DARPA is a government-backed investor. Team members are concentrated in Annandale, Virginia, United States. Known portfolio companies include EnCharge AI, Umbra, Sivers Semiconductors, Atom Computing, Phantom Neuro and Alta Resource Technologies, 10 companies in all.
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Investment focus
- Sector
- AIHardwareHealthcare
Contacts
Who to pitch at DARPA
DARPA portfolio companies (10)
- EnCharge AI
- Umbra
- Sivers Semiconductors
- Atom Computing
- Phantom Neuro
- Alta Resource Technologies
- VQ Biomedical
- Deliberate AI
- GrammaTech
- IvySys Technologies
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About DARPA
The firm's listing covers sectors AI, Hardware and Healthcare, and focus areas Cybersecurity, Diagnostics, Machine Learning and MedTech; known deals cluster at Pre-Seed and Seed.
The contacts to approach at DARPA are Neil Dsouza (Investor) and Vincent Cordero (Advisor).
Across the known portfolio, 20 co-investors appear alongside DARPA, including SIP Global Partners, Wolfpack Investor Network and Saturn Five.
Frequently asked questions
What is DARPA?
DARPA is a government-backed investor whose team is concentrated in Annandale, Virginia, United States, with a known portfolio of 10 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.
What does DARPA invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Hardware and Healthcare; listed focus areas include Cybersecurity, Diagnostics, Machine Learning and MedTech. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.
What stage does DARPA invest at?
The known deals of DARPA include Pre-Seed and Seed rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.
Who should I pitch at DARPA?
Both people on file at DARPA are listed as contacts for the firm, each with their own profile page.
How do I contact DARPA?
Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 2 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.
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