DefenseStart Capital
DefenseStart Capital is a Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Other, Security. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$3.5M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.
- Check size
- $1.0M–$3.5M
- Portfolio
- 1 company on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Security
- HQ
- San Francisco, CA
- AUM
- Not in our records
Seed
$1.0M – $3.5M
1+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Invests in cutting-edge defense and cybersecurity technologies aimed at enhancing national security.
How DefenseStart Capital invests
DefenseStart Capital is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, Security. It does not invest in Consumer, Healthcare.
DefenseStart Capital typically writes checks of $1.0M–$3.5M per investment.
DefenseStart Capital has backed 1 company in our records, including SecureShield.
Partners & Team
Michael Zhang
GP
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (1)
Other
SecureShield
- •Raising at 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 – $3.5M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Michael Zhang, GP.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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