SSG backs defense-adjacent and dual-use startups at the earliest stages, and runs investor relations for founders raising their first rounds and for investors who want qualified deal flow in a market they cannot diligence alone.
The hardest round for a defense-adjacent startup is the first one. Investors who understand the technology rarely understand the regulatory path, and investors who understand the path rarely see the deal early. SSG works both sides of that gap — backing early-stage founders directly, and running the investor relationships that get the next round done.
Pre-seed, seed, and Series A checks into dual-use and defense-adjacent startups — space, autonomy, sensing, secure communications, advanced manufacturing, and the services that support allied programs.
Raise readiness, narrative and data room, targeted investor introductions, and the ongoing investor communications that keep a cap table confident between rounds.
Sourcing, screening, and regulatory and government-market diligence for funds and family offices deploying into defense and dual-use without an in-house practice.
Whether we have invested or are running the raise, founders get the same four things — and investors get the diligence that makes the check safe to write.
Positioning, financial model review, data room, and the government-customer story told in terms an investment committee will fund.
Warm introductions to funds, family offices, and strategic investors who already back defense and dual-use — and the follow-through after the first meeting.
Export-control, FOCI, and CFIUS exposure assessed before a term sheet, so neither founder nor investor discovers a blocker at closing.
Federal capture, compliance, and logistics from our other practices, embedded in the company from the first customer onward.
Pre-seed through Series A. We are most useful before a company has a government customer, when the path to one is the whole thesis.
Small early checks alongside lead investors, and investor-relations mandates for founders and funds that need the relationship work done well.
Hands-on. Expect SSG in the room for the raise, on the investor update, and inside the company on compliance and government — not quarterly check-ins.
All engagements begin with a confidential intake and end-user review.