Real, verified funding sources for defense tech founders in California: VC funds, accelerators, angel networks, and active grant programs — sourced from SEC filings and Grants.gov, not estimates.
No funds headquartered in California matched "Defense Tech" by name — the funds below are shown nationwide instead.
Contrary Capital
Pear VC Accelerator
Techstars Los Angeles
LAUNCH Accelerator
📍 San Diego, CA
📍 San Diego, CA
📍 San Ramon, CA
📍 Palo Alto, CA
📍 San Diego, CA
📍 San Francisco, CA
Defense Tech falls under the broader "Defense" category in federal grant data. These are federal programs open to eligible founders nationwide (including California) — live from Grants.gov, refreshed nightly.
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA
DARPA - Information Processing Technologies Office
DARPA - Defense Sciences Office
We don't have any funds headquartered in California whose name references defense tech. Below are defense tech-related funds from across the country instead — many invest outside their home state.
8 accelerator programs open to California-based defense tech founders are in our database, including programs based in California and globally-available programs.
Yes — 6 angel investor networks based in California are in our database, ranked by member count with defense tech-relevant groups surfaced first where our sector data supports it.
143 currently open federal grant programs are tagged under the Defense category, which is where defense tech falls in our grant classification. These are federal programs open to eligible founders nationwide (including California), pulled live from Grants.gov and refreshed nightly.