Defense Tech VC Funds (2026)

We don't have any funds whose name references defense tech yet — see the grants and full directory below instead.

Note: there's no verified per-fund industry classification in our data, so this list matches on fund name only. It will miss funds that invest in defense tech without saying so in their name.

Defense Tech Funding Snapshot (as of August 2026)

  • 1
    0 VC fundshave "Defense Tech" in their legal name (SEC Form D filings)
  • 2
    Not reportedcombined effective fund size across matched funds
  • 3
    139 open grantsin the Defense category, refreshed nightly from Grants.gov

Matched VC Funds

No funds in our database currently have "Defense Tech" in their name. Browse the full VC directory instead.

Grants in the Defense Category

Defense Tech falls under the broader "Defense" category in federal grant data. Live from Grants.gov, refreshed nightly, filtered to currently open programs.

Decentralized Artificial Intelligence through Controlled Emergence (DICE)

DARPA - Information Processing Technologies Office

Deadline: August 25, 2026

Multi Modal Materials Analysis (MMoMA)

DARPA - Defense Sciences Office

Deadline: August 26, 2026
Deadline: August 31, 2026
Up to $500K
Deadline: August 31, 2026
Up to $500K

Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems

U.S. National Science Foundation

Deadline: September 1, 2026

DoW Prostate Cancer, Early Investigator Research Award

Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA

Deadline: September 2, 2026

?Defense Tech VC Funding FAQ

How many VC funds are associated with defense tech?

We don't currently have any funds whose legal name references defense tech. Most VCs don't put their sector focus in their fund name, so browse the full VC directory and filter by stage and check size instead.

What's the combined size of defense tech-related VC funds you track?

We don't have reported fund-size data for the funds matched to defense tech. Fund size on this site comes directly from SEC Form D filings and isn't available for every fund.

Are there grants available for defense tech startups?

Yes — 139 currently open federal grant programs are tagged under the Defense category, which is where defense tech falls in our grant classification. These are pulled live from Grants.gov and refresh nightly.

How is this list built?

Fund listings come from SEC Form D filings (EDGAR) and are matched to defense tech by searching for the term in each fund's legal name — we don't have a verified per-fund industry classification, so this list is directional, not exhaustive. Grant listings come from the Grants.gov API and are categorized using keyword matching against each opportunity's title and description.