Diligence memo · auto-generated · as of July 3, 2026
Arkenstone Defense, Inc.
Arkenstone Defense, Inc. has raised $8.6M over 2 rounds; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.
Businessfiled
Arkenstone Defense, Inc. operates in Defense, based in MENLO PARK.
No verified homepage on file yet — operating evidence is limited to the public record.
Capital & rounds (filed)filed
Arkenstone Defense, Inc. has raised $8.6M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded rounds, aggregated from public filings. Its latest round is modeled as Series A (a $4.0M–$15M round).
Largest single filing: $8.0M on 2025-04-28.
Most recent recorded round closed around 2025-07-25.
Valuation (modeled)modeled
Provath models Arkenstone Defense, Inc. at approximately $2.3M (range $851K–$3.8M). This is an algorithmic estimate from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
Too few comparable companies in this niche to rank the valuation fairly yet.
Financing rhythm & timingmixed
Historic cadence: a new round about every 3 months.
Last raise 11 mo ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
Raising on or ahead of the sector's normal rhythm.
The last round was 13.3× smaller than the prior — a bridge or down round.
Comparablesmixed
Capital scale ranks ahead of 74% of Defense peers (61 compared).
Modeled value ranks above 51% of those peers.
Closest niche peers: Terra Industries, Vanguard Defense, Inc., Defense Metals Corp..
Peoplefiled
3 named people on file across officers, directors and signatories.
Risks & flagsmixed
No clearly named CEO/founder/principal in the surfaced records — key-person evidence is thin.