Veteran Ventures Capital

Founded in 2017, Veteran Ventures Capital is a venture capital firm based in McLean, Virginia. It invests in dual-use national security technologies led by veteran entrepreneurs and leaders, focusing on high-impact sectors such as aerospace, defense, cybersecurity, and advanced materials and manufacturing.

Derren Burrell

Managing Partner

Steve Kiser

General Partner

Joshua Weed

General Partner

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.

Turion Space

Series A in 2024
Turion Space develops spacecraft, known as 'Droids', designed to manage orbital debris and enhance operational satellite capabilities. These spacecraft rendezvous with targeted objects using vision sensors and an agnostic docking device, then employ their onboard propulsion system to either deorbit or adjust the orbit of the debris or satellite.

Agile Space Industries

Convertible Note in 2024
Agile Space Industries designs, builds, and tests in-space propulsion systems for satellites and spacecraft, using 3D metal alloy printing. It manufactures and tests new engine designs at a dedicated propulsion test facility in Durango, Colorado. The company offers storable monopropellant and bipropellant thrusters, propulsion systems for space-vehicle form factors, and mission-optimized interfaces for launch vehicles, spacecraft, and payloads. It provides diagnostic testing services spanning atmospheric, altitude, and vacuum environments, along with component, integrated module, system, and vehicle testing, plus rapid propulsion development and diagnostic propulsion testing, including altitude- and vacuum-system conditioning and high-resolution pressure and flow measurements. With more than a decade of rocket engine testing experience in defense, civil, and commercial programs, Agile Space Industries has collaborated with partners including SpaceX, NASA, and Rocketdyne.

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.

Tidal Cyber

Seed Round in 2023
Tidal Cyber is a cybersecurity company that offers a threat-led, threat-informed defense platform designed to shift protection from reactive vulnerability management to proactive, adversary-behavior-centric security. The platform maps adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures to measure and improve the effectiveness of a security stack, providing validated insights into how defenses perform within products and roadmaps. It helps enterprise teams prioritize defenses, eliminate redundant mitigations, and optimize security operations and investments, enabling organizations to define, measure, and enhance their defense capabilities in the face of real-world threat behavior.

Cambium

Series A in 2023
Cambium is a company focused on developing biomaterials for various sectors, including defense, aerospace, and renewable energy. Established in 2019 and located in Berkeley, California, it specializes in advanced materials research and development. The company utilizes a combination of synthetic biology, materials science, and artificial intelligence to enhance material performance and sustainability. Cambium's approach involves vertically integrated innovation, ranging from computational material discovery to the production of advanced composites within the United States. By leveraging cutting-edge advancements across multiple scientific disciplines, Cambium aims to improve existing products and facilitate the creation of next-generation materials.

Asylon

Series A in 2023
Asylon specializes in automated security systems for critical infrastructure. It offers surveillance and monitoring solutions tailored for sectors like transportation, energy, and public safety.
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