B2B Deep Tech VC — Pre-seed & Seed

Where
industrial
innovation
takes hold.

Pre-seed and seed backing for ventures in earth sciences, space, and climate technology — we stay in the trenches until innovation becomes adoption.

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Vesper Alpha backs founders building hard things in the physical world

Vesper Alpha draws its name from the Vesper star, the first star you see at night — a light in the dark. Alpha, the beginning and the edge. We back founders building hard things that change the physical world, offering capital, counsel, and conviction when others hesitate.

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01 — Investment Thesis

The industrial opportunity

We focus on the sectors that have driven civilisation for centuries — and are now being reinvented by software, sensors, and data. We look for innovators who aim to surgically disrupt nodes within complex value chains.

01.

Earth

Software-defined geoscience, subsurface intelligence, and digital tools transforming how industry understands and interacts with the earth — the reinvention of mining, energy, and environmental monitoring.

02.

Space

In-space resource utilisation, orbital infrastructure, and the terrestrial industries that must exist before humanity can operate sustainably beyond Earth. Bridging earth sciences and space.

03.

Climate and Infrastructure

Industrial decarbonisation, grid modernisation, and the hard infrastructure needed to make the energy transition technically and economically viable.

02 — Our Approach

We are Bridgers,
not observers.

We look for founders who understand both the technology and the industry — "Bridgers" who can translate between the lab and the mine, the algorithm and the wellhead. Industrial technology adoption is hard. We've navigated it from both sides.

Pre-investment

Narrow and deep, with a real market problem

We believe in narrow and deep use cases with a meaningful and observable market problem. We work with founders on deep industry analysis and technical diligence. We want to know your market as well as you do before we commit together.

Long-term

Hands-on, for the long haul

Sustained, hands-on support connecting founders to industrial ecosystems, translating technical capabilities into business value, and building the trust needed for pilot success. We are skilled and experienced mentors with proven frameworks that help ventures tune their execution for success.

Risk framework

Calibrated by design

We apply a calibrated risk framework drawn from decades of operational experience in sectors where failure is measured in tonnes, not downloads.

Go-to-market

Adoption is the hard part

Industrial customers move slowly and demand proof. We help founders navigate procurement cycles, build reference customers, and demonstrate ROI before scaling.

03 — The Team

Operators who've
been in the field.

Three partners. Complementary at the highest level — spanning deep industry analysis, frontier geoscience, revenue engineering, and financial architecture. Between us we have built, scaled, and exited businesses at a global level. We bring the full stack: market, technology, product, customer success, growth, and capital strategy. And we make the work enjoyable.

Salar Javid

Salar Javid

Founding Partner
📍 Vancouver, Canada

Mine-mechanical engineer with 20+ years across Rio Tinto, Barrick Gold, and as CEO of Outliers Mining Solutions. Bridging earth sciences and in-space resource utilization through Terra2Astra and DARPA's LunA-10 program.

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Adam Pidlisecky

Adam Pidlisecky

Founding Partner
📍 Vancouver Island, Canada

CEO of 3Pt Science and former Chief Research Officer at Seequent — the geoscience unicorn acquired by Bentley Systems. CDL Vancouver Associate of the Year 2024. Stanford PhD/MSc and Professor at the University of Calgary.

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Daniel Wallace

Daniel Wallace

Founding Partner
📍 Christchurch, New Zealand

25+ years commercializing and scaling technology businesses globally. Chief Revenue Officer at Seequent through its $1B acquisition by Bentley Systems. Advisor to startup that exited to a Fortune 100 company.

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The opportunity.
The edge.

We're looking for founders building in deep tech industrial markets, and investors seeking differentiated exposure to companies that may never make the unicorn list — but can deliver strong, durable returns.

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