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Stratosphere Equity

VC
Los Angeles, CAWebsite

Stratosphere Equity is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, CA investing in Other. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$3.0M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$1.0M – $3.0M

Portfolio

1+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on transformative aerospace ventures and high-impact hardware innovations.

How Stratosphere Equity invests

Stratosphere Equity is a vc firm based in Los Angeles, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other.

Stratosphere Equity typically writes checks of $1.0M–$3.0M per investment.

Stratosphere Equity has backed 1 company in our records, including SkyLaunch Systems.

Meet the Team

RW

Richard Wells

Founding Partner

Aerospace
JW

Josh Wagner

Founder & Managing Director

Aerospace
Oil & Energy
Real Estate
Angel
Venture Capital
Alternative Investments

Has over 25 years of experience as an executive in Aerospace and Oil & Energy industries. He also has deep and diverse investment experience with involvement in real estate, angel and venture capital and other alternative investments. A graduate of Virginia Military Institute, Josh serves and has served on boards dedicated to children’s education and welfare and is a member of Kiwanis International.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Portfolio Companies (1)

Other

SK

SkyLaunch Systems

Aerospace
How to pitch Stratosphere Equity
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $3.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Richard Wells, Founding Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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