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Phillip Sarofim

Director at CesiumAstro. Also a director at Venus Aerospace, Lemon Perfect and Coreshell.

DirectorRoles at 4 startups
Updated Nov 10, 2026·Latest SEC filing Jun 9, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Phillip Sarofim

Phillip Sarofim is a director at CesiumAstro.

Form D filings also name Phillip Sarofim as a director at Venus Aerospace, Lemon Perfect and Coreshell.

Phillip Sarofim first appears on SEC filings in 2021.

Experience

This experience comes from Phillip Sarofim's profile and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Phillip Sarofim in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution Current
Board Member
2024 – Present
ArtCenter College of Design Current
Member Board of Trustees
2023 – Present
CesiumAstro Inc. Current
Director
2022 – Present · Austin, TX
Makes satellite communications systems for commercial, government and defense missions.
Petersen Automotive Museum Current
Board Member
2022 – Present
Venus Aerospace Corp. Current
Director
2021 – Present · Houston, TX
Develops rocket engines for defense, space and high-speed aviation.
Meyers Manx Current
Chairman of the Board
2021 – Present
Trousdale Ventures Current
Founder and CEO
2019 – Present
Coreshell Technologies, Inc.
Director
2021 – 2024 · San Leandro, CA
Coreshell makes silicon-based batteries for automakers, battery manufacturers, and defense customers.
The Lemon Perfect Company
Board Member
2021 – 2024
Yellowbird®
Board Member
2021 – 2024
Super Coffee
Board Member
2021 – 2024
Lemon Perfect Co
Director
2021 – 2023 · Atlanta, GA

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Phillip Sarofim works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

CesiumAstro Inc. · Form D, Jun 9, 2026
KS
Kenneth Smith
Executive officer
KC
Krystle Caponio
Executive officer
CI
Chris Pappas III
Executive officer
DS
Daniel Sable
Director
Shey Sabripour
Shey Sabripour
Founder and CEO, director
VJ
JH
Venus Aerospace Corp. · Form D, May 4, 2026
PM
GM
Gavin Mathis
Director
Sheila Menz
Sheila Menz
General Counsel
Andrew Duggleby
Andrew Duggleby
Co-founder & CTO, director
SD
Sarah Duggleby
Executive officer, director and promoter
BG
Blair Garrou
Director
Lemon Perfect Co · Form D, Feb 10, 2023
YH
Yann-Alfred Hufnagel
Chief Executive Officer and director
AH
BC
RP
Rita Patel
Director
CF
Coreshell Technologies, Inc. · Form D, Dec 27, 2021
Jonathan Tan
Jonathan Tan
Chief Executive Officer, Co-founder and director
AF
SB
Sourav Basu
Executive officer and director

Sources

  1. SECCesiumAstro Inc. Form D, filed Jun 9, 2026
  2. SECVenus Aerospace Corp. Form D, filed May 4, 2026
  3. SECLemon Perfect Co Form D, filed Feb 10, 2023
  4. SECCoreshell Technologies, Inc. Form D, filed Dec 27, 2021