1/We at @MoonshotsCap are excited to share that we have led InfoHawk's $2.25M pre-seed round! 🚀 medium.com/leadership-prevai… @kperdew @unleashcraig

Some news: InfoHawk has raised $2.25M in pre-seed funding to detect and neutralize AI-driven deception, scams, and fraud at internet scale. 🦅 Scams have quietly become one of the defining threats of the digital age: consumers lost an estimated $442B to them in 2025, and AI is making fraud faster, cheaper, and harder to detect every day. We started InfoHawk to fight back with the kind of independent, data-driven infrastructure the internet actually needs. Huge thanks to Kelly Perdew, Craig Cummings, and the team at Moonshots Capital for leading the round. And we're grateful for our incredible group of angel investors who've built, defended, and regulated platforms at scale. Thank you for believing is us. This is just the beginning. If you care about making the internet safer, we'd love to talk. Link to site below.

2/InfoHawk verifies authenticity across the channels attackers exploit first. As convincing fakes flood every platform, that verification stops being an add-on and becomes core infrastructure, sitting between organizations and the synthetic content trying to pass through. info-hawk.com

Back-to-back on the CNBC Disruptor 50 for @Apptronik alongside @AnthropicAI, @OpenAI, and @anduriltech on this year's list. Nearly $1B raised. Commercial deployments inside @MercedesBenz and @GXOLogistics facilities. A @GoogleDeepMind partnership advancing Apollo's reasoning capabilities. Another humanoid robot expected later this year. The @Jabil partnership introduces a new dynamic. Apollo robots are now being used to help manufacture more Apollo robots, which shifts the scaling question from how much capital a company can raise to how quickly its production system can compound. Humanoid robotics is moving from demonstration to deployment, and Apptronik is one of the companies defining what that transition looks like. @kperdew

Headed to SF next week for MVS26 (Feb 11–12) with Team @MoonshotsCap. The Military & Veteran Startup Conference is the largest gathering of veteran founders, investors, and operators building high-growth companies. I’ll be speaking on Capital at the Front Line: Investing in National Security with an outstanding group of leaders. At Moonshots Capital, nearly ⅓ of our AUM backs veteran-founded companies, because mission, resilience, integrity, and drive are forged through service. If you’re building, investing, or supporting veteran entrepreneurs, this is the room to be in. Tickets: luma.com/mvs2026 #MVS26

The @SpaceX/@xAI acquisition valued at $1.25T isn't just the largest deal in history: it's a blueprint for solving AI's hardest problems. Frontier AI meets space infrastructure at unprecedented scale. AI's real bottlenecks are physical: energy, compute capacity, infrastructure. This deal tackles them through vertical integration. As investors in @xAI (now @SpaceX), @KellyPerdew, @CraigCummings, and the Moonshots Capital team are excited to see what they build next as they take on one of the most complex infrastructure challenges of our time.

SGNL (Fund 2) is being acquired by @CrowdStrike for $740M. SGNL redefines access & authorization with real-time, just-in-time decisions as risk and environments change. Huge congrats to founders Scott Kriz, Erik Gustavson, and the entire SGNL team, and to CrowdStrike.

Groundswell saw a 900% YoY increase in Giving Tuesday donations. On CNBC Fast Money, CEO Jake Wood talked about why purpose is becoming a core driver of employee engagement and how companies are responding. Proud to back the team.

Military leadership training is built for pressure, uncertainty, and hard decisions: skills that translate directly into building a company. The veterans we work with bring clarity, resilience, and a mission-first mindset that consistently stands out.

Just how much is the government losing to fraud every year? About $550 to $700 billion as reported on @60Minutes last night. Estimates like these are only climbing higher as we learn more about the extent of the fraud problem. Fraud rings are often linked to international groups and foreign governments. Fraudsters like the one shown below are now using deepfakes and other AI tools to try to impersonate Americans and steal their benefits. ID.me stopped this attack. If more government agencies leverage biometrics, they could prevent many more.

Exclusive: @GallatinAI, backed by @8vc (@JTLonsdale) & @MoonshotsCap (@kperdew ) dives into #AI-fueled military logistics. axios.com/2025/04/08/gallati…

If you are a veteran OR have veterans on your founding team - you have to know this early-stage investor. This week's findfunding spotlight is on @kperdew from @MoonshotsCap. He: 🇵🇹 Is based in Lisbon, Portugal and the firm is HQ'd in Austin, TX 📺 Won Season 2 of The Apprentice with Donald Trump 🦄 @MoonshotsCap has invested in 120 companies, amassing 27 exits and 15 unicorns Amongst founders, @kperdew and his co-founder @unleashcraig are often described as co-founders - known for rolling up their sleeves and assisting founders 24/7 as board members, advisors, and networking catalysts. To get in touch, make sure to: ✉️ Pitch him through moonshot's website form (they review every submission and reach out if there is a fit) ✏️ Sign up for the @MoonshotsCap newsletter! For more, check out our funder spotlight card below along with Moonshots Capital's profile on findfunding[dot]vc (link in comments).

🔥Spexi Series A Fundraise Announcement🔥 We are so excited to announce our $11.5M Series A fundraise lead by @BlockchangeVC , followed by @MoonshotsCap and @protocollabs. We are transforming the aerial data industry with the largest, fastest-growing fully standardized drone imagery network, delivering ultra-high-resolution Earth imagery to industries worldwide—all with near-zero emissions. Why it matters: - 900x the detail of traditional satellite imagery - Cost-effective, real-time data for critical tasks like emergency response - Rapidly expanding into AI, gaming, smart infrastructure, and beyond - Built with blockchain tech and designed with the best minds in cryptoeconomics We will be using these funds to expand the network into more countries, further build out the team, and accelerate our blockchain development roadmap. We want to thank all of our employees, investors, advisors, drone pilot community, and customers for supporting this big bold vision. We are just getting started! Read more about the raise and our mission: spexi.com/blog/spexi-announc… Bloomberg coverage: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Exciting news! @IDme has closed a $67M investment through a tender offer led by @RibbitCapital, with support from VikingGlobal & @CapitalG. With 135M users & growing, ID.me’s digital wallet is transforming digital identity. network.id.me/press-releases…

Team addition! @unleashcraig and I are proud to welcome Kristyn E. Jones as our newest @MoonshotsCap advisor. Kristyn’s career includes top leadership roles in the Department of the Air Force, where she recently served as Acting Undersecretary — a role equivalent to a Four Star General. She was responsible for the organization, training, and equipping of @usairforce and Space Force. She also served as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management, and her leadership experience spans the public and private sectors, including senior positions at KPMG and multiple Fortune 500 companies. We’re thrilled to have her leadership helping us support our portfolio companies. Welcome, Kristyn!