Defense Tech Startups

Noveon manufactures rare earth magnets in the United States using domestic materials, serving the electric motor and renewable energy sectors. The company aims to create a sustainable supply chain and reduce environmental impact in magnet production.

2 investors

NP Photonics designs and manufactures fiber-based photonics products, including narrow-linewidth single-frequency fiber lasers, high-power fiber lasers, multi-channel laser systems, fiber amplifiers, injection seeders, mid-infrared fiber sources, and ASE sources. Its offerings target photonics and optical systems applications.

2 investors

Numenor Maritime develops U.S. subsea technology for persistent undersea connectivity, command, and situational awareness in environments without GPS, SATCOM, or reliable RF. Its seabed nodes maintain two-way links between shore operators and undersea assets such as UUVs and manned or unmanned submarines without requiring surface exposure.

2 investors

Obviant is a defense acquisition data platform that combines thousands of structured and unstructured sources to provide budget, program, and organizational intelligence. It serves defense companies, government agencies, and investors working in the defense technology sector.

2 investors

Oran Dev Co (ODC) builds the Odyssey Platform, a sovereign distributed compute grid that combines software-defined 5G/6G RAN, environmental sensing, and edge AI inference into a single open-architecture stack. It targets the US government, national security agencies, and allied telecom operators requiring supply-chain assurance and controllable infrastructure.

2 investors

Odin Dynamics develops technology aimed at supporting global deterrence and defense.

2 investors

Offline Protocol builds a mesh networking software and network layer that lets apps and devices communicate, authenticate, and coordinate when the internet is unavailable, using BLE and WiFi Direct with encrypted sessions. It serves teams operating at the disconnected edge and developers building offline-capable apps.

2 investors

Ohr develops a chemical production method it calls "Creationary Chemistry," building critical strategic chemicals — such as energetics, propellants, binders, and advanced materials — from simple, abundant feedstocks rather than refining crude oil. It targets defense and industrial applications requiring high-purity, selectively synthesized molecules for national resilience.

2 investors

Omelas builds Atreus, an agentic AI intelligence workbench that synthesizes multilingual, multidomain intelligence to uncover patterns across datasets and generate reports and presentations from prompts. The product is deployed with U.S. government agencies and geopolitical risk organizations.

2 investors

Ondas Inc. (Nasdaq: ONDS) provides autonomous systems, counter-drone solutions, private wireless networks, and AI capabilities through its Ondas Autonomous Systems and Ondas Networks business units. It serves customers in rail, energy, public safety, critical infrastructure, and government markets.

2 investors

OpsLab develops software for air operations optimization that simplifies logistics and improves operational readiness for the U.S. military and commercial airlines.

2 investors

Optera develops bio-inspired, event-based vision sensors and neuromorphic semiconductor chips paired with on-source processing algorithms to provide situational awareness in space and defence environments. Its systems serve satellite operators, defence contractors, and research partners, targeting space domain awareness with low-power, low-bandwidth sensing.

2 investors

Optics11 develops fiber-optic sensing systems designed for harsh operating environments, providing ultra-sensitive, low-power monitoring of temperature, pressure, strain, and vibration. Its solutions serve defense, energy infrastructure, and industrial operators for asset monitoring and security.

2 investors

Optimized Electrotech designs and manufactures electro-optics and AI-enabled surveillance systems, including counter-drone platforms, long-range and multispectral surveillance, facial recognition access control, and weapon sights, for defence, paramilitary, government, mining, and large corporate clients. The India-based company serves both military and civilian applications across land and aerospace domains, including satellite payloads.

2 investors

Orbital Sidekick operates hyperspectral imaging satellites and provides data analysis for commercial operators in energy, mining, and agriculture, as well as environmental monitoring and national security applications. Its offerings help detect operational risks, support sustainability initiatives, and expand situational awareness through georectified hyperspectral intelligence.

2 investors

Osavul develops Janus, a threat intelligence platform that identifies hostile actors and analyzes vulnerabilities and supply chain risks to predict threat exploitation.

2 investors

OSCP builds inertial sensors for autonomous systems that operate in environments without reliable satellite signals, such as tunnels, mines, and underwater settings. The company manufactures these sensors in Canada without US-controlled content.

2 investors

Kraken Robotics is a marine robotics company that develops innovative solutions for underwater exploration and technology applications.

2 investors

Paragon Networks designs and manufactures deployable fibre optic and copper cables and hardware for customers in diverse sectors including defense and events. The company offers both custom-designed solutions manufactured to client specifications and off-the-shelf cable products, with UK or overseas manufacturing options.

2 investors

Parry builds integrated mission systems combining software, hardware, and AI-enabled autonomy that operate across platforms and environments without requiring custom integration. The company serves warfighters and defense organizations by delivering reliable, coordinated systems for tactical edge operations.

2 investors

PerVista provides a full-stack event security service that combines licensed security personnel, on-premises edge AI weapon detection, FAA-certified drone surveillance, and autonomous robotic patrol dogs under a single operations center. It protects live events and venues ranging from concerts and professional sports to government special security events, corporate functions, and critical infrastructure.

2 investors

Phantom Photonics develops quantum-enhanced sensing technologies designed to operate in challenging environments where conventional sensors fail. The company serves industries requiring advanced measurement and observation capabilities in conditions others cannot access.

2 investors

PHC Global builds AI-driven systems that fuse distributed biological data streams (wastewater, clinical, syndromic, environmental) with contextual intelligence to detect anomalies and produce decision-ready biological threat intelligence. Its commercial software platform serves defense, public safety, and U.S. Fortune 500 enterprises for biosurveillance and operational risk protection.

2 investors

PhotonFirst develops integrated photonics sensing technology for measuring strain, shape, temperature, and pressure. The company serves customers across various end-markets who require advanced sensing solutions.

2 investors