Defense Tech Startups
1,120 companies tagged Defense Tech, with their investors and founders.
Circadence develops gamified, cloud-based cybersecurity training and awareness platforms for individuals, teams, and government agencies. The company creates high-fidelity virtual simulations and cyber ranges aligned with NIST/NICE frameworks for hands-on learning.
2 investors
Coalition builds a secure communication and collaboration platform purpose-built for military operations and national security organizations. The platform unifies communication, coordination, and decision-support across the defense and intelligence ecosystem.
2 investors
Cohere Technologies develops software for mobile and wireless networks, including its Universal Spectrum Multiplier (USM) for 4G and 5G and Pulsone technology based on the Zak-OTFS waveform, aimed at Mobile Network Operators. Its products support spatial multiplexing, Massive MIMO, and Open RAN/cloud architectures, and it also builds multi-waveform RAN technology for integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) under a U.S. government contract.
2 investors
Comand AI builds Prevail, an AI-native operating workspace for defense and security headquarters that integrates across C2 platforms to support military planning tasks such as mission analysis and terrain analysis while keeping officers in command. The platform maintains a unified data core so planning context is saved, queryable, and reusable across missions.
2 investors
Context Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in exceptional founders across all sectors, with special emphasis on military veteran founders. The fund invests in defense and dual-use, fintech, B2B, and consumer startups, and also incubates companies.
2 investors
Converus develops credibility assessment technologies that detect deception by analyzing eye behavior and other physiological signals, used by law enforcement, government, and corporations. Its products include eye-tracking lie detection tools and a smartphone-based truth verification app.
2 investors
Crow Industries develops autonomous robotic systems designed for deployment in remote and austere environments. The company serves defense, mining, and space industries with robots capable of operating independently or in swarms for logistics, reconnaissance, data collection, and heavy labor tasks.
2 investors
Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions designs and manufactures rugged, COTS and modified-COTS embedded computing hardware — including mission computers, VPX switches, and avionics compute modules — for military and aerospace programs. It provides system integration, program management, and lifecycle management services for defense platforms across ground, airborne, and naval applications.
2 investors
CybExer develops immersive testing and training environments for cybersecurity skill development and resilience building. The company provides scalable cyber ranges designed for organizations to conduct realistic and effective cybersecurity training.
2 investors
Cyclone Labs builds ultra-maneuverable autonomous underwater robotic systems capable of rapid three-dimensional movement for maritime operations. Its applications include underwater threat interception, reconnaissance and surveillance, underwater construction and maintenance, infrastructure inspection, and perimeter defense.
2 investors
Databuoy develops acoustic gunshot detection and localization technology that identifies and locates gunfire indoors, outdoors, and vertically for use in urban areas, campuses, public spaces, and high-security facilities. Its DARPA-founded, DHS SAFETY Act Designated systems serve public safety, force protection, and anti-terrorism applications.
2 investors
Deepnight develops AI-powered night vision cameras that use edge AI processing to enable high-performance imaging in extremely low-light conditions, targeting defense, consumer electronics, drones, and autonomous vehicles. The company embeds machine learning models into digital image sensors to achieve night vision capabilities that match or exceed conventional analog systems.
2 investors
DeepSig develops machine learning software for wireless communications, specializing in signal processing, spectrum sensing, and 5G optimization. The company serves wireless equipment manufacturers, network operators, and defense organizations through AI-native solutions.
2 investors
DEFCON AI builds AI-powered execution platforms for complex operations under uncertainty, serving defense, infrastructure, supply chain, manufacturing, and healthcare sectors. The platform uses artificial intelligence and mathematical optimization to help organizations plan, evaluate scenarios, and make decisions in dynamic environments.
2 investors
Defendec provides autonomous intrusion detection systems for remote border and perimeter security using rugged, battery-powered devices with AI-based image analysis. The system is deployed globally by defense forces, border guards, and law enforcement to detect unauthorized movement and vehicle crossings with minimal false alarms.
2 investors
Destinus develops the Hornet Block 2, a mobile canister-launched dual-role system that intercepts subsonic aerial threats and conducts precision strikes against maritime and ground targets. It uses AI-coordinated swarm operations with EO/IR and radar guidance for autonomous engagement in GNSS-denied environments.
2 investors
Kryla is a distributed saturation cruise system designed for high-volume strike and air defence saturation, using coordinated multi-effector engagement and time-on-target synchronization to overwhelm air defences in contested environments. It carries a 50 kg payload with a range of 800+ km and can be deployed via air-drop pallet or booster-assisted canister launch from a 20-ft container.
2 investors
Digital Barriers develops EdgeVis, a video streaming platform using a patented adaptive codec (TVI compression) that delivers secure, ultra low bandwidth live video over cellular and unstable networks, with bandwidth savings of up to 90%. It targets mission-critical and public safety operations, serving federal agencies in the US, UK and elsewhere with edge analytics, encryption, and both containerized software and rugged hardware appliances.
2 investors
Dominion develops autonomous systems and command-and-control platforms for defense and critical infrastructure operations in remote, harsh environments like the Arctic. The company builds integrated autonomy, sensing, communications, and edge AI capabilities for government and allied defense operators.
2 investors
Dynamic Dimension Technologies (DDT) builds engineering and software solutions—including simulation tools, robotics systems, and data solutions—for government and commercial clients, with a track record supporting the U.S. Navy, Army, and Air Force. Its work spans defense and industrial applications such as autonomous systems, factory automation, and Industry 4.0.
2 investors
Tactical Edge builds deployable power and communications systems for remote and austere environments, including tethered relay towers, mesh networks, and on-demand hydrogen fuel. Its systems serve government and defense customers such as militaries and primes, and have been validated through NATO and U.S. programs with field pilots in the Indo-Pacific and Africa.
2 investors
Edge Case provides safety solutions and a real-time safety intelligence platform for organizations deploying complex autonomous and AI systems, using its DevSafeOps methodology to build safety assurance into the product lifecycle. It serves frontier industries such as autonomous vehicles and defense, generating traceable safety data to help teams anticipate risks and support deployment decisions.
2 investors
EdgeTrace provides AI-powered video search software that allows law enforcement and public safety agencies to query video footage in plain language, finding answers in seconds instead of hours of manual review. The system runs on-premises within an agency's own network, maintaining data sovereignty while enabling investigators to search their camera networks as naturally as searching documents or code.
2 investors
EGIDE develops mass-deployable, networked effectors for defense, starting with air-defense systems against suicide drones. Its software-defined platform combines distributed sensors, AI-driven detection, and layered interception to protect deployed forces and critical infrastructure, with a focus on Europe.
2 investors