• Second Front Systems

  Participated · Series B · Nov 2023

  Second Front Systems builds secure cloud hosting and delivery capabilities for mission-critical software, operating a DOD-accredited Game Warden solution for up to TOP SECRET and listed as FedRAMP® In Process. Game Warden securely fast-tracks government access to SaaS applications and deploys commercial and government solutions to classified, air-gapped, regulated, and government environments worldwide. The platform is trusted by organizations including Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Learn to Win, and DEFCON AI. Led by CEO Tyler Sweatt, the company focuses on accelerating delivery of innovative tools and programs for global security and commercial missions. Second Front Systems closed a $70M Series C to support expansion of capabilities and accelerate delivery of emerging technology and software tools. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, DE. Second Front Systems develops the Game Warden DevSecOps platform and a secure cloud hosting environment to accelerate delivery of commercially‑proven SaaS applications for national security missions. The company services software providers ranging from large defense contractors to startups and supports global government agencies. Customers and partners cited in the article include Aalyria and Adarga, and AFWERX Prime selected Game Warden to support a major USAF Autonomy program. Second Front has experienced over threefold year‑over‑year growth while expanding support across the USG and internationally, with an initial focus on the United Kingdom, Australia, and NATO. Led by CEO Tyler Sweatt and based in Wilmington, DE, the company positions itself to broaden commercial and public sector deployments. It plans to use new funding to continue global expansion and to support customers across commercial and public sector markets. Second Front Systems (2F) is a public-benefit software company focused on accelerating delivery of mission-critical SaaS to government. Its core product, Game Warden, is a fully managed, compliant DevSecOps platform positioned as a software bridge between allied nations. Game Warden is currently delivered on AWS GovCloud with production environments available at Impact Levels 2, 4, and 5. 2F plans to expand Game Warden’s availability to additional environments and across multiple cloud providers and to enter the UK market. The company has completed an oversubscribed Series A funding round and is executing a secondary close to advance its international expansion. Leadership highlights in the article include CEO Peter Dixon, who referenced interoperability gaps between allied information systems. Second Front Systems is a public-benefit software company focused on accelerating delivery of mission-critical SaaS solutions to government users. Led by CEO Peter Dixon and based in Arlington, VA, the company provides the GameWarden DevSecOps platform and a secure cloud hosting environment to fast-track government access to commercially-proven applications for national security missions. Software providers and government agencies use GameWarden, which is currently delivered on AWS GovCloud with production environments available in Impact Levels 2, 4, and 5. With the Series A financing, the company expects to expand availability to additional environments and across multiple cloud providers. Second Front intends to use the funds to grow its technical talent base and to continue introducing and maturing cybersecurity testing and machine-learning-driven automation for its platform. The company raised $32M in a Series A round co-led by AEI HorizonX with participation from several venture investors. Second Front Systems is a public benefit, venture-backed software company that equips defense and national security professionals to accelerate access to and integration of emerging technologies. Its core product is the Atlas Fulcrum platform, which has received a major contract award from the General Services Administration (GSA) and AFWERX and which the company plans to further expand. Second Front uses software network effects to bridge commercial technologies and warfighters, breaking down silos and connecting dispersed buying centers to speed technology discovery, assessment, and integration. The company was founded by two former Marines and emphasizes a product-first approach to streamline defense acquisition processes. Financially, Second Front extended its original $6.0M seed with an oversubscribed $2.1M extension, bringing total seed funding to $8.1M. Existing investors include 8VC, Kleiner Perkins, Gula Tech Adventures, and Abstract Ventures; the extension adds strategic investor Pallas Ventures. Proceeds will be used to expand Atlas Fulcrum’s capabilities, develop additional products, and support growth activities.

• JuliaHub

  Led · Equity · Jun 2023

  JuliaHub develops Scientific Machine Learning tools and agentic AI for physical systems engineering, centering on Dyad, a platform that connects autonomous agents with scalable physics simulation, control synthesis, safety analysis, and auto-generated embedded code. Dyad 3.0 is being launched commercially after prior releases in June and December 2025, and the company says several Fortune 100 customers across aerospace, automotive, HVAC, utilities and government are using its tools. The company was founded in 2015 by the creators of the Julia programming language, which is used by over a million developers. JuliaHub highlights partnerships and integrations—e.g., with Synopsys/Ansys TwinAI and Binnies—that produced high-fidelity digital twins and a pump-fault predictor with over 90% accuracy using four sensors. JuliaHub positions Dyad to compress engineering design, testing and iteration from months to minutes and intends to scale commercial adoption with the newly raised capital.

• RED 6

  Participated · Series B · Jun 2023

  Red 6 develops outdoor-capable augmented reality systems for synthetic training, notably ATARS (Advanced Tactical Augmented Reality System) and ARCADE (Augmented Reality Command and Analytic Data Environment). ATARS is a multi-node, all-domain AR system that creates a complete outdoor synthetic training environment for multiple users, enabling pilots to experience the cognitive loads of real flight while using scalable simulated training. ARCADE defines, builds, briefs, and debriefs training environments and combines biometrics, flight data, and user inputs to improve post-flight replay and analysis. The company says its technology aims to address U.S. and allied military pilot shortages and reduce the resource burden of training by making preparation quicker, cheaper, safer, and cleaner. Red 6 is led by founder and CEO Daniel Robinson and is based in Orlando, FL. The company intends to use the new funding to continue investing in the proprietary technology that supports ATARS. Red 6 develops the Airborne Tactical Augmented Reality System (ATARS), a wide field-of-view, full-color AR solution proven to work outdoors in dynamic, high-speed environments. ATARS enables pilots and ground operators to see synthetic threats and virtual and constructive assets in real time. The company plans to use the new funding to continue expanding operations and broaden its business reach. Red 6 closed a $30M Series A at a $130M post-money valuation. The company was founded in 2018 by Daniel Robinson, Glenn Snyder and Nick Bicanic and is based in Santa Monica, California. The article does not disclose revenue or user metrics. Red 6 is a Santa Monica-based company developing augmented reality air combat training systems. Its core products include the Airborne Tactical Augmented Reality System (ATARS) and the Combined Augmented Reality Battlespace Operational Network (CARBON). The company is led by founder and CEO Daniel Robinson. Red 6 announced it raised $7M in a funding round. The financing was arranged as a SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) and will fund continued development of ATARS and CARBON. Investors in the round include Red Cell, Snowpoint Ventures, Octave, Moonshots Capital, Irongate, TR Aeroventures, and Marlinspike. Red 6 develops ATARS (Airborne Tactical Augmented Reality System), which lets real pilots in real aircraft fly and visually maneuver against synthetically generated enemies in real time. The company focuses on synthetic training for military aviation and has worked with the U.S. Air Force through AFWERX for the past two years. Red 6 intends to accelerate development and commercialization of ATARS using recent funding. The firm received a strategic investment from Lockheed Martin Ventures; the amount was not disclosed. Previous investors include Moonshots Capital, Starburst Accelerator and Irongate Capital Partners. Founded in 2018 and based in Santa Monica, Calif., Red 6 positions its technology for operational training use.

• Frontier Aerospace

  Led · Series A · Mar 2023

  Frontier Aerospace Corporation is a Thousand Oaks, California–based company that develops liquid rocket engines for in-space propulsion. The company provides propulsion technologies from concept through product development and qualification, with engines used in missile defense, lunar landers, deep-space applications, space transportation, and earth-observation satellites. Frontier recently delivered flight thrusters supporting NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, the culmination of its first concept-to-flight thruster program. Thruster development and testing are ongoing across a range of thrust classes for NASA and government primes for missions spanning deep-space exploration, commercial space, and defense. In March 2023 Frontier raised $10 million in a Series A round led by AEI HorizonX. The company intends to use the proceeds to accelerate engine development activities and to support a major expansion of manufacturing and vacuum test facilities.

• Solestial

  Participated · Seed · Oct 2022

  Solestial develops silicon solar cells engineered for space that can self-cure radiation damage and are packaged in ultrathin, low-mass, flexible solar power modules. The modules can be produced on automated machines at costs lower than traditional III-V multijunction products and are designed to last up to 10 years in various space destinations. Since opening its Tempe, Arizona manufacturing facility in 2023, the company has added square footage each year, more than doubled its workforce, and delivered commercial products to dozens of companies. The company is scaling manufacturing to 1 megawatt per year — a rate the company says is comparable to the estimated annual manufacturing capacity of all US and EU III-V space solar companies combined. Solestial says it is hiring, scaling production, and qualifying its technology amid strong market demand across satellite constellations, lunar exploration, national security, and other missions. Leadership changes accompanying the fundraise include the appointment of Margo de Naray as CEO and the founding CEO Stanislau Herasimenka moving to CTO to focus on the product roadmap and operations technology. Solestial develops space-grade solar panels using inexpensive, scalable terrestrial manufacturing processes with the goal of cutting costs to roughly one-tenth of standard III/IV panels. Its core cell technology uses low-temperature heat curing (80°C) that can self-cure radiation damage, a feature validated at prototype stage. The company is now focusing on full panel assemblies, including interconnects and extra-thin silicon substrates, and is subjecting those assemblies to accelerated stress testing to demonstrate multi-year orbital lifetimes. Solestial has delivered several small panels for demo flights while customers help the firm build flight heritage and validate mass-production readiness. Management targets mass production in about two years with the capacity to produce tens of thousands of panels to serve satellite constellations and larger space installations. Financially, Solestial raised a $10M seed and previously received roughly $2.5M in SBIR awards to validate the technology. The company rebranded from Regher Solar to reflect plans to expand beyond panels into broader in-space power solutions over time.

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