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Aalyria develops software and hardware for managing wireless networks in motion, including directional optical communications terminals and a managed platform for orchestrating satellite, airborne, and terrestrial networks.

Defense TechSpace Tech

Nathan W.(Founder)inRick Young(Founder)in

Co-investorsBABattery VenturesCOCoalitionCOCollective LiquidityCOCortado VenturesINIndustrious Ventures

Acalvio provides ShadowPlex, a deception-based security platform that detects reconnaissance, credential misuse, and lateral movement during red and purple team exercises across IT, cloud, and OT environments.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareSilicon Valley, US

Nat Natraj(Founder)Raj Gopalakrishna(Founder)Ram Varadarajan(Founder)Sreenivas Gukal(Founder)

Co-investorsACAccelEIEileses CapitalGVGV (Google Ventures)INIn-Q-TelPRPresidio VenturesRHRho Capital Partners+3 more

Aether Biomedical develops bionic hands and rehabilitation devices for upper limb amputees using bio-signal processing technology.

BiotechDigital HealthHardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesRoboticsPoznan, PL

DADhruv Agrawal(Founder)in

Co-investorsBRBrincCHChiratae VenturesJOJoyance PartnersSTStartXSTStory VenturesSUSunfish Partners+1 more

Apex manufactures productized satellite bus platforms at scale for constellation deployment and critical missions.

Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechHardwareSpace TechLos Angeles, US

ICIan Cinnamon(Founder)inMBMax Benassi(Founder)inMaximilian Benassi(Founder)

Co-investorsANAndreessen HorowitzBABalerion Space VenturesCRCRV (Charles River Ventures)EMEmbedded VenturesGLGlade Brook Capital PartnersGLGlynn Capital Management+15 more

Removing execution friction between modern technology companies and the U.S. national security ecosystem

Menlo Park, US

RORachel Olney(Director and Secretary)inPDPeter Dixon(Director and Chief Executive Officer)inWTWilliam Treseder(Director, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer)in

Co-investorsARArtis VenturesEVEvolution VC PartnersFOForgePoint CapitalTATau Ventures

Beanstalk operates vertical farms using robotic and automated systems to grow leafy greens, herbs, root vegetables, and other produce for supply to restaurants and consumers, combining industrial robotics with horticultural science to enable local production of fresh vegetables.

Advanced ManufacturingAgTechWashington, US

MRMike Ross(CEO)inJRJack Ross(Founder)inHeini Booysen(Vice President of Business Operations)

Co-investorsINIndustrious VenturesSNSnatched VenturesY Y CombinatorBEBetter Ventures Central LlcFOFoundation CapitalKHKhosla Ventures+4 more

Cinder provides trust and safety infrastructure that uses AI agents to detect and act on abuse, fraud, and policy-violating content such as CSAM, extremism, and adult material across online platforms.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US

GWGlen Wise(Founder)inPBPhil Brennan(Founder)inBrian F(Founder)DCDeclan Cummings(Head of Engineering)inBrian Fishman(Founder)Philip Brennan(Founder)

Co-investorsACAccelMOMozilla VenturesPIPioneerRARadical VenturesWEWebb Investment NetworkY Y Combinator+5 more

Druid Software provides mobile broadband communications solutions designed for defence and security operations, leveraging 4G/5G technology and COTS smartphone devices to deliver secure data-centric communications capabilities.

Cloud ComputingDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareIoTSaaS

Empress provides drug discovery teams with an industrialized Perturb-seq platform that combines CRISPR-based single-cell functional genomics, chemoproteomics, and multi-omics with causal machine learning to identify what drives activity, efficacy, and risk.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech

femtoAI (Femtosense) designs AI inference chips and an embedded AI platform that run large AI models on very small, low-power silicon for edge devices such as smart home hardware and hearing/audio products.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductorsSan Bruno, US

SFSam FokinKwabena Boahen(Director)Nick N. Oza(Executive Officer)

BoardSKShyam Kamadolli(Director)inWen Hsieh(Director)IBIngrid Burton(Director)

Co-investorsFIFine Structures VenturesGAGaingelsQUQuest Venture PartnersSASand Hill AngelsVAVanedge CapitalVAVanedge Capital Limited Partnership+2 more

Flashpass provides a white-labeled workforce education platform for trade schools, community colleges, non-profits, and state agencies, helping them secure state workforce funding, launch pre-built microcredential programs in fields like oil & gas, cybersecurity, data, and AI, recruit students, and place graduates with employers.

EdTechFuture of WorkSaaS

Gamebeast provides an AI-powered analytics and intelligence platform for game studios that unifies player behavior, monetization, and sentiment data to help teams understand player engagement and game performance.

AI & Machine LearningGamingSaaS

CMChristian Meris(Founder)in

Co-investorsFUFulcrum VentureA1A16Z SpeedrunANAndreessen HorowitzTHThe Mini Fund

Heart Aerospace develops electric regional aircraft for commercial airline operators.

Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechHardwareSpace TechLos Angeles, US

AFAnders Forslund(CEO)inKlara Forslund(Founder)BCBob Criner(Electric Aircraft Propulsion System Engineer)in

Co-investorsBRBreakthrough Energy Ventures2A2am VCALAlumni VenturesCACastor VenturesKOKoru CapitalLOLowercarbon Capital+15 more

Holly is an AI-powered platform designed for government HR teams to manage job classifications, conduct real-time salary benchmarking, and ensure competitive compensation.

AI & Machine LearningGovTechHR Tech

BHBrendan HellweginCCCherie Chungin

Co-investorsGAGaingelsRORoble Ventures

iCOUNTER operates CTOS, a platform that maps an organization's third-party vendor ecosystem, detects active adversary targeting, and routes threat intelligence into enterprise risk management, SOC, and GRC workflows.

CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsAMAmerica's Frontier Fund

InfiniG provides Mobile Coverage as a Service for enterprises, delivering multi-operator cellular coverage through shared CBRS spectrum and neutral-host infrastructure.

Enterprise SoftwareHardwareIoT

JLJoel Lindholm(CEO)FAFuad Abdelaziz(CTO)in

Kusari builds a software supply chain security platform that maps direct and transitive dependencies from source, prioritizes vulnerabilities by reachability and exploitability, and generates continuous, audit-ready SBOMs.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsRidgefield, US

PPParth Patel(Founder)inTMTim Miller(Founder)inMLMichael Lieberman(Founder)in

Co-investorsGLGlasswing VenturesUNUnusual Ventures

LightSource provides an AI-powered operating system that connects engineering, procurement, and suppliers in one platform, handling BOM management, RFQs, bid normalization, tariff exposure analysis, and supplier award decisions.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningSaaSSan Francisco, US

IMIdan Mintz(Founder)inSPSpencer Penn(Founder)in

Co-investorsBABain Capital VenturesLILightspeed Venture PartnersPIPillar VC

Lumia builds smart earring wearables (Lumia 2) that continuously track over 20 health metrics — including blood flow, sleep stages, readiness, hormonal cycle, and activity — via sensors placed in the ear, paired with a companion app.

Digital HealthHardwareHealthtechWellness & FitnessAllston, US

DLDANIEL LEE(Executive Officer, Director)inPJPaul Jin(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardJBJONATHAN BRONSON(Director)in

Co-investorsSTStartXTHThe Family Fund

Mesa Quantum develops chip-scale quantum sensors — including atomic clocks, gyroscopes, magnetometers, and gravimeters — for industrial and defense applications, with a focus on Alternative Position, Navigation, and Timing (Alt-PNT) as a GPS backup.

Defense TechHardwareQuantum Computing

WLWale Lawal(CTO)in

Co-investorsSPSparta Group

Metal is an AI context platform that structures company data into a queryable knowledge graph and serves it to AI tools via an open API and Model Context Protocol server.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York City, US

TLTaylor Lowe(Founder)inJOJames O'Dwyer(Founder)inSPSergio Prada(Founder)inAlex Bulmer(bdr)

Co-investorsABAb Capital Holding BVSWSwift VenturesY Y CombinatorACAccelB B CapitalBABase10 Partners+4 more

Metal is a platform that uses proprietary intelligence to identify and rank investors aligned with a company's fundraising round and investment thesis.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSLahore, PK

UGUsman Gul(Founder)inJOJames O'Dwyer(Founder)inSPSergio Prada(Founder)inTLTaylor Lowe(Founder)inSameer Nusrat(Manager)

Co-investorsGAGaingelsINIndus Valley CapitalPHPhaze VenturesPIPioneerY Y CombinatorACAccel+9 more

Micron Biomedical develops dissolvable microarray technology for vaccine and therapeutic delivery as an alternative to traditional injections, targeting expanded global access to treatments across all age groups.

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesAtlanta, US

MPMark Prausnitz(Director)inHenry Sebastien(Executive Vice President, Head of Technical Operations)Devin McAllister(Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer)inIdean Marvasty(Chief Financial Officer)SDSteve Damon(Chief Executive Officer)in

BoardBas Van Buijtenen(Director)

Co-investorsGLGlobal Health Investment CorporationGRGRA VentureGLGlobal Health Security

Musubilabs provides AI-powered content moderation and Trust & Safety systems for online communities that prioritize human oversight, transparency, and real-time learning.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

FFil(Chief AI Officer & Co-founder)TQTom Quisel(CEO & Co-founder)inFJFilip Jankovic(Chief AI Officer & Co-founder)in

Co-investorsJUJuniper Ventures Management, LlcMOMozilla Ventures

Nametag provides an identity-verification meta-layer that connects user data across an organization's IAM providers, SIEM, ITSM, and HRIS systems.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

APAaron Painter(Founder)in

Co-investorsCOConvergeGAGaingelsGLGlasswing VenturesSTStrategic Cyber Ventures

Oura Ring is a wearable smart ring that collects and analyzes 50+ personal health metrics to provide insights on sleep, fitness, and wellness for individual users.

HardwareHealthtechWellness & FitnessSan Francisco, US

Ashley Colley(Founder)Virpi Tuomivaara(Founder)inTHTom Hale(CEO)inKari Kivela(Founder)Markku Koskela(Founder)Petteri Lahtela(Founder)

Co-investors12125 VenturesA-A-Rod CorpABAble PartnersALAlumni VenturesB3B37 VenturesBABasecamp Fund+38 more

Parallel Fluidics builds microfluidic products for life science teams, helping them move from concept to working device for applications like drug discovery and disease diagnostics.

Advanced ManufacturingBiotechDeep TechHardwareBoston, US

Andy Harris(COO)inJoshua Gomes(CEO)

Co-investorsBABantam GroupDEDeep AcreGAGaingelsJUJude Gomila

Paravision develops AI-powered identity verification and authentication tools, including face recognition, liveness detection, deepfake detection, and age estimation products.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeep Tech

DADoug Aley(Chief Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsATAtomicCOCoalitionICIcon VenturesPEPerot JainTRTransmedia Capital

Phoenix Semiconductor recreates late-generation, legacy, and mature microelectronic components to address the shortage of domestically manufactured legacy chips.

Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechDefense TechHardwareSemiconductorsAustin, US

BHBrian Hoerl(Chief Growth Officer & Founder)in

BoardRHRyan Hatcher(CEO and Founder)inJBJonathan Bronson(Director)inDidier Thibaud(Director)in

Co-investorsLOLockheed Martin VenturesCOCoalitionIRIronGate Capital Advisors

Principal Mineral develops and commercializes critical materials for AI infrastructure, energy security, and advanced manufacturing through a portfolio of operating companies and process technologies.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechEnergyNew Materials

Ravn provides embedded engineering squads of senior product engineers to help companies accelerate product development and AI implementation.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareGovTechBoston, US

JBJake Bullock(Founder)inPaul Michalczuk(Vice President of Hardware)Kyle Mallory(Vice President of Software)Sam Weiss(Head of Hardware)

Co-investorsRRRRE VenturesSOSocial StartsY Y CombinatorABAbstract VenturesAUAult Krug VenturesJOJoyance Partners+2 more

Redcoat AI provides a cybersecurity platform focused on defending organizations against AI-driven social engineering attacks such as phishing, smishing, and deepfake impersonation.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software

John Whaley(CEO and Co-founder)Kelly Byrd(Co-Founder)MMMike Morris(Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsPEPear VCKYKyber Knight CapitalLELeonis CapitalSASancus VenturesTETekton VenturesZEZelda Ventures

Safi Biotherapeutics manufactures adult stem-cell derived human red blood cells (mRBCs) as a cell therapy blood transfusion product, aiming to produce them at industrial scale for civilian and military transfusion needs.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtech

Sazabi builds an observability platform that uses AI to help engineering teams understand and control production systems.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

SCSherwood Callaway(CEO)inAAAbhi Aiyer

Co-investorsHAHawk Hill VenturesOROrange CollectiveY Y CombinatorZYZypsy Capital64645 VenturesVIVillage Global

Sealonix develops hemostatic sealants based on proprietary biomaterials to control surgical bleeding, targeting surgeons and patients undergoing abdominopelvic and other surgical procedures.

BiotechMedical DevicesNew MaterialsBedford, US

Amarpreet Sawhney(Executive Officer, Director)ASAmar Sawhney(Founder)

Co-investorsEXExcelestar VenturesSPSparta GroupAMAmed VenturesIYIyengar Capital Partners

SkyFi operates a platform that provides access to satellite imagery and Earth observation analytics from multiple providers through a single, user-friendly interface with transparent pricing.

Data & InfrastructureDeep TechDefense TechSaaS

LFLuke Fischer(Founder)in

Co-investorsBABalerion Space VenturesBEBeyond Earth VenturesBUBuoyant Ventures Management, LlcCACapital FactoryDNDNV VenturesIRIronGate Capital Advisors+3 more

Somnair develops a non-invasive neurostimulation device for treating obstructive sleep apnea that can be used at home.

HardwareHealthtechMedical Devices

Co-investorsHOHouston Angel Network

Tasso develops diagnostic testing devices and platforms for home use, enabling patients to perform health monitoring and inform clinical decisions outside traditional healthcare settings.

Digital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesSeattle, US

BCBen Casavant(Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer)inEBErwin Berthier(Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer)inALAlan Levy(Director)

BoardElizabeth Hambrecht(Director)PCPaul Conley(Director)in

Co-investorsFOForesite CapitalMEMerck Global Health Innovation FundMSMSD Global Health Innovation FundOMOMX VenturesRARA CapitalTETechstars+3 more

Unit provides financial infrastructure and embedded finance technology that lets companies build and offer banking products such as accounts, cards, and payments.

Data & InfrastructureEnergyFintechSaaSTulsa, US

IDItai Damti(Founder)inG. Leslie Austin(Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer)David P. Dunham(Senior Vice President - Business Development)David T. Merrill(President, Chief Executive Officer and Director)Robert Anderson(Director)Alan Carr(Director)

Co-investorsACAccelALAlephBEBetter Tomorrow VenturesINInsight PartnersOPOperator StackSTStonewater Ventures+7 more

eWitness is a threat intelligence platform that discovers and retains cybercrime data on encrypted chat networks using crowd-sourced data collection.

CybersecurityData & InfrastructureDefense Tech

Co-investorsPIPIPELINE CAPITAL PARTNERS

VectorWave builds technology for dynamic spectrum coexistence, using inference on raw radio signals to provide real-time awareness and prioritization across frequencies.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardware

BTBen Taylor(Co-founder & CEO)inRRonald(Founder & CTO)CCharles(Co-founder)

Co-investorsCOCoalitionZEZEA