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Let's do it again Atlanta - join Marque Ventures and friends for the next Bullets & Beans on 13-DEC at 57th Fighter Group Restaurant! 🇺🇸 Join the movement: https://lnkd.in/eApDvDgQ #defensetech #vc #venturecapital #defenseinnovation #defensetechnology #military #nationalsecurity #atlanta

🎉 Marque Ventures is pumped to announce the promotion of Maddy Goncalves to Principal! Maddy joined the firm as a Defense Ventures Fellow before leading the charge as our first Veteran-in-Residence. Since day one, Maddy has been a powerhouse of "getting it done", embodying the mission-driven hustle that defines Marque Ventures. Her move into an expanded role as Principal is a reflection of Maddy's strong leadership and relentless commitment to scaling the next generation of category-defining national security and defense companies. Our success is driven entirely by our people - and it’s the collaborative, high-performance culture we’ve built together that will continue to position Marque at the forefront of early-stage investors in our vertical. #defensetech #vc #venturecapital #defenseinnovation #defensetechnology #leadership #teamwork

Marque Ventures and ManTech getting it done at SOFWERX and USSOCOM! Last week’s OSBP Networking Event hosted by Ashley Farrier and Alana Hymel gave our combined team the opportunity to meet with over 40 small businesses with innovative offerings relevant to SOF problem sets - great event and powerful collaboration! #defensetech #vc #venturecapital #defenseinnovation #defensetechnology Mike Smith Travis Ledwith

Thanks to all who joined us for the first “Bullets & Beans” in ATL last week! The Atlanta defense ecosystem showed up in force with attendees representing investors, founders, academics, and government. Stay tuned and join us for the next event! 57th Fighter Group Restaurant Georgia Institute of Technology

📣 Last chance to sign up for Bullets & Beans in Atlanta this Friday at The 57th Fighter Group Restaurant to meet local national security innovators!

Attending Venture Dallas this week? Drop us a line and let’s connect! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e7ehGaWP

🎉 Join us in welcoming the Fall 2024 Cohort of Marque Ventures Fellows! Get to know them here: https://lnkd.in/eTb26a2T #defensetech #vc #venturecapital #defenseinnovation #defensetechnology #military #nationalsecurity Jesse Breau Jon Chung Chance Cole Cody Retherford Maureen Woolshlager

Friday Spicy 🌶️ - Comparing sizes... its not the size of the fleet but whether you can refit the hit. China's Navy will stand at about about 395 ships and 2 million tons by 2025. For comparison's sake the US Navy is currently at about 300 combat vessels and 4.5 million tons. The US has fewer combat ships but they are on average larger and more capable. However, when it comes to merchant marine vessels, the ships that will be absolutely critical to logistics/supply in any conflict, China possesses about 8300 ships compared to the US's 3500, and here China's fleet is both vastly more numerous and larger on average. All that said, the most concerning comparison isn't fleet size, it is ship building and repairing capacity where China has a 230X advantage over the United States. No you aren't reading that incorrectly. Expressed as a percentage just so we are absolutely clear... they have a 23,000% advantage. An Arleigh Burke destroyer takes the US 4 years to build on average. If, in this highly simplified exampled, we assumed that destroyer production were representative of shipbuilding capacity overall, then if the US's peak capacity were to build or repair 1 destroyer a year, China could build or repair 230. (Last year China added 30 surface combatants to their fleet). This means that in any protracted conflict, the US Navy will essentially be limited to the current fleet. Every lost ship is a hole in the force that won't be filled before the conflict's conclusion whereas China has the capacity to completely replace their fleet over an operationally relevent time span. The bottom line is that while the US Navy can certainly deter minor skirmishes and conflicts given the current fleet, China can see the disparity in manufacturing and repair capacity and is likely less dettered from an all out protracted conflict, where their superior manufacturing capacity will come to bear. Current capability/forces deter skirmishes but it is manufacturing capacity that deters all out protracted conflict. Wiz bang defense technology is great but where we really need the billions (trillions) focused is on manufacturing and supply chains. Capability * Capacity = success. (Anyone working on capital ship building or ship repair & refit let us know). *big open question, where does Hellscape fit into this? Is it really a thing? Is the ambiguity it creates a real deterrent? https://lnkd.in/gDxXVtRX

Marque Ventures is excited to launch a monthly coffee series at The 57th Fighter Group Restaurant gathering Atlanta's defense innovators! 🇺🇸 Join the movement: https://lnkd.in/eccQqcke #defensetech #vc #venturecapital #defenseinnovation #defensetechnology #military #nationalsecurity #atlanta #georgia #ATL