow.io is a weather intelligence platform that provides real-time weather forecasts.

Raised $258,949,997.00 from Pitango VC, Chemonics, Clearvision Ventures, Seraphim Space, RTX Ventures, Activate Capital Partners, Square Peg Capital, JetBlue Ventures and Canaan Partners.

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