About Us

Kevin Leclaire is the Managing Director of ISDR Consulting.  Kevin brings a decade of space and investment-related experience to ISDR.  He has also helped develop several start-up and later stage venture-backed companies over that time.

Prior to ISDR, he was a Senior Associate at SpaceVest Capital (now RedShift Ventures), a venture capital firm that invested in space- related and advanced technology companies. 

ISDR Consulting is a Virginia-based Limited Liability Company headquartered in Reston, Virginia.  ISDR Consulting provides Investment and Strategic Development Resources to clients involved in the space, satellite and technology sectors. 

Management

Investment & Strategic Development Resources

for Space, Satellite, and Advanced Technology Companies

While at SpaceVest Capital, he led & supported investment deal teams in the sourcing, due diligence, negotiation, and syndication of investments such as ProtoStar, Privaris, Nextreme Thermal Solutions, and Lamina Ceramics.

Mr. Leclaire also provided support to SpaceVest Capital portfolio companies including as a Board observer to space-related companies such as Imaginova (formerly Space Holdings) and Novariant (formerly IntegriNautics).  He helped facilitate fundraising of follow-on rounds, the acquisition and integration of early and later stage companies, and other strategic, organizational development, and operational issues.

Additionally he co-founded two space industry-focused "virtual think tanks", and founded a navigation software startup. Previously at General Electric, Mr. Leclaire completed GE’s Six Sigma Black Belt Training and Technical Leadership Programs and was part of the GE Corporate Audit Staff.

He earned an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School and earned Bachelor's degrees in Industrial & Systems Engineering and Economics, with Honors, from Virginia Tech.

Mr. Leclaire also currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Virginia Tech Alumni Association.