Defense Unicorns

Colorado Springs, CO · Founded 2020 · Privately Held (backing)

Developer of an open-source and infrastructure-agnostic platform designed to buy, accredit, and integrate software. Defense Unicorns is based in Colorado Springs, CO and was founded in 2020. It was valued at $1 billion at its later-stage round in Jan 2026, the last priced event on record. It has raised $172 million across 2 recorded rounds; the latest was a $35 million early-stage round in Feb 2024.

PMV mark · valuation
$1.0B
Oct 2026
Priced at
its later-stage round
Jan 2026
Total raised
$171.5M
Last round
Early Stage VC
Feb 2024

Defense Unicorns key facts

as of Oct 2026
  • Developer of an open-source and infrastructure-agnostic platform designed to buy, accredit, and integrate software.
  • Defense Unicorns is valued at approximately $1.0B as of Oct 2026, set at its later-stage round, Jan 2026; nothing has traded since, per PrivateMarketView’s mark.
  • It has raised $171.5M across 2 recorded rounds; the latest was Early Stage VC ($35.0M) in Feb 2024.
  • Notable investors include United States Department of War, Valor Equity Partners, Uncorrelated Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, AVP (Paris) — 10 tracked in total.
  • Defense Unicorns has filed 3 Form Ds with the SEC since 2022, most recently Mar 2024 ($35.0M sold to 3 investors).
  • Status: Privately Held (backing).
PrivateMarketView mark
MEDIUM confidence
$1.0B

Valued at $1.0B at its later-stage round, Jan 2026. Nothing has traded since.

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Defense Unicorns funding rounds

2 rounds
Feb 2024Early Stage VC$35.0MSEC filing▮
Sep 2022Seed Round$504KSEC filing▮

Defense Unicorns valuation

Defense Unicorns was valued at $1 billion at its later-stage round in Jan 2026. That is the last priced event on record: no secondary trade or institutional fund mark has moved the figure since.

How much has Defense Unicorns raised?

Defense Unicorns has raised $172 million in total; 2 of its rounds are on record. The largest on record was a $504,329 seed round in Sep 2022; the most recent was a $35 million early-stage round in Feb 2024.

Defense Unicorns has filed 3 Form Ds with the SEC since 2022, most recently in Mar 2024 ($35 million sold to 3 investors).

Defense Unicorns investors

10 investors are on record for Defense Unicorns, including United States Department of War, Valor Equity Partners, Uncorrelated Ventures and Sapphire Ventures. By type, the record holds 4 venture capital firms and 1 growth equity firm. The early-stage round in Feb 2024 drew 3 investors.

About Defense Unicorns

Developer of an open-source and infrastructure-agnostic platform designed to buy, accredit, and integrate software. The company's platform offers an end-to-end service for continuous software integration, delivers technology programs across the Department of Defense and the broader federal market, and accelerates the impact of digital warriors inside and outside the government, enabling users to accelerate their software acquisition and delivery processes.

Sector
Information Technology
HQ
Colorado Springs, CO, United States
Founded
2020
Employees
167
Ownership
Privately Held (backing)

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