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Scout Ventures

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Scout Ventures is an early-stage, dual-use venture capital firm that backs founders from the military, intelligence community, and national labs building frontier technologies. They lead Seed rounds with $2–5M checks (reserving follow-on capital through Series B) and focus on AI/ML, quantum, robotics, advanced materials, security, space/aerospace and advanced energy, leveraging deep defense and operator experience to scale companies.
Invests In
Pre-Seed
Seed
Pre-Seed
Seed
Avg Check sIZE
$2M - $6M
Fund Size
$125M
Location
Austin, TX
Leads Rounds?
Prefer to Lead

What they Invest In

Defense
Robotics
AI
Aerospace
Advanced Computing
Cybersecurity
Materials Science
Software

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Larsen Jensen
GP, Harpoon Ventures

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Larsen Jensen
GP, Harpoon Ventures

What's common Advice that Founders receive that is flat out wrong?

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Larsen Jensen
GP, Harpoon Ventures

What's common Advice that Founders receive that is flat out wrong?

"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip"

Larsen Jensen
GP, Harpoon Ventures
Scout Ventures
Invests In
Pre-Seed
Seed
aVG. cHECK sIZE
$2M - $6M
lEADS ROUNDS?
Prefer to Lead
lOCATION
Austin, TX
Notable Investments
Havoc AI
Swarmbotics AI
Valarian
Tern
Beacon
Radical Aero