Real, verified funding sources for defense tech founders in Colorado: VC funds, accelerators, angel networks, and active grant programs — sourced from SEC filings and Grants.gov, not estimates.
No funds headquartered in Colorado matched "Defense Tech" by name — the funds below are shown nationwide instead.
Boomtown Accelerator
Catalyze CU (University of Colorado)
📍 Colorado Springs, CO
📍 Denver, CO
📍 Denver, CO
📍 Denver, CO
📍 Denver, CO
Defense Tech falls under the broader "Defense" category in federal grant data. These are federal programs open to eligible founders nationwide (including Colorado) — live from Grants.gov, refreshed nightly.
DARPA - Information Processing Technologies Office
DARPA - Defense Sciences Office
Office of Naval Research
Office of Naval Research
U.S. National Science Foundation
Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity - DHACA
We don't have any funds headquartered in Colorado whose name references defense tech. Below are defense tech-related funds from across the country instead — many invest outside their home state.
4 accelerator programs open to Colorado-based defense tech founders are in our database, including programs based in Colorado and globally-available programs.
Yes — 6 angel investor networks based in Colorado are in our database, ranked by member count with defense tech-relevant groups surfaced first where our sector data supports it.
139 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 Colorado), pulled live from Grants.gov and refreshed nightly.