2026-08-27
$314M of new funding is targeting defence and national security
2 funded companies building into defence and national security. The work in scope is what the Head of Defence Programs owns today.
The funding
Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company focused on supplying the minerals critical to modern energy, AI, and defense technologies.
Mariana Minerals Raises $310 Million as Utah Becomes Proving Ground for Autonomous Mining →Revolutionizing multi-physics simulations with quantum-powered software. Faster, more accurate modeling for semiconductors, defense, finance, energy & more.
Paris-based ColibriTD raises €4 million to scale its quantum-powered multiphysics simulation platform →What it means
Capital arriving in a function is a reliable leading indicator. It does not mean the incumbents are wrong, and it does not mean these companies will succeed. It means that within the next few quarters the people who run this work will be asked what their function is doing about it, and the honest answer has to start with where that function actually stands.
So we built the assessment for it. Not a purchase decision, a structured set of questions to take to your own team.