Booz Allen Ventures

Booz Allen Ventures, founded in 2022 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, serves as the corporate venture arm of Booz Allen Hamilton. The firm targets early‑stage companies that develop differentiated technologies applicable to federal mission sets, focusing on defense technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning, cybersecurity, and deep technology. By investing in these areas, Booz Allen Ventures seeks to support innovations that enhance national security and government capabilities.

Brian MacCarthy

Vice President, Tech Scouting and Ventures

13 past transactions

Hidden Level

Series C in 2025
Hidden Level develops airspace sensing technologies, specializing in passive radar and drone detection through RF spectrum signal analysis. Its airspace monitoring systems deploy networks of passive sensors to detect and track drones and other aerial vehicles over large geographic areas, supporting critical infrastructure, defense, and public safety customers. The company emphasizes safety through sensing, offering services that cover classical systems engineering, data modeling and analysis, field testing, and full product lifecycle management, including PCB design. Its solutions enable monitoring of low-altitude air traffic while maintaining privacy in compliance with applicable regulations.

SeeQC

Series A in 2025
SeeQC develops application-specific quantum computing systems using superconducting qubits. It serves industries such as machine learning/AI, logistics optimization, quantum chemistry, pharmaceuticals, and fintech globally. Founded in 2018, SeeQC is headquartered in Elmsford, New York with facilities in London, UK, and Naples, Italy.

Starfish Space

Series A in 2024
Founded in 2019, Starfish Space develops autonomous space tugs for on-demand satellite servicing. Its innovative technology combines orbital mechanics, AI-driven machine vision, and low-thrust electric propulsion to enable precise navigation, docking, and maintenance of satellites across various orbits.

Reality Defender

Series A in 2024
Reality Defender specializes in detecting deepfakes and AI-generated media across various formats such as audio, video, images, and text. Its patented multimodal approach enables real-time detection of advanced impersonations, helping mitigate risks associated with manipulated content. The platform offers flexible deployment options that integrate smoothly into existing infrastructure.

Hidden Level

Series B in 2024
Hidden Level develops airspace sensing technologies, specializing in passive radar and drone detection through RF spectrum signal analysis. Its airspace monitoring systems deploy networks of passive sensors to detect and track drones and other aerial vehicles over large geographic areas, supporting critical infrastructure, defense, and public safety customers. The company emphasizes safety through sensing, offering services that cover classical systems engineering, data modeling and analysis, field testing, and full product lifecycle management, including PCB design. Its solutions enable monitoring of low-altitude air traffic while maintaining privacy in compliance with applicable regulations.

Quindar

Seed Round in 2024
Quindar is a provider of a cloud-based platform designed specifically for spacecraft analysis and operations. The company offers a comprehensive suite of services that includes satellite mission management, engineering analytics, and integration. Its platform enables satellite owners to monitor, track, and operate their satellites efficiently, covering aspects from deployment into space to ongoing management. Key features of Quindar's offerings include spacecraft schedule optimization, orbit determination, and collision avoidance services, facilitating streamlined operations for satellite missions. By serving as a one-stop shop in the cloud, Quindar enhances the effectiveness and safety of satellite deployments and operations.

Albedo

Series A in 2024
Albedo designs and manufactures aviation and aerospace components and operates a constellation of low-flying satellites that capture high-resolution visible and thermal imagery. Its Earth observation technology serves commercial applications such as environmental monitoring and precision agriculture by delivering globally accessible, affordable imagery that is easy to task and applicable across industries.

Second Front Systems

Venture Round in 2024
Second Front Systems develops software that facilitates government access to innovative commercial technologies for national security missions. Its flagship product, Atlas Fulcrum, enables identification, assessment, and secure deployment of these technologies. The company also offers program management services and High Technology Council, an enterprise consortium fostering collaboration between market players.

HiddenLayer

Series A in 2023
HiddenLayer provides security solutions for machine learning systems and the data that power them. The company offers threat modeling, ML risk assessment training, and red team assessment services, as well as model scanning and detection and response implementation for ML pipelines. Its platform analyzes model interactions to identify malicious activity without requiring prior knowledge of a user's AI model or sensitive training data, helping organizations detect and protect against threats to algorithms, models, and data throughout AI deployments.

Shift5

Series B in 2023
Shift5, Inc. is a cybersecurity company that specializes in developing products and systems designed to protect operational technology platforms, such as aircraft, spacecraft, ground combat vehicles, and construction machinery. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, Shift5 offers a range of hardware and software solutions, including its Shift5 Intake data recorder, which collects and transmits embedded data in real-time to detect intrusions. The company also provides Shift5 Engine, which employs rule-based and model-based analytics for identifying cyber attacks on internal communication networks, and Shift5 Gauge Cluster for data capturing and analytics. Additionally, Shift5 focuses on delivering intrusion detection and prevention capabilities, secure code delivery verification, and fault reporting across various standard and custom protocols, aiding both government and commercial clients in safeguarding critical infrastructure from cyber threats.

Reveal Technology

Seed Round in 2022
Reveal Technology is a visual analytics and edge artificial intelligence company that focuses on enhancing situational awareness for defense and public safety teams. The company has developed a platform that integrates advanced AI-driven technologies to deliver real-time two-dimensional and three-dimensional mapping and tactical insights. This technology enables operators to achieve decision dominance in mission-critical environments while also reducing emissions signatures. Through its innovative solutions, Reveal Technology aims to empower teams with the tools necessary for effective decision-making in complex situations.

Synthetaic

Series A in 2022
Synthetaic LLC, established in 2019 and headquartered in Delafield, Wisconsin, specializes in providing innovative information technology services focused on artificial intelligence training data. The company has developed the Rapid Automatic Image Categorization (RAIC) software, which addresses the challenges of data labeling in AI by automating the analysis of large, unstructured datasets. This technology eliminates the need for labor-intensive human labeling and costly labeled datasets, enabling customers to create AI solutions rapidly. Synthetaic's offerings are applicable across a diverse range of sectors, including geospatial, defense, security, science, technology, and conservation, facilitating instant detection of various elements at scale.

Latent AI

Series A in 2021
Founded in 2018, Latent AI develops a platform that enables smart Internet of Things (IoT) applications by optimizing AI neural networks for edge devices. Its LEIP platform allows developers to train, quantize, and deploy edge AI neural networks cost-effectively across the edge continuum.
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