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Dauntless Ventures

Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Sep 2026, closing $10M. Last cheque observed Sep 2025.

VC firmQuietNew fund $9.8M, Sept 2026

Series ADefenseIndustrialDual-use

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 1 on record
Since the last cheque416days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$235MRounds led0 of 1
Pitch Dauntless Ventures

Dauntless Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    1 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A: 100% of its rounds

What they do

Dauntless backs founders building the next generation of America’s defense and industrial base. We accelerate technologies vital to national and economic security and resilience.From their own website
Type
VC firm
Cheque size
Not stated
Sectors
DefenseIndustrialDual-use
Based in
Covina, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first1 appearances

  1. 2025

    1 round

  2. Sept
    Lila SciencesSeries A · US · TechStartups$235MWith 21 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration3 named

MFMike FerrariManaging memberiFiling they signed
PKPete KoziolManaging memberiFiling they signed
SRScott RobertsonManaging memberiFiling they signed

We also hold 3 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

3 of 5 we have independently watched raise

LilaSpektionVatnsystemsAnsabioBesxar

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Recently backed

The latest companies Dauntless Ventures put money into.

Quick answers about Dauntless Ventures

What does Dauntless Ventures invest in?

Dauntless Ventures invests most often at Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Defense, Industrial and Dual-use.

How active is Dauntless Ventures?

1 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2025.

What has Dauntless Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Lila Sciences (Series A, Sept 2025).

How big are Dauntless Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $235M.

Is Dauntless Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Sept 2025.

What kind of investor is Dauntless Ventures?

Dauntless Ventures is a VC firm based in Covina, United States.

Has Dauntless Ventures raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Sept 2026, reporting $9.8M raised.

Where does this information on Dauntless Ventures come from?

From 4 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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