VC  Forward Deployed VC

https://www.deployed.vc/





     Office Locations:

San Francisco, CA

 

Stages:

  • Early


 

Industries:

  • Defense & Homeland Security
  • Energy & Clean Tech
  • Information Technology
  • Manufacturing & Industrial
  • Software & Internet

  •  

    Description:

    Forward Deployed VC is an early-stage venture firm focused on mission-critical sectors and tech including defense, energy, industrials, and artificial intelligence. The firm is backed by Bain Capital Ventures and a group of 100+ operators from Palantir and Anduril: hackers, designers, spies, machine learning specialists, classification experts, government contracting officers, nuclear engineers, and top leadership.



    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
    Get the complete investment team + individual email addresses for investment team partners. Get personal images, LinkedIn links, investment specialties, office locations and more with a National Database subscription or Silicon Valley Database subscription.
    Mark Scianna General Partber

     

    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      07/22/2025


      Rune Technologies


      VA


      $24,000,000


      Series A


      07/16/2025


      Chariot Defense


      CA


      $8,000,000


      Seed


      04/11/2025


      ConductorAI


      ME


      $15,000,000


      Series A


     

    Portfolio companies include:


      Abatable


      Adyton


      AmpUp


      Anduril


      Biobot


      Castelion


      Chariot Defense
        web link


      ConductorAI
        web link


      GBatteries


      Govly


      Lyft


      Method Security


      MLtwist


      Paladin Drones


      PropelAuth


      Radiant AI


      Rune Technologies
        web link


      SpaceX


      Stell


      Turion Space


      Windmill


      Zensors


     

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