Department of Defense — 2023 Investments
70 investments dated 2023 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all
A space transportation and infrastructure services company providing launch capabilities and orbital logistics for satellites and cargo.
Advanced ManufacturingSpace TechSan Francisco, US
Mikhail Kokorich(Founder)inJohn Rood(Executive Officer)Rob Schwarz(Executive Officer)Lon Ensler(Executive Officer)
BoardBrian Kabot(Director)Jon Layman(Executive Officer)
Accrete builds AI systems for enterprise and government/defense work, offering two products: Kepler, which turns an organization's knowledge into expert workflows completed in the company's context with human oversight, and Argus, which provides source-backed intelligence for operators working across complex mission data.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareNew York, US
Prashant Bhuyan(Executive Officer, Director)Mayank Patel(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRobert J. Hugin(Director)Ken Fried(Director)Samuel A. Cole(Director)
Advanced Onion is a technology services company providing risk analytics and identity management, IT support services, and customer contact center operations for U.S.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareGovTechMonterey, US
Aeris develops environmental software, atmospheric and climate modeling, and technical services for national security customers, including the U.S.
Climate TechDeep TechDefense Tech
Apex manufactures productized satellite bus platforms at scale for constellation deployment and critical missions.
Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechHardwareSpace TechLos Angeles, US
Ian Cinnamon(CEO)inMax Benassi(CTO)in
ATG Solutions develops antennas and digital IF/RF products, including multi-band radio antennas and a transport virtualization platform, for secure wireless connectivity.
Defense TechGovTechHardwarePeachtree Corners, US
Astrapi Corporation develops signal modulation technology, with contracts including the Missile Defense Agency's SHIELD program.
Deep TechDefense TechDallas, US
AtomBeam develops Neurpac, a software-based "Data-as-Codewords" technology that simultaneously compresses and encrypts data in a single operation, reducing bandwidth needs by up to 75% while maintaining low latency.
CybersecurityData & InfrastructureIoTMoraga, US
Charles Yeomans(Executive Officer, Director)Joshua Cooper(Executive Officer)Julien Dersy(Executive Officer)Rajiv Bhagat(Executive Officer)Chuba Udokwu(Executive Officer, Director)Stephen Collins(Executive Officer)
Atomic 6 manufactures advanced composite materials and structural components for space applications, including solar arrays, protective tiles, and panels designed for satellites and spacecraft.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareNew MaterialsSpace TechMarietta, US
Trevor Smith(Executive Officer)
Autonodyne develops command-and-control software for autonomous and unmanned vehicles, enabling multi-vehicle swarming, manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T), and multi-domain operations across air, sea, and land.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechRobotics
Bally Ribbon Mills manufactures American-made woven narrow fabrics including tapes, webbing, and advanced 3-D woven structures for military, defense, aerospace, medical, and sporting applications.
Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechNew Materials
Blue Wave Semi supplies semiconductor fabrication equipment, thin film deposition systems, accessories, and prototypes to research and development customers.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareSemiconductors
Boundless Science develops medical devices to treat patients suffering from heart and lung failure, aiming to reduce blood damage, anticoagulation needs, and complexity of ICU care.
HealthtechMedical Devices
Carbon-Carbon Advanced Technologies (C-CAT) develops advanced carbon-carbon materials and manufacturing methods to produce flightworthy hardware such as heat shields, thermal protection systems, and rocket engine nozzle extensions for military and commercial spacecraft.
Defense TechNew MaterialsSpace Tech
Cerebras designs and manufactures wafer-scale AI processors and systems for data centers, enabling accelerated AI training and inference at scale.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Andrew Feldman(Co-founder & CEO)Gary LauterbachMichael JamesSean LieJean-Philippe Fricker
Compass Systems provides engineering and contract manufacturing services for the defense, aerospace, and industrial sectors, including systems engineering, AI/AR training, unmanned systems integration, and air vehicle engineering.
Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechRoboticsPatuxent River, US
CTS Cement manufactures construction products for new construction, repairs, restoration, and decorative concrete, including its Rapid Set and Komponent product lines.
Construction TechNew Materials
San Bruno, US
Sam Fok(Executive Officer, Director)Kwabena Boahen(Director)Nick N. Oza(Executive Officer)Wen Hsieh(Director)
BoardShyam Kamadolli(Director)Ingrid Burton(Director)
Specialty Materials produces boron fiber and the Hy-Bor portfolio of high-performance prepregs used in advanced composite applications requiring compression, flexure, bearing, and stiffness performance.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareNew Materials
Graphika builds a network intelligence platform that maps and analyzes relationships across online communities to help organizations understand digital environments and identify emerging risks and opportunities.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureNew York, US
John Kelly(Founder)John Graves(Director)Rene Boettcher(President)James Hunt(Director)Christopher Tucker(Director)Montgomery Kersten(Director)
Infinity Systems Engineering provides mission operations and engineering services covering payload integration, space operations, and system sustainment for defense and space customers and partners.
Deep TechDefense TechSpace Tech
Andy Wilfong(Founder)
InfoBeyond develops cybersecurity, AI, computer vision, and communications technologies for national defense and civilian organizations.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDefense Tech
Kairos Research is a research small business focused on human-machine collaborative intelligence, developing human-in-the-loop AI systems that treat AI as a teammate rather than a tool.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDayton, US
Jacksonville, US
Shea Ralph(Executive Officer, Director)William D Meadow(Executive Officer, Director)
LumenAstra is developing a non-invasive device that measures internal body temperature several centimeters below the surface in real-time using a patented radiometry method.
Deep TechHardwareMedical Devices
MapLarge builds the Application Fabric, a platform that fuses satellite, sensor, and enterprise data into governed operational applications running across cloud, edge, and disconnected environments.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDefense Tech
Maztech Industries develops the X4 product line of precision fire control and ranging systems for firearms, including an augmented reality fire control system (X4-FCS) that overlays a ballistic-compensated aimpoint on an LPVO scope and a laser rangefinder (X4-LRF) with an integrated ballistics solver and environmental sensors.
Deep TechDefense TechHardware
The InClab engineers intelligent digital platforms designed for edge and mission-critical operations, built to be modular, secure, and interoperable.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareColorado Springs, US
HealthtechDexter, US
Scott Merz(Executive Officer, Director)Rio Foster(Director)Catherine Schmidt(Executive Officer)Robert Bartlett(Director)Christopher Ball(Director)Robert Foster(Executive Officer, Director)
Nielson Scientific provides 3D microfabrication and nano ablation services for semiconductors, metals, and other materials, using electrical and mechanical engineering to build custom microsystems and microdevices.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Pearl Bio develops technologies for genome engineering, ribosome engineering, and biomanufacturing to enable production of novel proteins, chemicals, and materials for biotechnology and medicine.
BiotechDeep TechNew MaterialsStamford, US
Farren Isaacs(Co-Founder and Science Advisor)Michael Jewett(Co-Founder and Science Advisor)Amy Cayne Schwartz(Co-Founder, COO & CBO)Merton Gollaher(Executive Officer)
BoardGeorge Church(Science Advisor)Jesse Rinehart(Science Advisor)
Perfusion Medical is developing PM-208, an intravenous therapeutic for treating hemorrhagic shock and other ischemic conditions by restoring blood flow through tissue capillaries to protect vital organs.
BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices
Photon-X develops 3D shape-based AI applications built on its proprietary Spatial Phase Imaging (SPI) sensor technology, which captures pixel-level surface data such as surface angles, refraction index, and surface normals across the electromagnetic spectrum.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense Tech
Primordial Labs builds Anura, a natural-language control interface for military uncrewed and autonomous systems, letting operators task and coordinate robotic platforms via voice or plain language instead of complex controllers.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechRoboticsNew Haven, US
Adrian Pope(Executive Officer, Director)Lee Ritholtz(Executive Officer, Director)
R3 Digital Sciences builds products that add intelligence to traditional devices to turn them into smart devices for use across various industries.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareIoT
RGBSI Aerospace & Defense provides engineering, manufacturing, product quality, and supply chain services as a prime contractor to the U.S.
Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechEnterprise Software
Positions itself around engineering excellence, describing itself as establishing the nation's next generation engineering capability.
Deep Tech
Saltenna develops plasmonic communications technology that enables high-speed, high-bandwidth wireless communications and sensing in environments that block conventional wireless, such as underwater, underground, through metal, rock, ice, and soil.
Deep TechDefense TechHardware
Sky Park Labs develops visual intelligence and AI systems for industrial, government, and social-impact applications.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechGovTech
SPEAR Labs designs and hand-builds high-end in-ear monitors (IEMs) using housings made from obsidian, sterling silver, and titanium alloy, with each set custom made in the USA.
ConsumerHardwareNew Materials
Dale Lott
True Anomaly designs and builds hardware and software systems for space security and defense.
Defense TechHardwareSpace TechCentennial, US
Even Rogers(CEO and Co-Founder)Kyle Zakrzewski(Chief Engineer and Co-Founder)Thomas Nichols(Executive Officer, Director)Jesse Michaels(Director)Daniel Brunski(Director)Austin Bishop(Director)
Wasatch Ionics is a contract R&D and strategic consulting business specializing in electrochemistry, including the development and testing of novel battery chemistries, process scaleup, and prototyping.
Deep TechEnergyNew MaterialsSalt Lake City, US
Javier Alvaré(Owner & R&D Director)
Xcelerium develops the X2PU, a reconfigurable processor architecture designed to replace CPUs, NPUs, DSPs, and FPGAs for real-time Physical AI workloads such as perception, connectivity, and positioning.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductors
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