Stratos Ventures Fund I

Stratos Ventures

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Status

ACTIVE

Global HQ

Tel Aviv, Israel

Countries of investment

Israel
United States

Investment stages

Pre-Seed
Seed

Industries

Defense
Homeland Security
Cybersecurity
Critical Infrastructure
Resilience

About
Stratos Ventures is a Tel Aviv-based venture capital firm focused on defense technology and resilience-focused investments. Their focus spans defense, homeland security, cybersecurity, critical infrastructure, and resilience across Israel and United States. The firm supports defense and resilience founders from Pre-Seed through Seed.

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Max check size: $2M
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Investment Thesis

Stratos Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm deploying capital across defense, homeland security, cybersecurity, critical infrastructure, and resilience sectors. They invest in breakthrough founders building the resilient technologies of tomorrow, focused on core defense systems, sovereign manufacturing capabilities, and dual-use innovation. The firm differentiates itself through active partnerships with the Israeli MOD, U.S. DoD, and NATO's DIANA to accelerate procurement and deployment, with a platform helping Israeli startups access U.S. defense customers through South Florida.

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Manager's Experience

Rotem Yehuda Kakon previously led technology investment activity for a UK-based family office, investing in dozens of Israeli and American venture capital funds, and was an early investor in Carbyne, Infinidome, and RepAir. He previously served as Chief of Staff to Israel's Minister of Industry and Trade. Aviad Grinfeld has worked in defense and homeland security for more than 15 years, having helped scale one of Israel's leading defense groups from roughly $10M to several hundred million in revenue while expanding to over 80 countries, with investments in IRD, Skylock, MyDefence, and BeeSense. Daniel Fouzailov is grandson of Pinchas Fouzailov, a founder of the Diamond Exchange, and has been investing in Israeli deep-tech through Paz Capital family office.