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Defense Tech: venture funds and startups

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70 funds50 startups$44.7B AUM

◆ 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)

Show all 50 funds

◆ Startups in Defense Tech (50 tracked)

StartupStageHQRaised
Austin Sensing CompanyseedUnited States$15M
Fortastraseries-aUnited States$30M
Prime MinuteseedUnited States$15M
FurientisseedUnited States$30M
Foundationalpre-seedUnited Kingdom$10.8M
Osavulseries-aUkraine$9.6M
Hop AeroseedUnited States$11M
Blackswan SpaceseedLithuania$2.8M
PilgrimseedUnited States$25M
DoD Solutionpre-seedUkraine$2.1M
Sanyark Spacepre-seedIndia$2M
Mesa QuantumseedUnited States$11.8M
TERASiseedSweden$12.5M
Fortaegis Technologiesseries-aNetherlands$50M
Beijanpre-seedIndia$0.2M
Arlequin AIseries-aFrance$32.6M
Poseidon Aerospaceseries-aUnited States$60M
Ground Apre-seedGermany$10M
Aslan ProtectsseedUnited States$20.8M
Airbilityseries-aSouth Korea$4.9M
Alteonpre-seedIndia$2.5M
Diffraqtionpre-seedUnited States$5M
Marapre-seedUnited States$7M
StellariaseedUAE$6.8M
Oshen—United Kingdom$4.7M
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Dirac Labspre-seedUnited States$1.8M
Seitec—Australia$4M
AlgoFETseedIndia$1.8M
Terra IndustriesseedNigeria$52M
Tagupseries-aUnited States$14.8M
Orbital Sentrypre-seedUnited States—
AGENCORE—South Korea$4.1M
Dropla Tech—Denmark—
Andrenamseries-aUnited States$18M
ORiSpre-seedItaly$5.7M
Greenjetsseries-aUnited Kingdom$40M
Vigilant WorksseedUkraine—
Valarianseries-aUnited Kingdom$50M
Blurgs AIseedIndia$2.2M
Ravee OpticsseedUnited States$6M
Foundation Alloyseries-aUnited States$22M
Rekise Marine—India—
ShiftersseedUnited States$10.2M
Layup Partsseries-aUnited States$42M
Picogridseries-aUnited States$45M
Kodiak AI—United States—
Scout AIseries-aUnited States$100M
Breaker IndustriesseedAustralia$6M
Thermopylaepre-seedUnited States$1.6M
Sweden Ballistics (SWEBAL)—Sweden—

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