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Astronaut Mike Fincke Joins Capital Factory to Bring America's Most Critical Technologies to Market

  • Capital Factory announced Keri Waters as Managing Director of Deep Tech Commercialization & Colonel E. Michael "Mike" Fincke (Ret.) as Senior Fellow & Senior Commercialization Advisor.
  • Fincke concluded a 30-year NASA career in January 2026 after spending 549 days in space & commanding the ISS twice.
  • Fincke joins the Capital Factory Deep Tech Advisory Board as a founding member & works with portfolio companies in space systems & advanced aerospace.
  • Fincke recently joined MIT's Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics as a full-time Professor of the Practice.
  • Waters previously founded Buoy Labs, which was acquired by Resideo, & served as VPGM Water for a $320 million business.
  • Waters leads Capital Factory's expanded work with DARPA & federal research agencies through the DARPA Commercial Accelerator.
  • Waters is the author of the forthcoming book "More Energy, Clean Planet" with a foreword by Fincke.
  • Capital Factory was selected by DARPA in August 2024 as the only Texas-based regional Commercial Accelerator.
  • The Capital Factory Deep Tech Advisory Board provides strategic guidance for federal commercialization efforts.
  • Capital Factory is a deep tech venture capital firm headquartered in Austin, Texas, investing in defense, space, energy, & life sciences.