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Distributed Defense Fund

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

Distributed Defense Fund is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Other, Security. The firm typically writes $250K–$2.0M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.

Check size
$250K–$2.0M
Portfolio
1 company on record
Partners
1 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, Security
HQ
San Francisco, CA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-05-11

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $2.0M

Portfolio

1+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in seed-stage startups leveraging blockchain and distributed systems to create secure, scalable enterprise solutions.

How Distributed Defense Fund invests

Distributed Defense Fund is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Security. It does not invest in Media, Direct-to-Consumer.

Distributed Defense Fund typically writes checks of $250K–$2.0M per investment.

Distributed Defense Fund has backed 1 company in our records, including BlockSecure AI.

Partners & Team

DL

David Lin

Managing Partner

Blockchain
Cybersecurity
Distributed Consensus

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Security

Does Not Invest In

Media
Direct-to-Consumer

Portfolio Companies (1)

Other

BL

BlockSecure AI

AI Security
How to pitch Distributed Defense Fund
  • 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 $250K – $2.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as David Lin, Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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