Meka Asonye

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@BigMekaStyle

Founder of Prist Capital, ex @Firstround, @Stripe, @mixpanel, Bain, and @CleGuardians. Bears Fan 🏈, amateur golfer 🏌🏾‍♂️, pilot 🛩.

San Francisco, CA Joined August 2010

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Meka Asonye @BigMekaStyle 6d

Ships and aircraft are now easy targets and costly to defend, putting the supplies they carry at risk. Corridian is building ultra-large AUVs that carry payloads undersea, out of sight.

Their products will help the U.S. and its allies maintain and extend credible deterrence, and we’re glad to support that work.

Stoked to support their $38M seed as they emerge from stealth! 🇺🇸

Corridian @corridian_inc 6d

Corridian is out of stealth with a $38M seed round led by @p72vc, joined by @balerionspace, @harpoonventures, @DCVC, @Marlinspike.

We build ultra-large autonomous underwater vehicles that carry payloads thousands of nautical miles without a crew: axios.com/2026/11/03/cor…

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Meka Asonye @BigMekaStyle Oct 30

Deeply enjoyed chatting with @Erica_Wenger and sharing my journey to Solo GP at Prist Capital! I hate listening to my voice, so someone will have to let me know how it went 😳.

Deep tech founders -- DMs are open and checks are ready to be written. HMU 🚀

Erica Wenger Verified account @Erica_Wenger Oct 30

Bonus Friday Episode: My conversation with Meka Asonye (@BigMekaStyle).

Meka is the founder and managing partner of Prist Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in deep tech startups. Previously, he worked at @firstround Capital, @stripe, and in baseball operations for the Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians).

We discuss how to identify the next billion-dollar startup, why the best venture capitalists think differently from everyone else, and what separates exceptional founders from the rest.

We also discuss:

- How his experience in Major League Baseball (@MLB) shaped his investment philosophy
- Why the best startup investments often look unconventional at first
- How he became an early investor in @K2SpaceCo
- Why mission-driven founders have an advantage over those motivated purely by money
- Why traditional investment committees can overlook the biggest opportunities

Enjoy!

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:52 - What Baseball Taught Him About Venture Capital
07:36 - Overcoming Personal Challenges and Finding Balance
12:06 - From Aviation to Investing in Deep Tech
19:59 - Why Meka Left First Round to Start His Own VC Firm
25:44 - Why Deep Tech Investing Requires a Different Strategy
30:41 - The #1 Thing to Look for When Investing in Startups
32:46 - How Meka Spotted the Opportunity in K2 Space
39:36 - The Future of Deep Tech and Emerging Startup Hubs
42:49 - Building the Future of Prist Capital

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Meka Asonye @BigMekaStyle Oct 28

The K2 team is ABSOLUTELY COOKING. 🚀🧑‍🍳🔥

K2 Space Corporation Verified account @K2SpaceCo Oct 28

With a 20.6kW burn, we just shattered the record for highest Hall thruster burn ever completed on orbit – four times more powerful than any thruster that has ever flown in space.

And that’s just the beginning. We’re continuing to test and refine our in-house, custom-designed avionics and propulsion systems for next year’s launches. Below, our gimbal moves our thruster while it fires in our vacuum chamber. Of course, we couldn’t resist the opportunity to draw our Dyson sphere logo, which represents the abundant space future that we’re aiming for as we push the bounds of what’s possible in space.

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Meka Asonye @BigMekaStyle Oct 27

Yesterday, I flew to the middle of the desert in Nevada to watch a couple founders demo a product that will keep our troops safer. The founders moved to the middle of nowhere to be focused, close to a manufacturing facility, and close open space that allow live fire testing. No hype, no vaporware, no loud chest beating on X -- just rapid iteration. They're humble, hard working, and mission driven.

I've never been more bullish on early stage Physical AI investing. Excited to for the world to see what they are building 💪🏾!

Meka Asonye @BigMekaStyle Oct 27

There are some founder meetings you NEVER forget — even when it’s just a couple of people and a deck. Founding teams with insane founder-market fit, huge TAM, perfect why now. @bsofman thanks for letting me be a part of this journey. Excited to see what ya’ll continue to do. 🚀 LFG.

Bedrock Robotics Verified account @BedrockRobotics Oct 26

Today we’re announcing a $600M Series C, co-led by @CapitalG and @emergencecap, to bring fully autonomous machines to more job sites across the U.S.

We want autonomous equipment to become beautifully unremarkable, as ordinary on a job site as GPS or grade control.

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