Browse defense startup programs and VCs with updated offers, deadlines, and funding for 2026.
Updated Jun 2026
Founders Fund is a venture capital firm investing in companies building revolutionary technologies.
Seed, Series B
AI, BioTech +1
Andreessen Horowitz is a stage-agnostic venture capital firm with assets under management across multiple funds.
Seed, Series B +4
AI, Defense +1
Lux Capital is an investment firm investing in counter-conventional, early-stage science, and tech ventures.
Seed, Series B +3
AI, BioTech +1
$100 – $100,000,000
$15M - $100M
Draper Associates founded in 1985 is a seed-stage venture capital firm that helps entrepreneurs to drive their businesses to greatness. We understand that a gre…
Seed, Series B +1
Web3, Crypto +44
$100 – $1,000,000
OMERS Ventures is a global early stage venture capital firm with offices in Toronto, Palo Alto and London.
Seed, Series B
SaaS, FinTech +35
$5,000,000 – $15,000,000
Scout Ventures - Early Stage Dual Use Frontier Tech VC
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
Defense, Deeptech +2
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Seed, Series B
Space, Defense +2
We support visionary teams seeking to transform the way the world trades, transacts and interacts.
Seed, Series B
FinTech, Defense +1
We are an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco California. We partner with unbreakable founders who are radically transforming the way the wo…
Seed, Series B
Enterprise, SaaS +1
XYZ is a venture capital firm founded by Ross Fubini that invests in early-stage founders to help them go faster. We aim to support entrepreneurs in building en…
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
FinTech, Enterprise +1
We invest in visionary early-stage founders who are pushing the boundaries of possibility to reinvent enterprise and security markets with the power of AI and f…
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
AI, Cybersecurity +57
$100 – $5,000,000
Capital Factory is a venture capital firm and an accelerator that seeks to invest in seed-stage, early-stage, and later-stage companies.
Seed, Series A +5
Enterprise Software, FinTech +67
$25,000,000 – $200,000
Seed-stage investor in dual-use deep tech (six verticals) with an invite-only U.S. Service Academy alumni syndicate that co-invests, sources, vets deals, offers…
Seed, Series A +2
Space, Defense +1
Dual-use investor for enterprise and defense tech (cybersecurity, robotics, AI), using Aureus to predict leadership/market fit and providing US/UK government ma…
Pre-Seed, Seed
AI, Defense +2
Focuses on technology for government, national security, and defense, amplifying outcomes through expertise in public R&D funding and navigating the federal mar…
Seed, Series A +2
Defense, Deeptech +13
Early-stage investor in security tech led by former Marine Corps officers, CIA operatives and defense-tech operators who apply military systems thinking to back…
Seed, Early Stage VC
Cybersecurity, Defense +17
Early-stage aerospace and defense fund focused on technically validated, revenue-generating (often bootstrapped) startups, offering shared beyond visual line of…
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
Deeptech, Hardware +2
Cybersecurity-focused, mission-driven, self-funded family office led by founders who built Tenable, offering hands-on policy and go-to-market support plus found…
Seed, Series B +3
Cybersecurity, Defense +5
Seed-stage aerospace-first lead of $100k–$1M rounds across US, Europe, Israel and Canada, backing software, AI and robotics for aerospace/drones, with partners'…
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
AI, Robotics +1
Early-stage VC and control-oriented buyout firm that recruits operators via an anchored ETA model to buy and modernize lower-middle-market services into AI-enab…
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
AI, Enterprise +1
Backs companies partnering with government, combining ex-White House and policy leaders with former EPA administrators and mayors to give direct access to decis…
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
Climate, Energy +1
Empowering Founders
Post-Graduation
Smart City, GreenTech +7
2% equity option
Empowering veteran innovators,
Seed, Series A +2
Software, Internet +36
Capital and Advisory
Seed, Pre-Seed +2
Software, Internet +16
Virtual accelerator offering $250k–$1M as the first check, with direct DARPA and defense-buyer access and a single application reviewed by three specialized def…
Pre-Seed, Seed
Defense, Deeptech +1
New North Ventures | 3293 followers on LinkedIn. Venture capital firm focused on dual-use technology that can solve national security and commercial market prob…
Seed, Early Stage VC +4
AI, Machine Learning +32
$250 – $2,500,000
Vi kan gøre Danmark rigere og verden grønnere
CleanTech, Renewable Energy +6
Investments typically ranging from DKK 5 million to DKK 200 million.
Partnering with Resilient, Mission-Driven Leaders & Teams to Do Hard Things
Seed, Series A +4
Software, Internet +28
$100 – $5,000,000
Investment Management · Newport Beach
Pre-Seed, Growth Equity
FinTech, Media +4
Saab Ventures makes investments in companies rooted in the technology industry, focused on ideas that are relevant to the current context.
Deep Tech, 3D Mapping +7
€100K - €1.5M
General Partner, Harpoon Ventures
Harpoon Ventures
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
AI, Cybersecurity +4
Partner, Harpoon Ventures
Harpoon Ventures
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
AI, Cybersecurity +4
Black Flag, Harpoon Ventures
Harpoon Ventures
Pre-Seed, Seed +1
Defense, Deeptech +4
Co-Founder and General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
Co-Founder and General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +2
AI, Defense +4
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +2
AI, Defense +4
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +3
AI, Defense +4
Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
Investment Partner, Health, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
Seed, Series A +1
AI, Defense +4
Managing Partner, First In
First In
Seed
Cybersecurity, Defense +4
Partner, First In
First In
Seed
Cybersecurity, Defense +4
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