Vanguard Defense Capital
Vanguard Defense Capital is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Sydney, Australia investing in Enterprise, Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $400K–$2.2M checks and has 7 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $400K–$2.2M
- Portfolio
- 7 companies on record
- Partners
- 2 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed
- Sectors
- Enterprise, Other, AI / ML, Security, SaaS
- HQ
- Sydney, Australia
- AUM
- Not in our records
Pre-Seed
$400K – $2.2M
7+ companies
2 partners
Investment Thesis
Focuses on disruptive defense technologies at the intersection of AI and enterprise software.
How Vanguard Defense Capital invests
Vanguard Defense Capital is a vc firm based in Sydney, Australia. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Enterprise, Other, AI / ML, Security, SaaS. It does not invest in Fintech.
Vanguard Defense Capital typically writes checks of $400K–$2.2M per investment.
Vanguard Defense Capital has backed 7 companies in our records, including AI Shield, Vanguard, Shield Capital.
Partners & Team
Oliver Rees
Partner
johnny
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Industry Focus
Invests In
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Portfolio Companies (7)
Other
AI Shield
Vanguard
A massive asset management firm with a private equity and venture capital arm.
Shield Capital
A venture capital firm focused on defense technology.
Point72 Defense
A venture capital firm focused on defense technology.
Boathouse Capital
A venture capital firm focused on defense technology.
Razor's Edge Ventures
A venture capital firm focused on defense technology.
Vanguard Defense Industries
A defense contractor and manufacturer of the ShadowHawk unmanned helicopter.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Enterprise, Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $400K – $2.2M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Oliver Rees, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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