Where capital meets the next frontier.

// Our why

Today's science fiction. Tomorrow's expectation.

Every major industry on Earth has a parallel new industry being built in space right now.

Manufacturing. Medicine. Energy. Computing. Robotics. Agriculture.

We believe the technologies built for space will transform life on Earth, and the right capital, deployed early, enables that future.

// Approach

How we invest.

We identify superior founders, raise around them, and help scale the technology.

Space and deep tech is the defining investment frontier of our time. Great ideas are everywhere. What’s rare is the team positioned to operate at commercial scale. We back those people and support their growth.

The market still underestimates space, carrying legacy assumptions about capital intensity and long timelines. In reality, the sector is fragmenting into capital-efficient layers where early, embedded investors can capture outsized positions in companies that become critical infrastructure.

The companies getting there first build what comes next. Alpha Funds invests where the future is heading, not where the crowd already is. We fund the future we want to live in.

// Sophia Space — portfolio company
// Who we back

Companies we back.

Alpha Funds backs founders in space and deep tech who are first to market or built to disrupt.

Who we are

J.D. Russell
// Founder & CEO

J.D. Russell

Twice-flown Blue Origin astronaut (NS-28, NS-34) and one of only nine private astronauts to cross the Kármán Line twice. Serial entrepreneur with a track record of acquiring and scaling companies into nationally recognized market leaders.

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Gen. Robert Brown, USA (Ret)
// Venture Partner

Gen. Robert Brown, USA (Ret)

Retired four-star U.S. Army general and commander of the Pacific Army, leading over 106,000 soldiers. Architect of the Army's largest doctrinal shift in 30 years, the Multi-Domain Operations Plan. A West Point graduate and a team member on the Army Black Knights men's basketball team.

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 CMSAF JoAnne “JO” Bass, USAF (Ret)
// Advisor

CMSAF JoAnne “JO” Bass, USAF (Ret)

The 19th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force and the first woman in U.S. history to serve as the senior enlisted leader of a military service. Led 689,000 Airmen through the pivot to great power competition, modernizing the force for the space, cyber, and the information environment.

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Austin Litteral
// Director, Investments & Operations

Austin Litteral

Former Risk Management Director at JPMorgan Chase, where he served as Chief of Staff and Governance Lead and Blue Origin astronaut (NS-28). Master of Business Administration with a career spanning financial services and operational leadership for growth-stage companies.

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Dr. Anna Fisher, M.D.
// Advisor

Dr. Anna Fisher, M.D.

Former NASA astronaut and the first mother to fly in space, she operated the robotic arm aboard Shuttle Discovery (STS-51A) in history's first satellite salvage mission. Chemist and emergency physician with nearly four decades at NASA across the Shuttle, ISS, and Orion programs.

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WGCDR Ben Till, RNZAF (Ret)
// Director, Space & Deep Tech

WGCDR Ben Till, RNZAF (Ret)

First joint space planner and later Director Space Programme for the New Zealand Defence Force; most recently New Zealand's Air Attaché (space) to the United States. Two decades as a Navy and Air Force pilot with a Master of Defence Studies from King's College London.

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Hunter Lahasky
// Director, Frontier Ecosystems & Strategic Capital

Hunter Lahasky

Former Director of Commercial Sales and Strategy at Blue Origin responsible for new market analysis, revenue scaling, and sales team growth. Co-founder of a non-profit dedicated to partnering space & terrestrial companies through strategic foresight initiatives.

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Rachel Lyons
// Investor Relations & Communications

Rachel Lyons

Former Executive Director of Space for Humanity, where she led the first nonprofit in history to send civilians to space. B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and Economics, with more than a decade at the intersection of space and leadership.

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Let's build it!

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