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Pre-Seed Fund · Washington, DC · Defense & Supply Chain

Capital for
critical
infrastructure.

Backing founders building software for defense supply chains, compliance, and allied industrial coordination — before the rest of the market catches on.

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$5MM
Fund Size
3
DLA Deals Advised
40+
Sector Companies Advised
Investment Thesis

Software is the new arsenal.

The defense supply chain is undergoing a generational shift. Decades of fragmentation, analog workflows, and single-source dependencies have created a critical vulnerability — one that software can fix.


Fenix backs pre-seed founders building the software layer that makes the US and allied defense industrial base faster, more transparent, and more resilient.


Our portfolio companies are dual-use and sector-transferable — built for defense, deployable across any critical supply chain. We start where the need is highest and the market is least crowded.

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Supply Chain Visibility
Real-time insight into Tier 2/3 supplier health, capacity, and risk — for both DoD buyers and prime contractors.
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Compliance & Regulatory Tech
CMMC, ITAR, FAR/DFARS, and export control made manageable for suppliers without dedicated compliance teams.
03
Supply Chain Resilience
Platforms that model, stress-test, and diversify critical material and component dependencies across the defense industrial base.
04
Allied Industrial Coordination
Software enabling US and allied partners — Five Eyes, NATO, AUKUS — to coordinate production and procurement at speed.
Dual-Use · Sector-Transferable

Physical chains.
Software intelligence.

Every ship, plane, and truck in the global supply chain runs on invisible software infrastructure. We back the founders building that layer — starting with defense, expanding everywhere.

Why Fenix

An edge built on real deals.

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DLA Deal Experience
We've advised on 3 Defense Logistics Agency transactions — giving us ground-level insight into how DoD procurement actually works and where software creates the most leverage.
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40+ Sector Relationships
Advisory work across 40+ defense and supply chain companies means we understand real buyer pain — not just pitch decks. We know what government contracts look like from the inside.
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DC-Native Network
Based in Washington, we're embedded in the policy, procurement, and program office relationships that matter for defense software companies winning their first government contract.
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