Scout Ventures

Pushing frontiers. Supporting founders.

Venture Capital
  • Program Type
    Venture Capital
  • Investment Stage
    Early-Stage Companies
  • Portfolio Size
    35
  • Industry Focus
    Dual-Use Technology

Scout Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm that is making the world a better, safer place by cultivating standout frontier technologies built by hard-to-access founders.

About Scout Ventures

Scout Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm that is making the world a better, safer place by cultivating standout frontier technologies built by hard-to-access founders (veterans, national labs, DoD etc).

Dual-Use Experts: Experience in Defense and Private Sectors

Non Dilutive Capital Being a dual-use firm, we have deep experience interfacing with the defense non-dilutive capital programs for our portfolio companies.

  • 3:1 Non-dilutive capital: equity
  • 30+ SBIR awards
  • Deep Track Record: Twenty Years Investing in Early Stage Startups

    Rich History of Early Stage Deals and Exits Since 1999, Scout's Partners have been backing exceptional entrepreneurs.

  • 85+ Deals
  • 22 Exits
  • Industry Relationships: Unparalleled Network

    An Unmatched Network Our experience working in government agencies and the military give us a unique network. Jointly, our experience doing venture deals in this community makes us a central node for deals in the network.

  • 1200+ Connections in DoD
  • 10k/yr Deals cross our desk
  • Future Phases

    Check out an overview of each competition phase below - complete rules for each phase will be released as the competition progresses.

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    To apply or join the program, please submit an application.