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Venture capitalActively deployingHolladay · 4 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Dauntless Ventures concentrates on frontier and deep-technology sectors critical to industrial and national resilience. Its focus areas include aerospace and autonomous systems, robotics and advanced manufacturing, biotechnology and biosecurity, next-generation power, advanced materials and supply chain resilience, and advanced computing and cybersecurity. The remainder of the page's descriptive text is placeholder content, so the firm's specific strategy, stage, and check-size details cannot be determined from this page.
Source: firm website, verified Oct 24, 2026.
Team · 4 people
from the firm's website
A former Marine Corps attack pilot and weapons & tactics instructor who moved into investing, first as a tech banker at Goldman Sachs, then as a Managing Director at In-Q-Tel (including co-leading its Sydney office) and Head of Australia for Salesforce Ventures. Graduate of the University of Virginia and USC.
A former Navy nuclear engineer with a finance career spanning Goldman Sachs Growth, Senior Analyst at Passport Capital, and PM and General Partner at Bienville. Graduate of the US Naval Academy and Stanford GSB.
A former US Navy Super Hornet pilot and TOPGUN graduate who went on to build high-growth startups, including early roles at Ginkgo Biosecurity, Chief Commercial Officer at Solugen, and co-founder of Lila Sciences. Graduate of the US Naval Academy, Harvard Business School, and UC Berkeley.
Author of 'Chip War' and a professor at Tufts University's Fletcher School, as well as a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute focused on technology, geopolitics, and supply chains. He is also a partner at Greenmantle advising on technology and geopolitical trends.
What they invest in
from 7 of 10 portfolio companiesDeep Tech ×5Defense Tech ×3Hardware ×3AI & Machine Learning ×2Biotech ×2SaaS ×2Space Tech ×2Advanced Manufacturing ×1
HQs:United States×3Australia×1
Investments · 10 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12024 · 12 dated
Ansa provides an enzymatic DNA synthesis platform that directly synthesizes complex sequences up to 900 bp and delivers constructs up to 50 kb without assembly-based methods.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtechEmeryville, US
Dan Lin-Arlow(Founder)inSebastian Palluk(Founder)inDaniel Hillel Lin-Arlow(Executive Officer, Director)Jason T. Gammack(Executive Officer, Director)inDaniel Lin-Arlow(Founder)Jared Ellefson(Founder)
Co-investorsCarbon SiliconCerberus VenturesFifty YearsJude GomilaMetaplanetY Combinator+14 more
Besxar is developing reusable orbital manufacturing platforms called Fabships that use the vacuum of space to produce ultra-pure materials and semiconductors for use in AI, quantum computing, nuclear, and defense applications.
Deep TechSemiconductorsSpace Tech
Co-investors645 VenturesBee PartnersKoru CapitalUNION Labs Ventures
LILA Sciences builds AI systems for autonomous scientific research and discovery across medicine, materials, energy, and defense sectors.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechSaaS
Geoffrey von Maltzahn(CEO)Molly Gibson(Founder)Noubar Afeyan(Founder)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesCatalio Capital Management, LPFlagship PioneeringGeneral CatalystIn-Q-TelMarch Capital Partners+10 more
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Spektion is a vulnerability management platform that analyzes software in an organization's environment to determine what is actually exploitable, factoring in whether software is running, its privileges, network exposure, and blast radius.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsLiveOak VenturesTau VenturesTAU Ventures
Vatn designs and manufactures low-cost, modular autonomous underwater vehicles with proprietary autonomy, navigation, and control software for undersea ISR, logistics, sensing, and payload delivery missions.
Defense TechHardwareRoboticsProvidence, US
Frederick Mills(Founder)inNelson Mills(Founder)inGeoff Manchester(Founder)inDan Hendrix(Founder)Freddie Mills(Founder)
BoardThomas Hendrix(Director)in
Co-investorsAirbus VenturesBackswing VenturesBeyond CapitalBlue CollectiveBVVCCapital Factory+18 more
Vector develops advanced defense technology solutions, including unmanned systems and integrated warfare capabilities, for the U.S. military and its allies.
Deep TechDefense TechHardwareSalt Lake City, US
Andy Yakulis(CEO and co-founder)Matt Long(Chief Strategy Officer and co-founder)George Matus(CTO and co-founder)
BoardLarsen Jensenin
Co-investorsPelion Venture PartnersAlumni VenturesBlack FlagHarpoon VenturesKickstartPoint72 Ventures+4 more
VXB Aerospace develops software using generative capabilities to help engineers design custom components involving complex multi-physics, such as antennas, electronics, and plasma propulsion.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechHardwareSpace TechEveleigh, AU
Alexander Ryan(CEO & Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Fulcrum VentureHEC Paris IncubatorInvestible Climate Tech FundTechstarsJelix Ventures
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Ansa BioLila ScienceVATN Systems
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesLila Sciences · finsmes.com · Jun 4, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Dauntless Ventures made?
- Dauntless Ventures has 10 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What sectors does Dauntless Ventures focus on?
- Dauntless Ventures focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, Biotech, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Energy, New Materials, Robotics, Space Tech.
- Where is Dauntless Ventures located?
- Dauntless Ventures is headquartered in Holladay, US.
- Who does Dauntless Ventures co-invest with?
- Dauntless Ventures most often shares deals with Alumni Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Flagship Pioneering, among 56 tracked co-investors.
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