Forward Deployed Venture Capital

I’m thrilled to share that @forward_deploy has raised a $45M Fund 2 for mission-critical startups! We’re backed by the Palantir Mafia: a motley crew of 150+ operators, hackers, designers, spies, machine learning scientists, classification experts, government contracting officers, nuclear engineers, and founders. Also participating: AngelList Systematic Fund, @BainCapVC, Dauntless Ventures, @garrytan, GREE LP Fund, @invariantes, @MultipleCapital, Norton Holdings, and two undisclosed large institutions 🏦🏦. We invest in startups modernizing critical American industries including defense, energy, and manufacturing — the core infrastructure that underpins our national prosperity. It’s true that “software is eating the world”, but these trillion dollar markets have had relatively little innovation. It’s time. 🇺🇸 We invest in talent mafias such as Palantir, Anduril, and SpaceX where we have strong relationships and high conviction in the people and culture. We've seen what extreme talent, velocity, and determination can achieve. Born from Palantir’s Forward Deployed Engineering culture, we back hardcore founders that move fast and run through walls to achieve their missions. We run with them and accelerate their momentum. Huge thanks to the founders and LPs who’ve given us their time, trust, and partnership. We’re fired up to build the future with you. 🔊 Turn your headphones up, this hits hard! Let’s go! 🚀

Chariot just raised our $34M Series A, led by @a16z , to scale command of power on the battlefield. With this round, bringing total funding to $41M, we are: - Boosting production of our Amphora 24 and Amphora 400 products - Initiating an operating system for command, control & distribution of power - Expanding the team that will define this next-generation infrastructure The round was joined by existing investors @generalcatalyst and @xyz_vc with other new participation by @DCVC, LMNT Ventures, @MarlinspikeVC, Overmatch Ventures, @ShieldCapVC , @ensemblevc, and Trenches Capital. In under a year, Chariot moved from stealth to revenue and from prototype to force-on-force exercises. Amphora systems are now supporting U.S. Army units, DIU, and commercial customers who recognize that resilient power underpins autonomy, sensing, strike, and C2. The future of defense will be shaped by energy, speed, and adaptability. We are defining the power backbone that makes that future possible and ensure power is never the limiting factor in modern warfare. If you are building or supporting technologies at the edge of high-voltage systems, advanced batteries, embedded software, or distributed architectures — join us.

Method is building autonomous cyber systems for the U.S. Government and critical enterprises. America is facing perpetual cyber conflict. With AI accelerating the speed and scale of attacks, U.S. cyber operators need new capabilities to stay ahead. Method is delivering those capabilities. We are building the command-and-control layer for autonomous cyber operations. Our products fuse offensive and defensive capabilities into a full-spectrum platform, enabling security teams to achieve true visibility, challenge their estates, and outpace their adversaries. Today, Method is deployed across the Defense Department, U.S. Federal Government, and Fortune 500. We've raised $26M from @a16z, @generalcatalyst, @blackstone and others. This funding accelerates our mission to equip the security teams defending what matters most.