Defense Tech: venture funds and startups
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◆ Funds tracked
70
◆ Combined AUM
$44.7B
◆ Startups tracked
50
◆ Raised between them
$809.3M
◆ Overview
Fusion42 tracks 70 venture funds in Defense Tech with $44.7B in combined assets under management, and 50 startups that have raised $809.3M between them. The data below is live from the same database that powers Raise and Scout, and is continuously enriched as new rounds and funds are announced.
Part of the Raise fund database and the Scout startup database by Fusion42 — the same live data Arthur reasons over.
◆ Highlights
Active funds in Defense Tech include WildField Ventures, Protego Ventures Fund I, Protego Ventures Debut Fund, IIT-M Unicorn Frontier Fund I and Swish Ventures Fund III; startups in Defense Tech include Austin Sensing Company, Fortastra, Prime Minute, Furientis and Foundational. Each name links through to a full machine-readable profile — its backers, rounds and related Wire analysis — and the tables below list every entity Fusion42 tracks in Defense Tech, refreshed as new rounds and funds are announced.
◆ Funds in Defense Tech (70 tracked)
| Fund | Type | HQ |
|---|---|---|
| WildField Ventures | vc | Ukraine |
| Protego Ventures Fund I | vc | Israel |
| Protego Ventures Debut Fund | vc | Israel |
| IIT-M Unicorn Frontier Fund I | vc | India |
| Swish Ventures Fund III | vc | Israel |
| North Karelia Growth Fund II | vc | Germany |
| Silent Ventures Fund II | vc | United States |
| Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes | vc | India |
| Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes (VCF-SC) | vc | India |
| Growth Catalyst Fund I | vc | Saudi Arabia |
| Sorin Investments Fund II | vc | India |
| Resist 2.0 | vc | Estonia |
| Resilience I Fund | vc | Switzerland |
| Costanoa Ventures | vc | United States |
| National Security Strategic Investment Fund | vc | United Kingdom |
| Lockheed Martin Ventures Europe | corporate vc | United States |
| Expeditions Fund II | vc | Poland |
| Copper Sky Capital II | vc | United States |
| Harpoon Ventures Fund IV | vc | United States |
| Osney Capital Cyber Fund | vc | United Kingdom |
| Valor Equity Partners | vc | United States |
| Stratos Ventures | vc | Israel |
| Oval Park Capital | vc | United States |
| E2D | vc | Germany |
| 201 Ventures | vc | United States |
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| NATO Innovation Fund | vc | Netherlands |
| Sabertooth Capital | vc | United States |
| Playground Global UK Fund | vc | United States |
| China Telecom Quantum Industrial Venture Capital Fund | vc | China |
| ANA Future Frontier Fund | corporate vc | Japan |
| Longwall Ventures Fund 4 | vc | United Kingdom |
| Lansdowne Partners Venture Capital Fund | vc | United Kingdom |
| Sovereign AI | vc | United Kingdom |
| Nazca Aeroespacial y Defensa INNVIERTE I | other | Spain |
| Ridgeline | vc | United States |
| Balerion Space Ventures | vc | United States |
| Seraphim Space Investment Trust | vc | United Kingdom |
| 10D | vc | Israel |
| Veterans Fund II | vc | United States |
| Motion Ventures Fund II | vc | Singapore |
| Delphinus Venture Capital | vc | Denmark |
| Vitosha Venture Partners II | vc | Bulgaria |
| Deterrence Fund | vc | United States |
| Ventech Capital VI | vc | France |
| Origin Ventures | vc | United States |
| NordicNinja | vc | Finland |
| British Business Bank | vc | United Kingdom |
| Kinetica Venture Capital | vc | Israel |
| Security and Resilience Initiative | corporate vc | United States |
| Valkyrie | vc | United States |
◆ Startups in Defense Tech (50 tracked)
| Startup | Stage | HQ | Raised |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Sensing Company | seed | United States | $15M |
| Fortastra | series-a | United States | $30M |
| Prime Minute | seed | United States | $15M |
| Furientis | seed | United States | $30M |
| Foundational | pre-seed | United Kingdom | $10.8M |
| Osavul | series-a | Ukraine | $9.6M |
| Hop Aero | seed | United States | $11M |
| Blackswan Space | seed | Lithuania | $2.8M |
| Pilgrim | seed | United States | $25M |
| DoD Solution | pre-seed | Ukraine | $2.1M |
| Sanyark Space | pre-seed | India | $2M |
| Mesa Quantum | seed | United States | $11.8M |
| TERASi | seed | Sweden | $12.5M |
| Fortaegis Technologies | series-a | Netherlands | $50M |
| Beijan | pre-seed | India | $0.2M |
| Arlequin AI | series-a | France | $32.6M |
| Poseidon Aerospace | series-a | United States | $60M |
| Ground A | pre-seed | Germany | $10M |
| Aslan Protects | seed | United States | $20.8M |
| Airbility | series-a | South Korea | $4.9M |
| Alteon | pre-seed | India | $2.5M |
| Diffraqtion | pre-seed | United States | $5M |
| Mara | pre-seed | United States | $7M |
| Stellaria | seed | UAE | $6.8M |
| Oshen | — | United Kingdom | $4.7M |
Show all 50 startups
| Dirac Labs | pre-seed | United States | $1.8M |
| Seitec | — | Australia | $4M |
| AlgoFET | seed | India | $1.8M |
| Terra Industries | seed | Nigeria | $52M |
| Tagup | series-a | United States | $14.8M |
| Orbital Sentry | pre-seed | United States | — |
| AGENCORE | — | South Korea | $4.1M |
| Dropla Tech | — | Denmark | — |
| Andrenam | series-a | United States | $18M |
| ORiS | pre-seed | Italy | $5.7M |
| Greenjets | series-a | United Kingdom | $40M |
| Vigilant Works | seed | Ukraine | — |
| Valarian | series-a | United Kingdom | $50M |
| Blurgs AI | seed | India | $2.2M |
| Ravee Optics | seed | United States | $6M |
| Foundation Alloy | series-a | United States | $22M |
| Rekise Marine | — | India | — |
| Shifters | seed | United States | $10.2M |
| Layup Parts | series-a | United States | $42M |
| Picogrid | series-a | United States | $45M |
| Kodiak AI | — | United States | — |
| Scout AI | series-a | United States | $100M |
| Breaker Industries | seed | Australia | $6M |
| Thermopylae | pre-seed | United States | $1.6M |
| Sweden Ballistics (SWEBAL) | — | Sweden | — |
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