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Defense Unicorns Raises $136M Series B led by Bain Capital
Today, Defense Unicorns announced a $136M Series B led by Bain Capital. The investment makes Defense Unicorns officially a unicorn and further validates the company mission of making software a strategic detergent for our nation.
We first partnered with Rob Slaughter, Jeff McCoy, and the Defense Unicorns team back in 2024 when we led the Series A. At the time, they had just 3 customers; the company was still early and decidedly non-obvious.
From our earliest conversations, Rob Slaughter and Jeff McCoy had a clear mission: make software a strategic deterrent for our nation. During their time in the Air Force, they kept experiencing a major risk to national security: despite how advanced US commercial software is, the systems that we rely on to protect our country are often heavily outdated due to software deployment complexities. Defense Unicorns exists to close that gap — making modern software easy to deploy and operate anywhere it's needed.
Thrilled to see that work validated with a $136M investment led by Bain Capital, marking an important milestone for both the company and the category. Even more exciting is what this unlocks next — scaling a platform that is quickly becoming foundational infrastructure for how software is built, shipped, and secured across the most demanding environments in the world.
On a more personal note, I’m deeply grateful to have been on this journey. Defense Unicorns was our first core investment as a Firm and remains one of the largest investments at Ansa Capital. Rob and Jeff took a real bet on us as their first institutional partner — just as we bet on them. As a board member, it’s a privilege to build deep, trusted working relationships across so many parts of the company, and I consider myself fortunate to have that here.
Big congratulations to everyone at Defense Unicorns — onward 🦄 🚀