AI Defense Network — Seed & Series A VC Firm ($500K–$3.0M Checks)
AI Defense Network is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Chicago, United States investing in Security, Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 16 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 16 companies on record
- Partners
- 6 listed
- Stage
- Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- Security, Other, AI / ML, SaaS
- HQ
- Chicago, United States
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-09-19
Seed, Series A
$500K – $3.0M
16+ companies
6 partners
Investment Thesis
Invests in seed and Series A startups using AI, cybersecurity, national/public safety or dual-use defense technologies, especially those innovating in security, AI/ML and threat detection or response.
How AI Defense Network invests
AI Defense Network is a vc firm based in Chicago, United States. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Security, Other, AI / ML, SaaS. It does not invest in Media.
AI Defense Network typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment.
AI Defense Network has backed 16 companies in our records, including Bavovna AI, Swarmer, Candor Technologies.
Partners & Team
Andrii Moroz
Partner
Graham Plaster
Partner
Valeriy Omelchenko
Managing Partner
Eugene Shkorubskyi
Venture Partner
Alexander Soroka
Managing Partner
Leo Chen
Managing Director
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (16)
Other
Bavovna AI
Swarmer
Candor Technologies
Maritime Fusion
Orbital Operations
Sierra Turbines
Panoptes AI
Acrontis
Aetos Space Labs
Drone Space Labs
- •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Security, Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Andrii Moroz, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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