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▶ 1:56 · $MARIANA-MINERALS · $MARIANA-MINERALS · Michelle invests in Mariana Minerals to reshore critical minerals supply chain
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Bloomberg Tech

Ex-A16Z Partner Launches New Industrial-Focused VC Firm

2026-03-11 · 3 company · 0 thematic
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michelle

Michelle launched PACS VC, a $50M early-stage fund focused on defense tech, supply chain, and American dynamism. She previously invested on the American Dynamism team at Andreessen Horowitz.

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“I invested in a mining company called Mariana Minerals that's working to reshor all of our capacity to to bring all these critical minerals to to the industrial base.”
—michelle
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Michelle invests in Mariana Minerals to reshore critical minerals supply chain
Michelle invested in Mariana Minerals because it is working to reshore domestic capacity to mine and refine critical minerals needed for the defense industrial base.