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Defense Unicorns, Inc.

COLORADO SPRINGS · Defense · refined from filed group “Other Technology

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Defense Unicorns, Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$35.5M
Total raised · real
2
Rounds
69.4×
Latest step-up
Top 11%
Sector rank · raised
Series B
Latest stage · inferred · Fri Feb 16 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Defense Unicorns, Inc. has raised $36M over 2 rounds; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the defense sector profile.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

At-risk
  • Last raise 2.4 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 11 months.
  • Past due for a raise versus sector cadence — watch for distress or a bridge.
Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

Explore how these operators interlock with other companies in the operator network.

Where it sits in Defense

Defense Unicorns, Inc. is one of 61 Defense companies tracked from COLORADO SPRINGS. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 90% of sector peers), and in the upper tier by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
3
Investors (latest)
2020
Year incorporated
2024-02-16
First sale
Amount raised vs valuation, by round

Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.

Amount raised · realModeled valuation · estCumulative funded · real
$0$125M$250M$375M$500MPre-Seed · 2022-09-21 Raised $504K (real) Modeled valuation $6.6M (est)$504K$6.6MPre-Seed2022Pre-Seed · 2022-09-21 Raised $504K (real) Modeled valuation $6.6M (est)$504K$6.6MPre-Seed2022Series B · 2024-02-16 Raised $35M (real) Modeled valuation $310M (est)$35M$310MSeries B2024+$504K+$35MCumulative $36M

The line shows cumulative reported funding over the period; + labels show new capital added between points when there is room. Toggle on-bar figures, plus the niche-peer and market averages, to read this company against its cohort. Benchmarks are modeled medians.

Financing ladder & sequence gaps
Pre-Seed$504K · 2022
Pre-Seed extension$504K · 2022
Series B$35.0M · 2024no Seed / Series A on file

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Seed, Series A — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 50%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$309.5M
Base estimate est.
$91.0M
Conservative case
$594.7M
Upside case
$194.4M
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Series Ba $15M–$40M round). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the defense sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Pre-Seed · modeled $6.6M · 2022-09-212022Pre-Seed · modeled $6.6M · 2022-09-21Series B · modeled $309.5M · 2024-02-162024
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
18%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
71%
Survival probability
47% low · 86% high
1.41×/yr
Annual markup
1.71×/yr upside case
2.4 yr
Elapsed time used
2.4 yr actual, capped for stale marks
defense
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
8 mo
Avg between rounds
$25.3M/yr
Capital velocity
3.8 yr
On record since
2022
First round
3
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 61 companies in Defense. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages) 5.5× above median
This company$35.5M
Sector median$6.5M
Latest round — vs other Series B rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.4× above median
This company$35.0M
Sector median$24.6M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 6.2× above median
This company$309.5M
Sector median$49.6M

Raised more than 90% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 89% of peers (estimate).

Niche peers — same stage & era

A tighter cohort than the sector chart above — only companies at the same stage (Series B) that last raised in the same ~3-year era, ranked by modeled value est. (not money raised). This is the exact set the analyst read compares against, so a like-for-like cohort is what makes "over/under-valued" meaningful.

This companyCohort peer
$100.0M$1.0B$10.0M$100.0MCapital raised (log)Binary Defense Systems, Inc. · Series B Raised $36.4M · modeled $500.9M (est)GP Defense Investments, LLC · Series B Raised $24.6M · modeled $161.4M (est)Atmo, Inc. · Series B Raised $17.6M · modeled $117.7M (est)Defense Unicorns, Inc. (this company) Raised $35.5M · modeled $309.5M (est)Defense Unicorns, Inc.
CompanyStageRaised · realValue · estvs peer med.
Binary Defense Systems, Inc.Series B$36.4M$500.9M2.13×
Defense Unicorns, Inc. this companySeries B$35.5M$309.5M1.31×
GP Defense Investments, LLCSeries B$24.6M$161.4M0.69×
Atmo, Inc.Series B$17.6M$117.7M0.50×
Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

StageAmount · realAnnouncedPost-money · estValue · estConf.
Pre-Seed$504K2022-09-21$2.8M$6.6M90%
Pre-Seed$504K2022-09-21$2.8M$6.6M90%
Series B$35.0M2024-02-16$194.4M$309.5M90%
What happened at each round

Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.

  1. Pre-Seed$504K2022-09-21
    • First recorded raise — entered as Pre-Seed.
    • 19 investors on this round.
  2. Pre-Seed$504K2022-09-21
    • Filed alongside the prior round (same month) — likely a tranche or amendment.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 19 investors on this round.
  3. Series B$35.0M2024-02-16
    • Raised 17 mo later, in step with the ~11 mo sector norm.
    • Round 69.4× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 3 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2024 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~8mo cadence
$105.0M
Modeled next size est.range $68.2M$168.0M
69.4×
Last step-up
$25.3M/yr
Capital velocity

Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Key people & operators

Officers, directors and promoters named in this company's public recordsreported — the people who run it (not its investors). "Also runs" counts come from name-matching across all records, so verify before acting.

PersonRoleAlso runsTied since
Marco DeMeireles2 other2024-02
Andrew Greene2024-02
Courtney Barno2024-02
Jeffrey McCoy2024-02
La'Tise Tangherlini2024-02
Robert Slaughter2024-02
Scott Lamphear2024-02
Thomas Runyon2022-09
Registry & provenance

Defense Unicorns, Inc. is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

United States
Country of record
US
Jurisdiction
1950785
SEC CIK
2020
Incorporated
Similar companies

Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.

CompanySectorStageRaised · realValue · estWhy similar
Binary Defense Systems, Inc.DefenseSeries B$36.4M$500.9Msame sector · same stage
RADICL Defense, Inc.DefenseSeries B$33.2M$103.0Msame sector · same stage
Chariot Defense, Inc.DefenseSeries B$33.2M$148.7Msame sector · same stage
GP Defense Investments, LLCDefenseSeries B$24.6M$161.4Msame sector · same stage
Atmo, Inc.DefenseSeries B$17.6M$117.7Msame sector · same stage
iShopShops, Inc.Other TechnologySeries B$49.3M$645.8Mnetwork1 shared operator · same stage
Cyber Defense Labs, LLCDefenseSeries A$22.6M$96.6Msame sector
Vector Defense, Inc.DefenseSeries C$61.1M$368.8Msame sector
Semantically similar

Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.

CompanySectorStageValue · estMatch
Chariot Defense, Inc.DefenseSeries B$148.7M87%
Vector Defense, Inc.DefenseSeries C$368.8M86%
Capital Defense Technologies LLCDefenseSeed$4.9M85%
Cloud Defense, Inc.DefenseSeed$49.6M85%
Liberty Defense Holdings, Ltd.DefensePre-Seed$652K85%
Deterrence Defense, Inc.DefenseSeed$11.7M84%
CITADEL DEFENSE CoDefenseSeries A$334.6M84%
DefenseStorm, Inc.Other TechnologySeries A$33.8M83%
Frequently asked
How much funding has Defense Unicorns, Inc. raised?
Defense Unicorns, Inc. has raised approximately $35.5M in disclosed capital across 2 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Defense Unicorns, Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Defense Unicorns, Inc. is approximately $309.5M (modeled range $91.0M–$594.7M). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Defense Unicorns, Inc. at?
Defense Unicorns, Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Series B. Its most recent recorded round closed around Fri Feb 16.
What does Defense Unicorns, Inc. do and where is it based?
Defense Unicorns, Inc. operates in the Defense sector, based in COLORADO SPRINGS.
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