BJ

Brannon Jones

Investor at AlleyCorp

New York, New York

Overview 

Brannon Jones is a Robotics & DeepTech venture capitalist at AlleyCorp, with prior experience at SpaceX and a background in engineering from Princeton University. He has a strong track record in investing in cutting-edge technologies in sectors such as Space, Manufacturing, EnergyTech, Robotics, and DeepTech, while also serving as a board member and mentor in the tech startup ecosystem. With an MBA from Harvard Business School, Brannon has excelled in roles such as Lead Manufacturing Engineer at SpaceX and has leveraged his expertise to make strategic investments in innovative companies, focusing on Series A, Seed, and Pre-seed stages in New York City.

Work Experience 

  • Investor, Robotics + Deep Tech (Space, Advanced Manufacturing, Energy)

    2023 - Current

AlleyCorp is an early stage venture fund and incubator that founds and funds transformative companies, primarily in New York.

  • Board Member

    2024

Simplify and advance materials innovation for every product company

Raised $22,780,976.00 from Alumni Ventures.

  • Mentor

    2024

Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.

Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.

  • Fractional CXO

    2022

    Hardware engineering Product management Business development and operations

  • Founder & CEO

    2022 - 2022

    AI & analytics platform to increase equity in the book publishing industry

  • Fractional CTO

    2022 - 2022

    - Supported high level engineering strategy, design, and prototype manufacturing operations for consumer hardware wearable. - Assisted in developing go to market strategy and finding PMF including market segmentation and customer validation. - Vetted industrial and engineering design partners for outsourcing.

Bluexthermal is an independent engineering research company that develops innovative solutions for thermal management systems.

  • Lead Manufacturing Engineer

    2017 - 2021

    Raptor Propulsion Systems: Fluid transfer systems design, Robotic automation, advanced welding, additive manufactiuring, Factory operations management Launch Vehicle Sub-Assemblies: Structures, Integration, mechanical design, Automated welding, tooling design, composites

SpaceX is an aviation and aerospace company that focuses on reducing the costs associated with space travel by using reusable rockets.

Raised $9,770,343,846.00 from Roman Smolevskiy.

  • Sales and Trading Analyst

    2016 - 2016

Credit Suisse Group is a financial services company that advises clients in all aspects of finance.

  • Electric Propulsion and Plasma Dynamics Engineer

    2015 - 2015

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