Advanced technology firm Booz Allen Hamilton announced it is tripling its venture capital investment from $100 million to $300 million. Booz Allen Ventures plans to utilize this funding to support American innovation and develop new solutions by investing in early-stage tech companies poised to transform U.S. government missions. The firm anticipates making 20–25 new investments within the next five years.
The expansion leverages Booz Allen Ventures’ successful three-year track record, with 17 portfolio companies, including Albedo, Hidden Level, Second Front, and Shift5, performing well. These investments deliver mission value and strategic growth across Booz Allen’s defense, security, and civil sectors.
Booz Allen Ventures’ portfolio companies provide advanced solutions in AI, autonomy, cyber, space, and quantum computing. Along with capital, Booz Allen invests in strategic partnerships to co-create solutions, manage risks, and support critical federal missions.
Booz Allen Ventures will continue to prioritize the development of leading commercial technologies that support critical missions, including enhancing space domain awareness, bolstering border security, and modernizing the U.S. military. While its primary focus remains on artificial intelligence, cyber, defense technology, and deep tech, the venture is also broadening its scope to invest in companies promoting American deindustrialization.
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“The success of Booz Allen Ventures shows the power of combining our advanced technology and deep expertise with strategic investments in revolutionary start-ups. We are in a race for global tech supremacy, and America’s innovation ecosystem is our most important source of strategic advantage. Booz Allen is committed to fueling the solutions that will keep the U.S. strong, safe and prosperous.”
Matt Calderone, chief financial officer at Booz Allen
“Hidden Level is proud to be a part of the Booz Allen Ventures portfolio, where our shared commitment to national security translates into a strong strategic working relationship. Together, we are not just developing but delivering real solutions for DOD customers: combining innovation, technical rigor and operational readiness to protect the warfighter and U.S. critical infrastructure.”
Jeff Cole, CEO and co-founder of Hidden Level
“Our national defense requires fast, powerful technology solutions that deliver outcomes when they are needed most. We’ve never lost sight of that mission; Booz Allen has been serving it every day for decades. Now, among fierce global technology competition and evolving geopolitics, this expansion gives us new capacity to collaborate and build with brilliant founders and deliver the best commercial tech to our nation at speed and scale.”
Brian MacCarthy, managing partner of Booz Allen Ventures
