Investing in exceptional entrepreneurs with world-changing ideas.

Kelly Perdew

Kelly is the Managing General Partner of Moonshots Capital, a Seed stage VC firm that invests in technology companies founded by extraordinary leaders. He has been investing in and advising leading U.S. start-ups since 2004 including LinkedIn (LNKD), Pandora (P), TrueCar (TRUE), Gretel, and ID.me. He has invested in 114 companies, amassing 27 exits and 12 unicorns. 

Kelly is a serial founder and has served in operating roles at 10 early-stage companies. Kelly shares his leadership and operational expertise with the founders he backs, helping them achieve successful exits. Some of the companies he held board and advisory roles at include Ustream (acquired by IBM), Bitium (acquired by GOOG), eteamz (acquired by ACTV), Harvest.ai (acquired by AMZN), and Scopely (acquired by Savvy Games Group).  

Kelly is an honor graduate (top 5% of his class and #1 in Field of Study) of the US Military Academy at West Point and served as an Army Intelligence Officer before earning joint MBA and JD graduate degrees from UCLA. He completed Army elite training programs – Ranger School and Airborne Training. He is the winner of Season 2 of NBC’s hit show The Apprentice with Donald Trump. Kelly is also a published author, and nationally recognized speaker on leadership, technology, and entrepreneurship. 

Craig Cummings

Craig actively invests in technology start-ups, many of which are founded by military veteran entrepreneurs.

Craig’s current and recent board positions include Cartwheel, Copper Labs, Shep (acq by Flight Center) Zabo (acq by Coinbase), Threatcare (acq by Reliaquest), Able, Realize Me, BTS, and Stealth Power, and he serves on the Advisory Boards of VetsInTech, Texas Venture Labs (of the UT McCombs School of Business), and DivInc. He is also the Director of Military and Veteran Affairs for Capital Factory, Austin’s center of gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas.

Craig is the Co-Founder and former Chief Operating Officer of RideScout, a mobile app that showed users how to get from point A to point B by providing real-time ground transportation information. RideScout was acquired by Daimler (maker of Mercedes-Benz) in September 2014.

Before he became an entrepreneur, Craig spent 17 years in the Army, most of that time as an Intelligence Officer serving in support of the National Security Agency (NSA). Craig deployed to Afghanistan with the Joint Special Operations Command where he earned the Bronze Star. He also served as an Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Department of Social Sciences at West Point, NY.  Craig received a B.S. in Political Science from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he was their first Truman Scholar, and he received a Ph.D. in Political Science (minor: Econometrics) from Columbia University in 2005.

In 2015, Craig was selected by HillVets as one of the 100 most influential and impactful veterans in the United States and, in 2016, Inc. Magazine named him as one of the Top 20 Military Veteran Entrepreneurs in the US. In 2022, Craig was selected as one of the Top 100 Entrepreneurs in the country by Alumni Spotlight. Craig is a member of the 2016 Class of Henry Crown Fellows with the Aspen Institute. In 2023, he was named a Future Texas Legend Veteran by the Texas Business Hall of Fame.  

Craig is married to Lawton Cummings, a General Partner of the Capital Factory. They have two children, Addison (20) and Cooper (18), and reside in Austin, TX.

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Farah Daou

Farah is a Senior Associate at Moonshots Capital – a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage technology companies and leans in heavily in veteran founded companies.

Prior to Moonshots Capital, she was an Associate at VU Venture Partners, a multi-stage venture capital fund focusing on Consumer, Enterprise, FinTech / Blockchain, HealthTech, Frontier Tech, and Real Estate Tech.

Farah’s passion for entrepreneurship and the startup ecosystem began while working at an investment bank, helping advise companies in the Consumer and Healthcare industries. From there, she went on to start her own company, a vegan bakery in Los Angeles.

Farah holds a B.B.A in Finance from Loyola Marymount University, where she currently serves on the Entrepreneurship Advisory Council.

Milica Iličić

Milica is the Director of Communications at Moonshots Capital. She is responsible for social media, events, marketing and communications, and assists the investment team with portfolio communications and research. 

Before joining Moonshots, she taught literature, language, and critical theory at Columbia University. Her textbook for the Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian language is used for instruction at four research universities in the US. Prior to her academic career, she served as Editor in Chief for an online publication on arts and popular culture based in Belgrade, Serbia. Her liberal arts academic background fosters her relentless curiosity about the frontiers of innovation, and a passion for developing and communicating big-picture ideas.

Milica holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature and Linguistics from Queen Mary, University of London, and a Ph.D. in Slavic and Comparative Literature from Columbia University. She is currently based in Europe.

LTC Titus Noble

Lieutenant Colonel Brian Titus Noble is a native of Cincinnati, OH where he attended the University of Cincinnati, earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Economics. Commissioned as a Field Artillery Officer in 2007 after attending Officer Candidate School, LTC Noble’s first assignment was with 3d Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division, 1st Battalion 37th Field Artillery Regiment. He served as a Fire Direction Officer, Platoon Leader, and Battalion Logistics Officer (S4). As the S4, LTC Noble deployed the Battalion first to the National Training Center in California and then to Diyala Province, Iraq to serve as the Provincial Reconstruction Team in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

LTC Noble graduated from the Combined Logistics Captain’s Career Course in May 2011. Upon graduation, LTC Noble served as a Plans Officer in the G3 of 3d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), Fort Knox, KY. LTC Noble deployed to Afghanistan with 3d ESC and served as a Liaison Officer (LNO) with 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in Helmand Province.

LTC Noble successfully commanded the Louisville Recruiting Company from April 2013 to May 2015. While in command, LTC Noble was assessed into the Acquisition Career Field. His first acquisition assignment was as a Contract Management Officer in the 410th Contract Support Brigade (CSB) at Fort Sam Houston, TX. He deployed to Camp Asalyiah, Qatar and Bagram, Afghanistan from August 2015 to April 2016 while serving with the 410th CSB.

Lieutenant Colonel Noble graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in December 2017. Following CGSC, LTC Noble joined the 901st Contracting Battalion at Fort Cavazos. He deployed his team and assumed the duties as Chief of the Regional Contracting Office-Erbil for the 408th Contract Support Brigade (CSB) in Erbil, Iraq in June 2018. Following his redeployment, LTC Noble participated in the Army Contracting Command Developmental Assignment Program as the Branch Chief for White Sands Missile Range, NM.

Lieutenant Colonel Noble most recently served as the Regional Contracting Center-Americas Deputy Director responsible for providing Operational Contract Support (OCS) for U.S. Army South and U.S. Southern Command. His previous acquisition assignments include Brigade Operations Officer in Charge (OIC) and Contracting Operations (CONOPS) Deputy with the 413th Contracting Support Brigade and Support Operations (SPO) OIC with the 921st Contracting Battalion at Ft. Shafter and Wheeler Army Airfield, HI.

LTC Noble’s military education includes the Field Artillery Basic Officer Leadership Course, Combined Logistics Captain Career Course, Army Acquisition and Contracting Basic Courses, Intermediate Contracting Course and Command and General Staff College. LTC Noble is Back to Basic certified Professional in Contracting, DAWIA level III certified in contracting, and is a member of the Army Acquisition Corps. LTC Noble holds a Master’s of Science in Administration from Central Michigan University.

LTC Noble’s military awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal (1OLC), Meritorious Service Medal (1SOLC), the Army Commendation Medal and both Army and Navy Achievement Medals.

LTC Noble and his wife Jasmin have two children, Haven and Jaxon.

Wyman Howard

Wyman Howard is a transformational leader with extensive combat mission experience and a proven 32 year record of unparalleled change leadership, creativity and risk mitigation for outcomes of strategic consequence to the security of the United States of America. He is a fourth generation Naval Officer and a 1990 graduate of the United States Naval Academy where he was a member of the Navy crew team. A native of Virginia, he is an Alexandria City High School alumnus.

Wyman is a thought leader in sustainability; disruptive technologies; leadership & human capital assessment; performance; retention; inclusivity; and diversity – with relationships and linkages to global business and foreign government military and intelligence service liaison partners. He is deeply experienced and briefed in geo-political risk and opportunities across disruptive technologies – including multi-domain autonomous systems; electronic warfare; cyber threats and risk mitigations; and commercial, civil, and military & intelligence space sector applications.

A retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral (Upper Half) with over 32 years in the SEAL Teams and joint special operations, Wyman commanded at all levels of Special Operations, including service as Commander Naval Special Warfare Command, Special Operations Command Central, and Naval Special Warfare Development Group. He has distinctive leadership experience at the strategic, operational and tactical levels of joint, intelligence, interagency and foreign partner operations.

He had multiple tours in command of Special Operations Joint Task Forces and was among the first to deploy into Afghanistan following the attacks of September 11, 2001. The combat contributions of the teams he commanded, and with whom he served, were recognized with five Presidential Unit Citations, Navy Unit Commendation and four Joint Meritorious Unit Awards.
Wyman’s joint, interagency and policy staff experience includes service as the second Director of Operations for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; Deputy Director for Global Operations, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff; and Director for Counterterrorism Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

He holds a Master of Business Administration from the TRIUM consortium of the London School of Economics, HEC Paris School of Management, and New York University’s Stern School of Business; a Master of Science in National Security and Resource Strategy with a focus on space from the Eisenhower School, where he earned three Commandant’s awards for excellence in writing; and a Professional Certificate in Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. His professional military education also includes the Naval War College, Joint Special Operations University, and the Defense Language Institute.

He is a Senior Advisor with McKinsey & Company across their global sustainability practice. He is an active volunteer within the community, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and an Eagle Scout.

Chris Hoyt

Chris Hoyt is a Venture Partner and CFO at Moonshots Capital and is the CEO of KeifeRx, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological conditions.

Chris was previously the Co-Founder and CFO at Upskill, Inc., a software company providing augmented reality solutions for large manufacturers. Upskill raised $65M in venture funding led by NEA and sold to TeamViewer AG in 2021.

Chris has spent the last 10 years in the start-up ecosystem as a serial entrepreneur in the technology and government contracting space and has served on multiple start-up boards.

Herman Bulls

Herman E. Bulls is Vice Chairman, Americas, JLL, as well as an International Director and the founder and former Chairman & CEO of the firm’s highly acclaimed Public Institutions business unit. This group specialized in delivering comprehensive real estate solutions to federal, state and local governments, nonprofit organizations and higher education institutions. As Vice Chairman, Mr. Bulls currently works with the firm’s largest clients to devise and implement integrated real estate strategies to lower occupancy costs and increase productivity. During over 33 years at JLL, Mr. Bulls has worked in the areas of development, investment management, asset management, facilities operations and business development/retention. He provides thought leadership and strategic guidance within the firm and to senior level client executives on issues related to real estate, the environment, corporate governance and social trends. Mr. Bulls has served as an expert witness on real estate matters in court and testified before Congressional committees on real estate issues.

Mr. Bulls co-founded and served as President and CEO of Bulls Capital Partners, a multi-family financing company which partnered with Fannie Mae,SunTrust and Goldman Sachs. Additionally, he founded Bulls Advisory Group, LCC, a management and real estate advisory firm. These entrepreneurial experiences provide him great insight on organization culture, new product development, talent management, as well as mergers and acquisition synergies. Prior to joining JLL, Mr. Bulls completed almost 12 years of active-duty service with the United States Army. His last active-duty assignments were working in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management at the Pentagon and as an Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He has completed the Army’s Airborne, Ranger and Command and General Staff College courses and served overseas in the Republic of Korea. He retired as a Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves in 2008 and received the Legion of Merit award for his leadership and strategic thinking skills.

Mr. Bulls serves on several public, private and not for profit boards including Comfort Systems, USA (NYSE: FIX), Host Hotels (NASDAQ: HST), American Campus Communities (NYSE: ACC) and Fluence Energy (NASDAQ:FLNC), where he serves as Chairman of the Board. Private boards include USAA, where he serves as Vice Chairman of the Board, Collegis Education, an educational technology company and the Real Estate Advisory Committee for New York State Teachers’ Retirement System, one of the largest pension funds in the nation. Former corporate board experience includes Tyco International (NYSE), Exelis (NYSE), Computer Science Corporation (NYSE) and Rasmussen College. Current not-for-profit board experience includes the national American Red Cross Board of Governors, the West Point Association of Graduates and the Military Bowl, an NCAA sanctioned football bowl game. Mr. Bulls received a BS degree in engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he played intercollegiate football, and an MBA in finance from Harvard Business School, where he was section president. Two of his sons, Herman, Jr. and Jonathan are graduates of the United States Military Academy.

Kristyn Jones

Kristyn E. Jones brings 30 years of public and private sector leadership with a record of extraordinary success in transforming multi-billion dollar business operations and driving significant transformations in large Federal Agencies. Kristyn recently served as the Acting Undersecretary of the Department of the Air Force (DAF), the Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force. This Four-Star General equivalent role is the second highest position in the DAF, and is responsible for organizing, training, and equipping Air and Space Forces and for the welfare of approximately 700,000 Active Duty, Guard, Reserve and Civilian Airmen and Guardians and their families serving around the world. Kristyn also served as the Senate-confirmed Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller. In this role as CFO, she was the principal adviser to the Secretary of the Air Force, Chief of Staff of the Air Force and Chief of Space Operations on all financial matters. She drove the strategy and execution for the financial management and business analysis necessary for the effective and efficient use of Department of the Air Force resources.

Prior to her most recent governmental service, Kristyn was a Managing Director in KPMG’s Federal Advisory practice, where she supported the Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, and other federal clients. Previously, Kristyn served in a variety of government positions, including the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Information Management.  She also held leadership roles in several Fortune 500 corporations. A West Point graduate, MBA, and former Army officer, Kristyn has deep expertise in strategic planning, risk management, financial management, cyber security, talent management and innovation.

Justin Antonipillai

Justin Antonipillai has over 20 years of senior executive experience, focusing on leadership, international strategy, data privacy, software, artificial intelligence, governance, and security.

Justin founded and sold WireWheel, a SaaS company in the privacy technology domain. He is widely recognized as an expert in privacy and data protection, with a significant background across all three branches of the federal government, as well as the private sector.

Before founding WireWheel in 2016, Justin served as the Acting Under Secretary for Economic Affairs at the U.S. Department of Commerce during the Obama Administration. In this role, he led key international initiatives, including negotiations for the E.U.-U.S. Privacy Shield, which was crucial in setting data protection standards between Europe and the U.S. He was also deeply involved in discussions around the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and various U.S. privacy laws. Justin helped lead the development of the NIST Cyber Guidelines and has led security initiatives in a number of companies.

Justin’s government service also included leading the Economics and Statistics Administration, overseeing the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and working on a range of economic and privacy-related issues. He played a crucial role in key export control issues and was part of the team that responded to the Snowden disclosures. James Clapper, the Director of the Office of National Intelligence, recognized Justin with the National Intelligence Medallion in 2016.

Justin holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Government from Cornell University, and graduated summa cum laude with a JD from the American University Washington College of Law.