The Veteran Fund
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
The Veteran Fund is a next-gen venture capital firm that invests in high-growth technology startups led by exceptional founders from the military community. We believe that mindful veteran leaders are uniquely positioned to build enduring companies in the technology and defense sectors.
- Total investments:
- 25
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 4%
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries The Veteran Fund invests in
Stages The Veteran Fund invests in
Countries The Veteran Fund invests in
Contacts
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Mike Sherbakov
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Justin Nahama
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Lisa Song Sutton
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Ryan Micheletti
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 5 (20%)
- SaaS 4 (16%)
- Enterprise Software 3 (12%)
- EdTech 2 (8%)
- Aerospace 2 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 8 (32%)
- Pre-Seed 6 (24%)
- Series A 3 (12%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Mike Sherbakov
General Partner
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General Partner | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
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Mike Sherbakov
General Partner
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General Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Justin Nahama
Co-Founder and General Partner
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Co-Founder and General Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Lisa Song Sutton
General Partner
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General Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Ryan Micheletti
General Partner
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General Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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HavocAI
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HavocAI is an artificial intelligence company that offers maritime autonomy solutions to the defense and commercial markets. | $100M / Series A / May 12, 2026 | |
Autonomous Cyber
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Autonomous Cyber is an artificial intelligence platform for cybersecurity solutions. | $12M / Seed / May 05, 2026 | |
Natilus
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Natilus is a large scale drone manufacturing company. The company specializes in the manufacturing of Boeing 747 sized drones which provides inter-continental cargo delivery services and helps in reducing air freight costs. Natilus was founded by LZ Zhang, Anatoly Starikov and Aleksey Matyushev in 2016.First flight of their 2200 lbs / 30 ftdrone is scheduled for Summer 2018. At the end of 2018, Natilus completed a flight test of their 2200 lbs prototype.The first production vehicle scheduled for 2020 customer delivery underwent wind tunnel testing in April, 2019. Natilus currently holds an aircraft order book rumored to be in excess of $1B+. | $28M / Series A / Feb 10, 2026 | |
Glīd
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Glīd develops autonomous road-to-rail solutions that streamline logistics by replacing traditional diesel-powered trucks, forklifts, and yard tractors with a single, intelligent platform. This innovation reduces carbon emissions, labor costs, and equipment redundancy, providing a more efficient and sustainable solution for intermodaltransportation. | $2M / Seed / Oct 04, 2025 | |
Tern AI
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Tern AI is a firm that aims to offer a GPS substitute. With its special position, Tern AI can lead the way in innovations that improve the security, dependability, and effectiveness of international transportation systems. | $7.5M / Seed / Oct 01, 2025 | |
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Glīd
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Glīd develops autonomous road-to-rail solutions that streamline logistics by replacing traditional diesel-powered trucks, forklifts, and yard tractors with a single, intelligent platform. This innovation reduces carbon emissions, labor costs, and equipment redundancy, providing a more efficient and sustainable solution for intermodaltransportation. | $3.1M / Pre-Seed / Jul 22, 2025 | |
Bravo Ordnance
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Bravo Ordnance is a manufacturer of advanced warhead technology intended for autonomous defense systems. | $3M / Pre-Seed / Jul 08, 2025 | |
Proteus Space
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Proteus Space compresses the spacecraft definition and AI&T life-cycle from years to months, delivering full CAD based Design Packages with Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) validation on record timelines. This transformational speed and scale, backed by Unlimited Data Rights to the resulting design specifications, fundamentally changes the ability torapidly prototype and field responsive space assets on radically shorter timelines. | $6.1M / Seed / Mar 18, 2025 | |
Eos Atomics
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Eos Atomics develops compact negative-ion neutral beam injectors with lower heat. | $800K / Pre-Seed / Mar 01, 2025 | |
Vatn Systems
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Vatn Systems builds affordable autonomous underwater vehicles that act in cooperative swarms.At the core of Vatn's R&D efforts is advanced navigation software that is effective in GPS, vision, and comms compromised environments while reducing hardware costs. | $13M / Seed / Nov 12, 2024 | |
| See all 25 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
Outlander VC
5 deals together
Scout Ventures
5 deals together
Decisive Point
4 deals together
550 Capital Partners
3 deals together
Bravo Victor Venture Capital
3 deals together
gener8tor
3 deals together
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FAQ
What does The Veteran Fund invest in?
The Veteran Fund invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 25 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at The Veteran Fund?
The team at The Veteran Fund includes Mike Sherbakov (General Partner), Mike Sherbakov (General Partner) and Justin Nahama (Co-Founder and General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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