Defense cybersecurity investors — Page 2

Published investor focus

• Lux Capital

  New York, NY, United States

  Lux Capital is a technology venture firm investing in companies built around scientific and engineering breakthroughs. Its portfolio and investment activity include defense, space, robotics, AI, cybersecurity and other dual-use frontier technologies.

  Lux’s May 21, 2026 quarterly report discusses defense and industrial investment and names companies including Cambridge Aerospace, EnduroSat and Kela. This provides evidence of interest across allied defense and space markets. The report is not a current eligibility policy or a statement of check size for a new company. Offering context reviewed October 2, 2026.

  Research the partner and portfolio relevant to your specific technology, then confirm investment stage, jurisdiction, current fund and lead/follow preference. Explain the technical milestone and business model rather than relying on the broad defense label. Ask about competitive overlap and the evidence required to move from an introduction to diligence.

• Marlinspike Partners

  United States

  Marlinspike says it invests in pioneering technologies addressing national-security needs and possessing large commercial markets, identifies aerospace and defense innovation as a focus, and lists portfolio companies including Anduril and Rendered.ai.

• NightDragon

  San Francisco, CA, United States

  NightDragon invests in companies addressing safety, security and privacy across cyber, physical security, defense and critical infrastructure markets.

• Paladin Capital Group

  Washington, DC, United States

  Paladin is a venture capital and growth investor focused on cybersecurity, resilience and technologies relevant to national security and critical infrastructure.

• Point72 Ventures

  United States

  Point72 Ventures' defense-tech publication discusses its investments in Shield AI and Vannevar Labs and explicitly identifies both as defense-tech portfolio companies.

• R7 Partners

  Chicago, IL, United States

  R7 Partners is a venture capital firm focused on technology companies addressing national-security problems. It invests in founders serving defense, intelligence and critical-infrastructure customers.

• Rain Capital

  San Francisco, CA, United States

  Rain Capital invests in cybersecurity and enterprise technology companies, with a focus on security infrastructure and resilience.

• Razor's Edge Ventures

  Vienna, VA, United States

  Razor's Edge Ventures invests in technology and technology-enabled companies serving national security and government markets. The firm focuses on growth-stage businesses in defense, intelligence, cybersecurity and government services.

• Riot Ventures

  Los Angeles, CA, United States

  Riot Ventures invests in founders building the next generation of defense and national-security companies. Its focus includes defense technology, aerospace, autonomy, and cybersecurity.

• RRE Ventures

  New York, NY, United States

  RRE Ventures is a multi-stage technology investor whose broad portfolio includes cybersecurity, infrastructure, aerospace and other dual-use opportunities.

• SAIC Ventures

  United States

  SAIC's official page identifies SAIC Ventures as a strategic investor in commercial dual-use and national-security technology startups relevant to defense and aerospace.

• Scout Ventures

  New York, NY, United States

  A venture capital firm investing in technology companies with applications across national security and commercial markets. The firm highlights founders and technologies relevant to defense, aerospace, cyber and intelligence.

  Scout’s public site states a focus on frontier technologies built by founders from the military, intelligence community and national research labs. It publishes a seed-round lead approach with $2–5 million checks and follow-on reserves through Series B. Its company page includes Tomahawk Robotics. These are attributed public descriptions checked October 2, not an offer or a guarantee of current allocation. Offering context reviewed October 2, 2026.

  Confirm how the stated founder focus applies to your team and whether the current round fits its seed-lead approach. Ask about current check size, ownership, follow-on decisions and partner process. Explain the technical risk retired by the round and show separate customer and product evidence.

• Shield Capital

  Palo Alto, CA, United States

  Shield Capital is a venture capital firm focused on entrepreneurs building technologies for national security and critical industries. Its stated areas include defense, cybersecurity, AI, robotics, space and resilient infrastructure.

  Shield Capital states that it invests in early-stage AI, autonomy, cybersecurity and space companies at the intersection of commercial technology and national security. Its featured companies include Apex, HawkEye 360 and Elroy Air. Published investments illustrate thesis fit; they do not establish the terms available to another founder. Offering context reviewed October 2, 2026.

  Identify which of the four domains your product fits and explain its commercial and government customer paths. Confirm the current fund’s stage, check size and lead/follow role, then ask who owns the relationship and which product/customer evidence would advance diligence. Discuss relevant portfolio overlap before sharing detailed information.

• Silent Ventures

  United States

  Its site says Silent Ventures is an early-stage venture firm investing in founders building aerospace, defense, and national-security companies.

• SineWave Ventures

  Washington, DC, United States

  SineWave Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on national-security technology. The firm invests in cybersecurity, data, communications, and technologies serving government and regulated industries.

• Snowpoint Ventures

  United States

  Backs companies improving national security and societal resilience at the intersection of data, deep tech and frontier tech.

• Squadra Ventures

  Baltimore, MD, United States

  Squadra Ventures invests in cybersecurity and national-security technology companies, partnering with founders building mission-critical products.

  Squadra describes an early-stage national-security focus and a seed-stage approach. Its public site features PDW and Shift5. Those examples help a founder investigate experience in hardware and mission technology; they do not establish the current fund’s availability or eligibility for a new investment. Offering context reviewed October 2, 2026.

  Explain the milestone this round will finance and ask whether the current fund fits your stage, legal structure and market. Confirm the partner responsible for the decision, lead/follow role, expected ownership, check size and timing. Keep answers separate from public portfolio evidence.

• Susa Ventures

  San Francisco, CA, United States

  Susa Ventures is an early-stage technology investor with investments in security, infrastructure and developer platforms.

• SYN Ventures

  West Palm Beach, FL, United States

  SYN Ventures invests in cybersecurity and cyber-defense businesses, drawing on operating experience in security, intelligence and government markets.

• Ten Eleven Ventures

  Menlo Park, CA, United States

  Ten Eleven is a specialist investment firm backing cybersecurity companies from early stage through growth, including infrastructure and national-security-relevant security solutions.

• The Veteran Fund

  United States

  The fund's official updates identify portfolio company Glīd's $3.1M pre-seed round and describe its Fund II thesis as backing veteran-led seed companies in national security, AI, robotics, energy, aerospace, cybersecurity and defense; another update highlights Foundation Robotics for defense and austere environments.

• UA Venture Capital

  United States

  UA Venture Capital says it invests in mission-critical national-security technologies, specifically naming hypersonics, advanced sensing, and quantum communications, with secondary commercial applications.

• Unmanned Ventures

  United States

  The official investment thesis says it invests in high-growth companies developing unmanned systems and complementary technologies, is open to dual-use and defense solutions, and has pre-seed and seed as its sweet spot.

• Veteran Ventures Capital

  United States

  The firm describes itself as a veteran-owned investment firm backing dual-use technologies critical to U.S. national security.