Defense Tech hub: 73 startups and 14 funds matched in our directory. Search the full startup corpus from /startups.
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Shortlist companies and funds tagged Defense Tech in our directory. This hub is a sector cut, not a complete market census. Search every startup from /startups or open the investor list.

Startups in this sector

Showing 12 of 73 matched profiles.

  • Solcoa Industries

    U.S. rare-earth metal producer using modular electrochemical reactors.

  • Covenant

    Defense startup that unveiled Anthem, a heavy-payload cruise missile, with $250M lifetime capital disclosed — not a dated September round; no valuation.

  • Bulwark Dynamics

    Autonomous beach-landing craft for contested maritime resupply of U.S. and allied forces.

  • Pixxel

    Hyperspectral Earth-observation satellites plus Aurora software for commercial and sovereign planetary intelligence.

  • Aitan

    Robotic Sovereignty-as-a-Service — edge-AI robotic weapon systems and force orchestration for allied militaries.

  • Aslan

    Human-supervised AI agents for national-security and law-enforcement investigations in online criminal environments.

  • Kepler Aerospace

    Bengaluru space-infrastructure company building swarming ISR satellites plus mission-ops over a global ground-station network.

  • Alteon

    Bengaluru aerospace startup building dynamic-soaring autonomous aircraft for maritime persistence.

  • Smack Technologies

    Frontier AI lab for national security — Omega command planning and Alpha tactical-edge autonomy.

  • Mara

    Attritable kinetic counter-UAS (Spike) built for cheap FPV swarm economics.

  • Shield AI

    Autonomy software for military aircraft and drones without GPS or comms.

  • SpaceX

    Reusable rockets and Starlink satellite internet constellation.

Investors in this sector

Showing 12 of 14 matched funds.

  • ATX Venture Partners

    Austin early-stage venture firm founded in 2014 (formerly ATX Seed Ventures), investing in applied AI across defense and space, industrial operations, healthcare, and financial infrastructure. Operator-founded team based downtown at 500 W 2nd Street.

  • Alamo Angels

    San Antonio angel network (founded 2016 as San Antonio Angel Network; rebranded Alamo Angels in 2017) providing seed and early-stage capital, education, and deal flow for Texas entrepreneurs. Associated with VelocityTX / Texas Research & Technology Foundation ecosystem. Members are accredited investors syndicating into technology and life-science startups.

  • Ascend

    Seattle pre-seed venture firm founded in 2019 by Kirby Winfield, focused on Pacific Northwest founders building vertical AI agents, Gen AI infrastructure, and AI applied to physical industries. Fund I deployed from a $15M vehicle (2019); Fund II closed at $25M in May 2023. Typical first checks run $250K–$750K with $500K as a common sweet spot. Ascend positions itself as the most active pre-seed investor in the region.

  • Crosscut Ventures

    Santa Monica seed-stage venture firm founded in 2008 — among LA's longest-standing seed funds. Invests $1M–$3.5M in frontier tech: energy transition, space economy, defense systems, advanced manufacturing, and robotics. Public materials cite $300M+ committed across five funds.

  • DVI Equity Partners

    Tucson venture arm of Diamond Ventures (founded 2018) investing micro-cap Series A and early institutional rounds in Southwest technology. Focus areas include enterprise software, AI, cybersecurity, 5G infrastructure, and national-security-adjacent B2B — with emphasis on women- and minority-led founders per launch materials. Portfolio ties include UA spinouts such as Freefall Aerospace / ED2 lineage.

  • Friends & Family Capital

    Silicon Valley venture firm founded by former Palantir CFO Colin Anderson and John Fogelsong. The firm positions strategic finance and operating support as its core service to founders, typically avoids board seats, and invests in what it calls sovereignty across defense, manufacturing, power, infrastructure, communications and AI infrastructure.

  • In-Q-Tel

    Strategic, not-for-profit investor founded in 1999 to accelerate commercial technology adoption for U.S. national security and intelligence agencies.

  • Paladin Capital Group

    Washington, D.C. multi-stage venture firm founded in 2001, specializing in cybersecurity and dual-use deep tech for commercial and government markets. HQ at 2000 K St NW; also offices in New York, Silicon Valley, London, and Luxembourg.

  • Perot Jain

    Dallas early-stage venture firm founded in 2014 by Ross Perot Jr. and Anurag Jain. Partners with technology founders building disruptive B2B companies; public materials cite themes spanning healthcare services/tech, supply chain, real estate/proptech adjacency, and government/defense. HQ Dallas, TX. Website: perotjain.com.

  • Protego Ventures

    Venture capital firm investing in early-growth Israeli defense technology companies and dual-use systems.

  • Scout Ventures

    Early-stage firm backing dual-use and frontier-tech founders from the military, intelligence community, and national labs. Leads seed rounds with $2–5M checks in AI, robotics, space, and defense tech.

  • Snowpoint Ventures

    Snowpoint Ventures is a Palm Beach-based venture capital firm investing in dual-use companies across defense, data, deep technology and frontier technology. The firm was founded by former Palantir defense executive Doug Philippone and former naval cryptologist Alex Creasey.