New Platform Extends HighPost’s Investment Approach into National Security Markets
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HighPost Capital, LLC (“HighPost”), a leading private investment firm focused on visionary companies and founders, today announced the formation of HighPost Aerospace, Defense, and Cybersecurity, an investment vertical established to invest in high-quality businesses that serve aerospace, defense, cybersecurity, and government missions.
In connection with the launch of the vertical, HighPost has assembled a team of seasoned investment professionals and operators with deep experience across the aerospace, defense, government, intelligence, national security, and critical infrastructure sectors. David Walsh, an experienced aerospace & defense investor, who was previously the Managing Partner of FON Advisors and a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer, will lead the platform at HighPost. In this new role, Mr. Walsh and his team will be responsible for investment origination, execution, and portfolio operations. Earlier in his career, Mr. Walsh founded Prescient Edge, Inc., an intelligence services company.
HighPost intends to pursue middle-market buyouts and late-stage investments in fast-growing, critical businesses that are meeting the evolving needs of these sectors, while evaluating select opportunities across the broader aerospace, defense, and cybersecurity sectors, including in larger companies.
The initiative follows several major public financial commitments to national security globally. In the United States, Congress has appropriated nearly $1 trillion in funding for the Department of War and other national defense purposes since July 2025. In June 2025, NATO allies committed to invest 5% of GDP annually in defense and related security by 2035.
“The launch of a dedicated national security vertical marks a significant milestone in developing HighPost as a premier, multi-vertical alternative investments platform. David Walsh and his talented team, coupled with highly attractive, long-term tailwinds in the aerospace, defense, and cybersecurity sectors, led us to decide that now is the right time to move forward with this vision,” said David Moross, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of HighPost. “Companies that supply national security missions need experienced, long-term capital, and reaching them takes people who have spent their careers inside that community. In addition to David and his team, the HighPost relationship with the Bezos family’s deep sector knowledge brings significant relationships, operating experience, and judgement this market requires.”
“Many businesses that matter most to national security are often small, founder-led, and underserved by institutional capital,” said Mr. Walsh. “Our team has spent our careers investing in and building operating businesses like these. As part of HighPost, which has an impressive track record of supporting exceptional founder-owned and entrepreneur-led businesses, we can give these enterprises a partner that understands the mission and can help them grow.”
In addition to Mr. Walsh, the platform’s team and advisors include Matthew Bluhm, former Chief Executive Officer of Decon7 Systems; John Rompon, formerly Co-Founder and Managing Partner of McNally Capital; former U.S. Senator Richard Burr, former Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; and Thomas P. Feddo, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Investment Security.
“By combining HighPost’s deep investment experience with Azimut Group’s significant capital commitment, sector expertise, and global reach, we have built a strong foundation to partner with the critical businesses shaping the future of aerospace, defense, and cybersecurity,” added Mr. Moross.
About HighPost Capital
HighPost Capital, LLC (“HighPost”) is a private investment firm focused on visionary companies at the forefront of consumer behavior, services, sports, media, technology and aerospace sectors. Founded by leading private equity fund investor and chief executive, David Moross, and successful marketing innovator, Mark Bezos, HighPost seeks to leverage the respective skills, network and experience of its principals to create long-term value for its portfolio companies. HighPost seeks to identify opportunities with family-controlled and entrepreneur-led companies that share a differentiated approach to value creation. HighPost is part of the Azimut Group, a global asset management company serving individuals, corporations and institutions. For more information, please visit https://www.highpost.com.
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