Led · Series B · Aug 2026

Smack Technologies develops military AI systems, including Omega, a decision-support platform that uses reinforcement learning and real-time computer vision to accelerate targeting and repair disrupted battle plans. The company is also building Alpha, a forearm-mounted AI display intended to replace improvised field whiteboards, and is targeting 10–20 prototype units in the next six months. Smack has secured prototyping contracts from the Joint Fires Network and the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab, jointly worth more than seven figures. It operates an Austin, Texas office focused on hardware development and has scaled headcount from 19 in April to 51, aiming for about 85 by year-end. Recent funding (a $61M Series B) is being used to expand Omega production, advance Alpha development and grow the team.

Participated · Seed · Jun 2026

Volund Manufacturing is a manufacturing company led by Eric Hostetler that recently completed a $12 million Seed financing. Coverage of the raise appeared via Marlinspike, which celebrated Volund as part of its portfolio. Public reporting on the company did not include specifics about its products, markets, or operating metrics. The articles also did not disclose the company’s founding year, location, prior funding history, or detailed plans for the newly raised capital. The available public messaging around the raise included celebratory language such as “Rearm and Rebuild!” but offered no further operational or financial detail.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2026

Cloneable builds agentic AI and field-to-office automation that captures expert institutional knowledge and deploys it as specialized agents. Its Cloneable Agent product creates back-office agents by shadowing experts in their existing desktop or web software, and the company also offers a field platform launched in 2025 for in-field data capture and inspections. At launch the company provided purpose-built templates for energy workflows and reports time-to-value in as little as 24 hours. Cloneable says dozens of customers use its platform, including utilities, ISPs, engineering firms, and agribusinesses. The company was founded in 2023 and is based in Raleigh, N.C., and has raised $4.6 million in a seed round—bringing total venture funding to $5.35 million. Cloneable plans to use its recent financing to expand across infrastructure-intensive markets that it describes as chronically underserved by point solutions.

Led · Seed · Apr 2026

Rilian develops Caspian, an AI-native agentic security orchestration platform that provides a single command layer to integrate, operate, and automate cyber and defense capabilities. Its pre-trained AI agents are designed to amplify analyst productivity, capture institutional knowledge, and operate in private/sovereign cloud, on-premise, air-gapped, and compliance-constrained environments. The company emphasizes rapid deployment timelines and sovereign-friendly architectures for governments, critical infrastructure operators, and commercial customers. Rilian was founded by Christian Schnedler, Nick Pompeo, and Dan Fischer and is based in McLean, Va. It has announced strategic partnerships with vendors such as SentinelOne, Censys, and SimSpace and in July 2025 signed a contract with the UAE Cybersecurity Council to implement Caspian at the UAE National Security Operations Center. The company positions itself to accelerate adoption of agentic AI across U.S. and allied defense and security programs.

Led · Series A · Apr 2026

SCATR builds the Zero Trust Transit platform, a cybersecurity solution that governs and protects data while it is moving across untrusted networks. The platform is built on a portfolio of issued U.S. patents and operates by fragmenting, obfuscating, and simultaneously distributing traffic across multiple randomized paths. That approach is designed to make traffic indistinguishable from normal internet activity and to eliminate metadata, traffic patterns, and behavioral signatures that adversaries exploit. The company is led by CEO Matt Carpenter and is based in Cleveland, OH. SCATR raised $12.6M in a Series A led by First In and plans to use the capital to expand operations and advance product development.