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

Past deals in Defence

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
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