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Center15 Capital

Venture capital · Los Angeles, CA, United States · North America

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Center15 Capital is a growth-stage investment firm that invests in private companies advancing American national interests. It provides access to growth-stage defense technology companies and works with founders, operators, Wall Street, military leadership, and investors across the defense ecosystem.

Invests inAI & Machine LearningCybersecurity

In its own wordsdefensenational securitydefense technologygrowth stage

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5portfolio companies
3funding rounds on record
2rounds, last 12 months
$20M to $100Mtypical round it comes in at
Growthmost frequent entry

Center15 Capital lists 5 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Growth, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (57%), Cybersecurity (29%) and Space & Defense (14%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside 645 Ventures, Disruptive and Insight Partners.

Counts come from funding rounds that name Center15 Capital, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.

Entry stage

share of companies by the stage of its first round
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Share of companies by the stage of the firm's first round
Value
Pre-seed0%
Seed0%
Series A0%
Series B33%
Growth67%

Activity by year

rounds it joined, last 10 years
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Investor profile

percentile among all firms
Portfolio size: 5 companiesRecent activity: 2 rounds in 12 monthsEarly stage: 0% of entries at pre-seed or seedEvidence: 40% of companies confirmed by a roundSector focus: 57% in its largest sectorReach: 1 countryPortfolio size4th pctRecent activity69th pctEarly stage54th pctEvidence99th pctSector focus88th pctReach19th pct
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Center15 Capital compared with all firms
MeasurePercentile of all firmsValue
Portfolio size4th5 companies
Recent activity69th2 rounds in 12 months
Early stage54th0% of entries at pre-seed or seed
Evidence99th40% of companies confirmed by a round
Sector focus88th57% in its largest sector
Reach19th1 country

Invests most often with

firms sharing its portfolio companies
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Co-investors
Share
645 Ventures2
Disruptive2
Insight Partners2
Manhattan Venture Partners2
NightDragon2
5AM Ventures1
8VC1
ARK Venture Fund1

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Its portfolio companies

where they are based, and what their own sites show

Headquarters

Site status

  • Site answers5100%
  • No longer answers00%
  • Points to another company00%
  • Parked or sold domain00%

A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.

Investment themes

share of its checked companies

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AI & Machine Learning57%18%
Cybersecurity29%4%
Space & Defense14%3%

Co-investor network

who it backs companies with, and who they back together
10 shared companies8 shared companies8 shared companies7 shared companies6 shared companies6 shared companies5 shared companies5 shared companies4 shared companies4 shared companies4 shared companies3 shared companies3 shared companies3 shared companies3 shared companies2 shared companies2 shared companies2 shared companies2 shared companies2 shared companies2 shared companies2 shared companies2 shared companies2 shared companies645 Ventures: 2 shared companies645 Ventures2Disruptive: 2 shared companiesDisruptive2Insight Partners: 2 shared companiesInsight Partners2Manhattan Venture Partners: 2 shared companiesManhattan Venture Par…2NightDragon: 2 shared companiesNightDragon25AM Ventures: 1 shared companies5AM Ventures18VC: 1 shared companies8VC1ARK Venture Fund: 1 shared companiesARK Venture Fund1Advaita Capital: 1 shared companiesAdvaita Capital1Alpha Partners: 1 shared companiesAlpha Partners1Altra Venture Partners: 1 shared companiesAltra Venture Partners1Ambition Capital: 1 shared companiesAmbition Capital1
Shared portfolio companies with Center15 CapitalFirms that also back companies together

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Compare Center15 Capital head to head

portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both back

Three or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.

Recent portfolio activity

when companies last raised with Center15 Capital
DateCompanyStage
5 Nov 2026Shield AIshield.aiSeries C+
15 Apr 2026Turion Spaceturionspace.comSeries B
3 Sept 2025Shift5shift5.ioSeries C+

Round details for Center15 Capital

Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Center15 Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.

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Portfolio

5 companies checked against their own sites
CompanyWhat it doesThemesFirst round with itEvidence
Epirusepirusinc.com · United StatesEpirus develops and provides products to defend against autonomous drone attacks
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity
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HawkEye 360he360.com · United States
Portfolio page
Shield AIshield.ai · United StatesShield AI develops and uses autonomous aircraft and intelligent systems for defense and other applications
AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning
Nov 2026Series C+Page + round
Shift5shift5.io · United StatesShift5 provides operational intelligence solutions for vehicles and fleets, including predictive maintenance and threat detection.
CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning
Sept 2025Series C+Page + round
Turion Spaceturionspace.com · United StatesTurion Space builds the foundational infrastructure of space through vehicles, mission software, and payloads
Space & Defense
Apr 2026Series BFunding round

About this data

site last read 5 Nov 2026
The homepage of Center15 Capital, as last read
center15capital.com as VCinfo last read it
Site
center15capital.com
Last read
5 Nov 2026
Watching since
6 Nov 2026
Rounds since
3 Sept 2025
Companies checked
5

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