One builds weapons in the hope that they are not used. Thus goes the central premise of deterrence theory, which says it is the credible threat of aggression, not its use, that ensures states avoid war.

First In Venture Partner and Shift5 CEO Josh Lospinoso on how the Department of Defense can more effectively leverage venture-backed innovation.

The 30-year-old American billionaire building robotic subs, and more, in Australia.

Through this acquisition, Anduril will become a merchant supplier of solid rocket motors to prime contractors.

From tenure-based sabbaticals to covering healthcare costs to paying your people to take vacation, the winning benefits share a theme: meeting employees’ needs.

Shift5 CEO and First In Venture Partner Josh Lospinoso testified to the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services that major weapon system programs, both new and old, need funding and requirements to make them AI ready.

Shift5’s technology “has the potential to revolutionize aviation cybersecurity,” says a managing director at JetBlue Ventures.

Grist Mill Exchange CEO and First In Venture Partner Kristin Wood on how new open-source technologies have birthed the field of open-source investigation—and why we need more of it.

Grist Mill Exchange CEO and First In Venture Partner Kristin Wood and SVP Cynthia Saddy argue the case for new open-source tradecraft.

Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) announced the winners of its fourth annual Capital Cyber Awards—and Shift5 won Commercial Cyber Company of the Year in the under-$50M revenue category.

Tidal Cyber today announced the close of a $4 million funding round to continue making threat-informed defense achievable.

Here are some of the most interesting new products launched at Black Hat USA 2022, including zero trust, extended detection and response (XDR), and a host of other threat and vulnerability management offerings.

Up-and-coming companies shoot their shot in a new feature introduced at the 25th annual cybersecurity conference.

Optiv Future Points spotlighted First In portfolio companies Phylum and Immuta in a recent white paper identifying major evolving cybersecurity themes and the key innovators providing solutions in those areas.

Phylum announces $15 million in Series A funding led by ClearSky, with contributions from Atlassian Ventures, SixThirty Ventures, First In and TechOperators.

Shift5 has been awarded a multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract to compete for orders under a $950,000,000 ceiling for DoD’s JADC2.

Shift5’s latest round of funding lands just a few months after its $20 million Series A raise, buoyed by several million-dollar deals last year during which the company doubled its headcount.

Appaegis Inc., a leading Data Centric Zero Trust access security company, announced that it raised $7.7M in seed funding.

Base Operations, a Washington, DC-based global threat-intelligence platform for enterprise security departments of multinationals, raised $3M in Seed 2 funding.

The cybersecurity company secures its $25M Series B funding that will support its strategic shift to a channel go-to-market strategy.