--- title: "16 Defense Tech Investors in Silicon Valley (Nov 2026)" last_updated: "2026-11-06" rows: "16" free_rows: "10" source: "SEC filings" canonical: "https://theinvestordatabase.com/lists/defense-tech-investors-in-silicon-valley/" --- # 16 defense tech investors in Silicon Valley We list 16 defense tech investors in Silicon Valley as of November 2026: each has an SEC filing on file, and the list was last checked on 6 Nov 2026. The cities with the most head offices on this list are Menlo Park (7), Palo Alto (4) and San Mateo (2). - 16 investors - 9 with a fund filing or dated deal in the last 12 months - $200M median fund size on file (SEC Form D, 12 firms) - 74 named decision-makers on file ## First 10 of 16 defense tech investors in Silicon Valley | Investor | Type | HQ | Stages (our research) | Focus (our research) | Latest fund or deal | Fund size | Checked | Profile | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Forgepoint Capital | VC firm | San Mateo, CA | Seed, Series A | Defense Tech, Cybersecurity, Future of Work, AI | Portfolio news, Oct 2026 | $1.2B (SEC Form ADV) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/forgepoint-capital/ | | Felicis | VC firm | Menlo Park, CA | Seed, Series A | Defense Tech, AI, Developer Tools, Healthtech | New deal, Oct 2026 | $900M (SEC Form D, 2025) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/felicis/ | | Geodesic | VC firm | Foster City, CA | Series B, Any stage | Defense Tech, AI, Developer Tools, Fintech | New deal, Oct 2026 | $500M (SEC Form D, 2021) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/geodesic/ | | DCVC | VC firm | Palo Alto, CA | | Defense Tech, Energy, Healthtech, AI | New fund, Oct 2026 | $800M (SEC Form D, 2025) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/dcvc/ | | Costanoa | VC firm | Palo Alto, CA | Seed, Series A | Defense Tech, AI, Fintech, Developer Tools | New fund, Sep 2026 | $300M (SEC Form D, 2026) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/costanoa/ | | MVP Ventures | VC firm | Menlo Park, CA | Seed | Defense Tech, AI, Cybersecurity, Space | New fund, Aug 2026 | $120M (SEC Form D, 2024) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/mvp-ventures/ | | Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) | VC firm | Menlo Park, CA | Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth | Defense Tech, AI, Healthtech, Consumer | New fund, Aug 2026 | | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz-a16z/ | | Celesta Capital | VC firm | San Mateo, CA | Seed, Series A, Series B | Defense Tech, AI, Healthtech, Deep Tech | New fund, Sep 2025 | $102M (SEC Form D, 2024) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/celesta-capital/ | | Eclipse Partners | VC firm | Palo Alto, CA | Seed | Defense Tech, AI, Robotics, Industrial Tech | New fund, Apr 2026 | $720M (SEC Form D, 2023) | 2026-11-04 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/eclipse-partners/ | | PA Capital | VC firm | Sunnyvale, CA | Growth | Defense Tech, AI, Cybersecurity, Fintech | | $33M (SEC Form ADV) | 2026-11-05 | https://theinvestordatabase.com/investors/pa-capital/ | You are seeing 10 of 16. The full list adds 6 more investors and 74 named decision-makers. Get all 16 investors and 74 named contacts, $49, one-time: https://theinvestordatabase.com/buy/list/defense-tech-investors-in-silicon-valley This page: https://theinvestordatabase.com/lists/defense-tech-investors-in-silicon-valley/ ## Method and limits - Source: All 16 rows carry an SEC filing (Form D or Form ADV). All 16 have a website we checked. Filing date and fund size are SEC data where a filing exists. Stage, sector and check size are our research. - Inclusion rule: Organizations that back startups. Individuals, buyout funds and firms we found to be inactive are left out. Sector: the firm states defense tech as a focus on its own site, or we observed it in the firm's portfolio. Place: head office in Silicon Valley, matched on city and state. - Order: Activity score out of 100: recency of the latest fund filing or dated deal (35: full marks within 3 months, then stepping down at 6, 12 and 24 months), share of the observed portfolio in this sector (25; half of that when the sector is stated only), stated focus on the US (15: full marks when the firm names the US as where it invests, half when it says global), size of the fund on file on a log scale (15) and completeness of the public record (10). Regional focus is our research, not an SEC figure. It is a measure of activity and fit, not of quality or returns. - Fill rates: Of 16 rows: stage 13, sector 16, fund size 14, website 16. In the paid file: named decision-makers on 14 rows, firm email on 8, LinkedIn page on 12, check size on 1. ## Questions ### How many defense tech investors in Silicon Valley are there? We list 16 as of November 2026. 9 of the 16 have a fund filing or a dated deal in the last 12 months. The cities with the most are Menlo Park (7), Palo Alto (4) and San Mateo (2). ### Which defense tech investors in Silicon Valley raised a new fund in the last 12 months? 6 of the 16 have a fund filing dated in the last 12 months. The most recent on this list are DCVC (Oct 2026), Costanoa (Sep 2026) and MVP Ventures (Aug 2026). ### What is the typical fund size of defense tech investors in Silicon Valley? The median fund size on file for this list is $200M, across the 12 firms with a size on an SEC Form D. The fund on file is each firm's main fund, which is not always its newest. The other 4 do not disclose a size there. ### How do I contact defense tech investors in Silicon Valley? The paid file holds 74 named decision-makers across 14 of these 16 and a firm email for 8. We publish the address a firm lists itself, never a personal email. Each free row links to a profile with the firm's website. ### Where does the data on defense tech investors in Silicon Valley come from? All 16 rows have an SEC filing on file (Form D or Form ADV). Filing date and fund size come from the filing. Stage, sector and check size are our research. Rows on this list were last checked on 6 Nov 2026 at the latest. The whole file is re-verified twice a year.