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Hack Factory
Investor · Reston, VA, United States · North America
Hack Factory is a start-up studio, growth lab and co-working space in the Washington DC area. It builds companies from new ideas, provides venture and developmental capital, and offers mentoring, office space and educational events.
Invests inCybersecurityAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsartificial intelligencenational securitycybersecuritydual-usestartup studioco-working
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Or find every investor that fitsHack Factory lists 9 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Cybersecurity (50%), AI & Machine Learning (38%) and Consumer (6%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside DEV Capital, Access Venture Partners and Astir Ventures.
No funding round on record names Hack Factory yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 19th | 9 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 85th | 50% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers889%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company111%
- 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 companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Cybersecurity | 50% | 4% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 38% | 18% |
| Consumer | 6% | 3% |
| Enterprise Software | 6% | 8% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Hack Factory head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
9 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwire Labs delivers expertise for governance, risk, and compliance, training and simulation, and threat and vulnerability management using AI agents. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides artificial intelligence software for investigations, particularly for large and complex datasets. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Kovr provides an AI-native compliance automation platform for regulated environments. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Transcend fuses diplomatic, military, intel, economic, and humanitarian insight into auditable strategic options across the full decision space | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Ocient develops and delivers artificial intelligence solutions for enterprise data | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| OODA helps clients identify, manage, and respond to global risks and uncertainties while exploring emerging opportunities and developing strategies for the future | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
ConsumerCybersecurity | Portfolio page | |||
| Ramagine provides on-demand malware analysis services to combat cyber threats. | Cybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Tidal Cyber provides a threat-led defense platform that helps companies optimize their security strategy and defense against cyber threats. | Cybersecurity | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- hackfactory.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 9
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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