Sarah Hess

2025 NextGen National Security Fellow

Point72 Ventures

Sarah Hess is an Operating Partner at Point72 Ventures, focused on investments and portfolio company growth in defense tech. Before joining Point72 Ventures, Sarah was the West Coast Director of Silicon Valley Defense Group and an Investor/Operator at Lux Capital focused on defense and dual-use investments. Previously, Sarah served as Deputy Lead to launch the NATO Innovation Fund, a venture capital fund modeled off of In-Q-Tel that aims to invest in dual-use deep technologies. She has worked for the Central Intelligence Agency on science and technology analysis in East Asia, and started her career at Apple focused on international localization project management.

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