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Scout Ventures
Venture capital · Austin, TX, United States · North America
Scout Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in dual-use technologies with both commercial and defense applications. It leads seed rounds and reserves capital to follow on through Series B, and it helps portfolio companies access non-dilutive government funding through its defense and national lab networks.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsdual-usenational securitydefenseartificial intelligenceautonomyspace
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Or find every investor that fitsScout Ventures lists 51 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 8 funding rounds, 4 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 57% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (37%), Industrial & Manufacturing (12%) and Cybersecurity (10%). 86% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Capital Factory, Silent Ventures and AIN Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Scout Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Scout Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 8 companies; its own site lists 51. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 14% |
| Seed | 57% |
| Series A | 14% |
| Series B | 14% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 0 |
| '26 | 6 | 4 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 84th | 50 companies |
| Recent activity | 89th | 6 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 71% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 77th | 10% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 69th | 37% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 37% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 12% | 7% |
| Cybersecurity | 10% | 4% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 8% |
| Education | 6% | 7% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 5% | 1% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 5% | 15% |
| Media & Entertainment | 4% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Capital Factory | 4 |
| Silent Ventures | 4 |
| AIN Ventures | 3 |
| Alumni Ventures | 3 |
| Anzu Partners | 3 |
| Ben Jen Holdings | 3 |
| Industrious Ventures | 3 |
| New North Ventures | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers4996%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company24%
- 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.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Scout Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Scout Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 12 May 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Series A | |
| 3 Mar 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 29 Jan 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 10 Oct 2025 | Round | |
| 19 Feb 2025 | Series B |
Round details for Scout Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Scout Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
51 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Anametric is developing new technologies and devices for chip scale quantum photonics, with a focus on cybersecurity. | CybersecurityRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Arena Labs provides data, tools, and coaching to improve human performance for healthcare teams | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Beacon AI develops and provides pilot assistance autonomy systems for professional aviation. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| BioFlyte detects and identifies airborne hazards such as bacteria, spores, viruses, bio-toxins, and other substances using aerosol mass spectrometers. | Healthcare & BiotechCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Casimir harvests energy from all around us to provide unlimited power for devices without batteries, cords, or charging. | E-commerce & MarketplacesIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Casimir harvests energy from all around us to provide unlimited power for devices without batteries, cords, or charging. | E-commerce & MarketplacesIndustrial & Manufacturing | May 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Chiplytics is a quality assurance platform for critical electronic components | Industrial & Manufacturing | Oct 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Chiplytics provides a quality assurance platform for critical electronic components | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Circle provides a full-stack platform for the internet financial system, offering various financial services and tools for enterprises, institutions, and developers. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Citra provides hardware, software, and infrastructure for space domain awareness. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Apr 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Civitech provides voter registration and data solutions to political campaigns, advocacy groups, and nonprofit organizations. | EducationMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| DeepSig develops AI/ML foundational software components and products that improve commercial and private wireless communication systems. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| De-Ice eliminates weather-related departure delays and carbon emissions by providing a chemical-free de-icing method for aircraft. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| EnCharge AI develops and provides AI computing technology for businesses, offering efficient and sustainable solutions for AI computation. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Feb 2025Series B | Page + round | |
AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Oct 2025Round | Funding round | ||
| FluxWorks designs, machines, assembles, tests and ships magnetic gears in Conroe, Texas. | Robotics & Hardware | Jan 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Funnel Leasing provides property management software and services | Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- scout.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 19 Feb 2025
- Companies checked
- 51
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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