★ ABOUT FLUXA FIRST
Fluxa First is a deep-tech venture studio for American sovereignty and industrial strength. We form and build companies with technical founders across aerospace, maritime, autonomy, energy, advanced manufacturing and dual-use defense.
WHY WE EXIST
Companies that make rockets, ships, power systems and factories move on longer timelines than software. They need people who will sit inside the business and help turn a breakthrough into a product, a customer and a company.
We started Fluxa First to do exactly that: build American hard-tech companies from day one, with capital and operators pulling in the same direction.
MISSION & APPROACH
Our mission is to turn deep technology into durable American companies that strengthen the nation’s ability to design, make and defend on its own terms.
The studio model
We co-create companies instead of only funding them. Our partners work as operators on product, go-to-market, hiring and fundraising.
Phased engagement
Every engagement starts with a structured early phase that tests the technology, the buyer and the business case before we commit to building.
Build together
Founders keep the vision. We bring the commercial machinery, aligned capital and a network across industry and government to reach first revenue and scale.
WHY AMERICA, WHY NOW
Supply chains are coming home, and the nation is rethinking how it builds, powers and protects itself. The founders who build here now will shape that future.
★ Production capacity is moving back onto American soil
★ Defense and commercial needs increasingly share the same technology
★ Energy and grid resilience have become strategic priorities
★ Autonomy is changing work at sea, in the air and in the factory
★ Florida’s Space Coast sits at the meeting point of aerospace and maritime
THE TEAM
Our partners have served the country, built and sold companies, and taken products to enterprise customers.
Peter Robbins
Managing Partner, FLUXA FIRST
An Air Force veteran with family roots on Florida’s Space Coast, Peter leads business development, deal origination, capital formation and partnerships for the studio. He started as an ISR operator in the US Air Force, went on to work at the Department of Homeland Security, then engaged internationally with the South Korean government, and later worked as a venture studio operator before founding Fluxa First.
★ U.S. Air Force service-disabled veteran
★ Former DHS
★ Former advisor, Republic of South Korea
★ Management & Aviation, Florida Tech
Nick Scahill
Founding Partner, FLUXA FIRST
Nick leads go-to-market and business development for studio portfolio companies. He brings more than a decade in product management, enterprise sales and revenue operations across venture-backed startups, including leading U.S. business development for a technology studio through its 2025 acquisition and serving as a fractional revenue leader for tech ventures.
★ Led U.S. business development, Success Software
★ Product & enterprise roles, Accent Technologies
★ Economics, Harvard University
Ben Robbins
Founding Partner, FLUXA FIRST
A Space Coast native with more than twenty years in technology and venture operations, Ben runs studio operations, diligence and portfolio development. He founded a venture-backed digital twin company, sold an earlier field-data business that is now part of Trimble, and led North American expansion for a global product studio.
★ Founder, Threshold 360
★ Led ACS Connect’s sale to Viewpoint (now Trimble)
★ Former MD North America, Success Software
★ Early work on military training & simulation systems
John Cowan
Investment Advisor, Fluxa First; General Partner, Next Wave Partners
John has spent more than twenty-five years at the helm of early-stage companies as a founder and chief executive. He designs ventures and capital strategies, and he wrote the book Venture Capital 2.0.
At Fluxa First, John serves as investment adviser and GP co-signatory, and leads fund formation, compliance, and Safer pricing and reporting.
★ 25+ years as founder and CEO of early-stage companies
★ Author, Venture Capital 2.0
★ Investment adviser and GP co-signatory, Fluxa First
James Thomason
Compliance Advisor, Fluxa First; General Partner, Next Wave Partners
James has spent more than twenty-five years in Silicon Valley startups, founding several companies and serving as CTO through multiple exits. He led engineering teams at Exodus, Netli and NetScaler, holds 14 granted patents, and wrote the book Venture Capital Without Unicorns.
★ Repeat founder and CTO with multiple exits
★ 14 granted patents
★ Former engineering leader, Exodus, Netli & NetScaler
★ Author, Venture Capital Without Unicorns
FOR FOUNDERS
Building something hard? Build it with us.
See how we work with technical founders from the first conversation to first revenue.
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FOR INVESTORS
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For investors