Taylor Sargent
Partner at Industrious Ventures
Denver Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2024 - Current
Industrious Ventures is an early-stage VC firm that invests in startups in aerospace, defense, manufacturing, decarbonization, and other related industries.
Board Observer
2024
Lunar Outpost provides advanced spacecraft and robotics solutions for space missions.
Raised $12,000,000.00 from Promus Ventures, Industrious Ventures and Type One Ventures.
Technology Principal
2021 - 2024
As Technology Principal, I sourced, evaluated, and provided post-investment support for startups across aerospace, defense, decarbonization, quantum technologies, materials science, and related fields. I also managed our team's Global Deal Review process and worked to build out new technical investment thrusts across many deep tech domains. Major investments supported: Impulse Space, Solestial, Venus Aerospace, Bcomp, Qunnect.
Airbus Ventures empowers entrepreneurs to shift the future of aerospace.
Venture Associate
2020 - 2021
Focused on startups leveraging deep technology in unique and impactful ways.
Lux Capital is an investment firm that invests in counter-conventional, seed-stage science and technology ventures.
Emerging Business Group & Applied Ventures
2020 - 2020
Worked in Applied Materials' Emerging Business Group to find new application verticals for an advanced technology. Built technical and business cases around new verticals that Applied Materials can pursue with the current state of the technology under development as well as verticals Applied Materials could pursue in several years with dedicated R&D spending in specific areas. Developed key relationships and built strategic partnerships with government agencies and funding entities. Sourced and analyzed investment opportunities for Applied Ventures (AMAT's Corporate Venture Capital branch). Assessed startups working on optics, photonics, metamaterials, and AR/VR applications.
Applied Materials is a semiconductor and display equipment company that offers materials engineering solutions.
Raised $101,528,814.00 from Stonnington Group.
Associate
2020 - 2020
SETA
2017 - 2019
Provided Science, Engineering, and Technical Advisory (SETA). Worked closely with a Program Manager and SETA team to grow and manage an advanced research and development investment portfolio. Invested in many deep tech areas including biotech, applied physics, metamaterials/materials science, imaging/sensing, satellite propulsion, and artificial intelligence/machine learning. Helped stand up 5 and manage 11 strategic investment programs.
DARPA is a central research and development organization for the US Department of Defense.
Lead Scientist
2014 - 2019
Provided Science, Engineering, and Technical Advisory (SETA) consulting to Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Helped grow and manage an advanced research and technology investment portfolio. Investments areas included quantum sensing, biotech, applied physics, metamaterials/materials science, aerospace/satellite propulsion, and artificial intelligence/machine learning. Also supported NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), and Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).
Booz Allen Hamilton is a consulting firm that specializes in analytics, technology, and engineering.
Raised $2,378,460,000.00.
Senior Consultant
2015 - 2016
Tennis Instructor
2007 - 2013
Tennis instructor for all levels of adult and youth players.