Cody Bronkar

Cody Bronkar is an active duty Captain managing the VC engagements and strategic partnerships for SpaceWERX. Cody has an active role in merging government stakeholders, companies, and private capital providers to accelerate and scale the initiatives in support of the NDS. A previous graduate of the Air Force Academy and later a cyber professional in both the Air and Space Forces at the operator and headquarters levels, he brings a technical prowess to understanding how tech is able to merge into all levels of the Space Force. Cody works with the Program Executive Officers and Operators throughout the Space Force on how each are wanting to strategically expend their budgets, as well as investors and company’s on how to strategically align and deliver capability to government organizations. While managing the strategic partnerships and VC landscape, he has helped source hundreds of millions of private capital dollars to SBIR-funded efforts and companies to deliver at scale. Cody serves as the primary Mentor for various world-class accelerator programs across the US. His role has been to solely consult, guide, and facilitate relationships on behalf of the the Space Force with companies and investors – all to fulfill warfighter gaps. His previous experience within both AFWERX and SpaceWERX allows for a unique ability to realize how to connect entities throughout the ecosystem to deliver utility to the warfighter at speed.