Apex Defense Fund — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($1.0M–$5.0M Checks)
Apex Defense Fund is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Washington, D.C. investing in Other, Security. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$5.0M checks and has 6 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $1.0M–$5.0M
- Portfolio
- 6 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Security
- HQ
- Washington, D.C.
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-06-13
Pre-Seed, Seed
$1.0M – $5.0M
6+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Investing in groundbreaking defense and insurance technologies addressing critical security and risk management challenges.
How Apex Defense Fund invests
Apex Defense Fund is a vc firm based in Washington, D.C.. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Security. It does not invest in Retail, Consumer.
Apex Defense Fund typically writes checks of $1.0M–$5.0M per investment.
Apex Defense Fund has backed 6 companies in our records, including SecureCover, Apex, Andreessen Horowitz.
Partners & Team
Michael Fox
GP
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (6)
Other
SecureCover
Apex
LA-based satellite bus manufacturer.
Andreessen Horowitz
Venture capital firm.
Shield Capital
Investment firm focused on defense technologies.
8VC
Venture capital firm.
Point72 Ventures
Venture capital arm of Point72 Asset Management.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Security — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $5.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Michael Fox, GP.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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