cluster

Defense and space startup ideas and companies

Defense tech, drones and counter-drone, ISR, aerospace, maritime, gov-adjacent hardware.

277

companies tracked

79

from the last 2 years

73

startup-relevant federal grants ($41M)

Share of accelerator intake by year

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Newest in the cluster

Most AI-visible

Highest AEO scores - how well AI assistants can read and cite them.

  • Orbital Arc58
  • Boom57
  • Boom Supersonic57
  • blueflite55
  • Pierce Aerospace55
  • Alba Orbital55
  • ARCA Dynamics54
  • Zelim54

Recent rounds

  • Blackswan Spaceunknown$0K
  • Terasiseed$0K
  • Terasiseed$0K
  • Open Cosmosunknown$0K
  • Open Cosmosunknown$0K

By program

  • Y Combinator87
  • Techstars79
  • Plug and Play53
  • Entrepreneur First12
  • Antler9
  • 500 Global8
  • South Park Commons7
  • a16z speedrun7
  • Alchemist Accelerator5
  • SOSV5
  • Berkeley SkyDeck2
  • Pear VC1
  • AI Grant1
  • Seedcamp1

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