Veteran Ventures

Veteran Ventures Capital is a veteran-owned, growth-equity investment fund focused on military entrepreneurs. #veteranventures #vvc

[Mike Fiuk @MLFiuk]

@lukas_m_ziegler Just missing Aformic’s seed round!

[Veteran Ventures @VenturesVeteran]

As a veteran-owned firm, Veterans Day is personal.

We’re proud to back veterans building technology for those serving today—and honor their contributions across our communities.

To our fellow veterans and families who share the sacrifices: thank you.

#VeteransDay

[Veteran Ventures @VenturesVeteran]

Today, Veteran Ventures Capital's Managing Partner Derren Burrell had the opportunity to facilitate The Future of Finance Roundtable at STATION DC, bringing together a small group of professionals for a candid conversation about the forces reshaping financial services.

[Veteran Ventures @VenturesVeteran]

Wednesday was a busy day for Veteran Ventures Capital in Arlington, VA, with our team participating in three events bringing together entrepreneurs, investors, defense industry leaders, and national security stakeholders.

[Veteran Ventures @VenturesVeteran]

America's factories just got more productive .

Veteran Ventures Capital is proud to lead AFORMIC's $6.95M seed round, alongside ff Venture Capital, Red Beard Ventures, and Mana Ventures, and others.

https://t.co/RAiUCtIaER

ℹ️ Our full portfolio: https://t.co/pT0IF6WlT3

[Atoms Not Bits @AtomsNotBits]

Hard Tech Headlines:

- Aformic has secured a $6.95M seed round. The South Carolina startup develops autonomous mobile robots, including underride platforms that move underneath carts and racks to transport materials, and autonomous forklifts for factory automation, alongside software for managing large-scale robotic fleets. The round was led by @VenturesVeteran.

- @OndasHoldings has secured multiple multimillion-dollar C-UAS contracts with government customers in Europe and Asia. The orders include man-portable Ranger C-UAS systems for a major European police organization and Iron Drone Raider autonomous interceptors for an Asian government customer.

- @CaladhTech has launched out of Y Combinator. The maritime defense startup is developing buoys designed to detect and jam hostile naval drones, alongside seabed devices that conceal critical subsea infrastructure, including cables and pipelines, from hostile surveillance.

- @SpaceX has partnered with Qualcomm to build out Starlink Mobile’s nationwide 5G network, deploying 64T64R Massive MIMO radios across tens of thousands of sites in America starting in 2027. The goal is to combine ground-based cellular infrastructure with Starlink satellites to provide nationwide mobile connectivity.

- @LeoLabs_Space has secured a $150M conditional loan from the Office of Strategic Capital to scale its radar infrastructure.

- @jobyaviation, the American eVTOL startup, has secured additional funding from the U.S. Air Force, bringing its total contract value to nearly $37M, with a focus on testing autonomous logistics in the Pacific.

- @BostonDynamics has launched a fully autonomous robot focused on unloading trailers for freight operations.

- Revere Robotics has unveiled Curbie, an autonomous robot designed to transport household trash bins to the curb on collection day and return them afterward. The robot attaches directly to existing trash bins, eliminating the need for manual transport.

- @VardaSpace Industries has confirmed that its W-7 spacecraft is growing PROTAC drug crystals in orbit, testing whether microgravity can improve the crystallinity and solubility of these experimental cancer drug compounds. The crystals are expected to return to Earth in the coming weeks for further analysis.

- Spain is planning a new FPV drone manufacturing facility in Madrid, with defense firm Paukner partnering with Croatian drone manufacturer @OrqaFPV to produce an initial 5,000 FPV drones annually.

- German defense companies EUROATLAS and EvoLogics have launched a new autonomous underwater vehicle with a 300-nautical-mile range and autonomous swarming capabilities, designed for underwater reconnaissance, mine countermeasures, and critical subsea infrastructure monitoring. The companies have already secured orders from European government customers.

[Tectonic @tectonicdefense]

🛠️ Exclusive: Robotics-for-manufacturing startup AFORMIC raised a $6.95M seed round led by @VenturesVeteran, with the goal of scaling up production of its in-factory intralogistics (stuff-carrying) robots for military and defense customers.

🔗 Read more from @e_h_obrien below

[Mike Fiuk @MLFiuk]

Big day at Aformic - announcing our $6.95M seed round!

Hundreds of robots deployed today, $34M+ in purchase orders to date, and over 186,000 miles covered by our industrial robots in the last 12 months.

We're automating the industries that matter - and only getting started!

[Veteran Ventures @VenturesVeteran]

A busy week in Washington, DC, and a productive one for Veteran Ventures Capital. From AUSA to the NVCA Summit, this week brought together many of the people and organizations working to strengthen America's national security

[Veteran Ventures @VenturesVeteran]

America's shipyards just got faster.

VVC is proud to lead the seed round in Radian Forge alongside VIPC

ℹ️ Our full portfolio: https://t.co/EjTgw7Uw1M

#DefenseTech #AdditiveManufacturing #Shipbuilding #Navy #WAAM #VeteranOwned #Maritime

[Veteran Ventures @VenturesVeteran]

Last week, Veteran Ventures Capital co-hosted Building Pax Americana during Deep Tech Week Washington, bringing together founders, investors, engineers, and national security leaders focused on strengthening America’s industrial and technological base.

[Derren Burrell @dp_burrell]

I'll be at FORGE 2026 on October 28 in National Landing. FORGE puts capital in front of the builders of national resilience — defense, space, cyber, applied AI, energy, advanced manufacturing, and the supply chains underneath them.

[NVCA @nvca]

National security innovation is increasingly shaped by startups and private capital.

In our latest #MeetAVC, @VenturesVeteran's Derren Burrell shares how backing veteran-led companies can strengthen U.S. security, competitiveness, and industrial capacity.

Check it out: https://t.co/rmcFWpFeE1

[Veteran Ventures @VenturesVeteran]

Join Veteran Ventures Capital partners Steve Kiser, Derren Burrell, Josh Weed, Craig Jaques, and Paul Woolard on August 25 as we host: Structural Drivers for Dual-Use Defense Tech Investing

Register: https://t.co/LjQrPEZyrk

[Veteran Ventures @VenturesVeteran]

VVC's Derren Burrell enjoyed attending today's discussion at STATION DC featuring The Brookings Institution's Amy Liu, and Daniel Goetzel, Practitioner-in-Residence at the Harvard Kennedy School's Reimagining the Economy Project.

[Derren Burrell @dp_burrell]

Veteran/military-connected capital is becoming an ecosystem. That is the ecosystem we at Veteran Ventures Capital intend to build.

[Veteran Ventures @VenturesVeteran]

This morning, VVC's Derren Burrell was pleased to join fellow defense leaders at STATION DC for a discussion featuring Hon. Mike Dodd, Assistant Secretary of War - Critical Technologies. on the future of directed energy and its role in strengthening our national security.

[Veteran Ventures @VenturesVeteran]

For decades, the U.S. defense industrial base has relied heavily on a relatively small set of large prime contractors, specialized suppliers, and long-cycle procurement programs. That model is not going away, but it is no longer enough by itself.

[Veteran Ventures @VenturesVeteran]

Veteran Ventures Capital's Managing Partner Derren Burrell is serving on the Program Committee for The SCIF Summit, taking place in Washington, DC on September 10, 2026.

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Veteran Ventures Capital was well represented at Reindustrialize 3.0 in Detroit this week, with Steve Kiser, Paul Woolard, and Derren Burrell attending on behalf of the firm.