Josh Weed
General Partner and investment-committee chair at Veteran Ventures Capital, a veteran-owned VC firm backing dual-use national-security startups.
Weed is a 2001 U.S. Air Force Academy Distinguished Graduate with a Ph.D. from the RAND School of Public Policy. He served 10 years of active duty as a Financial Management Officer, including managing a $32 billion Air Force Operations & Maintenance fund portfolio, and remains a Reserve Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force Budget Office at the Pentagon. From 2012-2020 he worked at Stewart & Stevenson, rising to COO in 2015 and helping lead its $752 million sale to Kirby Corporation. He then joined Veteran Ventures Capital, advancing from Senior Director (2022) to Partner (2024) to General Partner (2025), and chairs the fund's investment committee, focused on defense and dual-use technology. He is not credited as a co-founder of the firm; that credit belongs to Derren Burrell.
Overview
- Role
- General Partner
- Based in
- Washington, DC area
- Prior experience
- Stewart & Stevenson; U.S. Air Force
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- Who is Josh Weed?
- Weed is a 2001 U.S. Air Force Academy Distinguished Graduate with a Ph.D. from the RAND School of Public Policy. He served 10 years of active duty as a Financial Management Officer, including managing a $32 billion Air Force Operations & Maintenance fund portfolio, and remains a Reserve Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force Budget Office at the Pentagon. From 2012-2020 he worked at Stewart & Stevenson, rising to COO in 2015 and helping lead its $752 million sale to Kirby Corporation. He then joined Veteran Ventures Capital, advancing from Senior Director (2022) to Partner (2024) to General Partner (2025), and chairs the fund's investment committee, focused on defense and dual-use technology. He is not credited as a co-founder of the firm; that credit belongs to Derren Burrell.
- What is Josh Weed's role?
- Josh Weed is General Partner, based in Washington, DC area.
- Where did Josh Weed work before?
- Josh Weed's prior roles include Stewart & Stevenson; U.S. Air Force.
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Josh Weed is General Partner of Veteran Ventures Capital
PR Newswire: Veteran Ventures Capital Closes Oversubscribed $60 Million Fund II Amid Record Aerospace & Defense MomentumVerified2025-08-19 - 2
Josh Weed is a U.S. Air Force Academy graduate (2001) with a Ph.D. from RAND, a 10-year active-duty Financial Management Officer, and was Partner and Senior Director at Veteran Ventures Capital chairing its investment committee; previously spent 2012-2020 at Stewart & Stevenson, becoming COO in 2015 through the company's 752 million dollar sale to Kirby Corporation
Equilar: Joshua Weed — Veteran Ventures CapitalReported2026-08-11 - 3
Josh Weed, Partner and Senior Director at Veteran Ventures Capital, is a USAFA 2001 graduate and Air Force Reserve Lieutenant Colonel who says the fund aspires to be way more than just a check for its veteran entrepreneurs
SABM Group: Joshua WeedReported2024-05-31 - 4
Veteran Ventures Capital's own leadership/org-chart listing names Derren Burrell as Founder and Managing Partner, alongside Craig Jaques, Steve Kiser, and Paul Woolard as General Partners/Partners — Josh Weed does not appear on this founding leadership listing
TheOrg: Veteran Ventures Capital — Org ChartReported2026-08-11