defense tech

3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Mar 5, 2024 by Brian Schimpf · across every show →

Everything said about defense tech, oldest first

Mar 5, 2024
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Defense tech will not produce hundreds of major startup success stories
“I think the hard reality with this is it's just like venture. It's just like any sort of industry where there isn't going to be 500 success stories. That is unlikely to be the case, right?”
Brian Schimpf Mar 5, 2024 ▶ 2:31 Securing America's Future: How Technology Companies and Washington Are Building A Safer World
Mar 7, 2024 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Doug Beck: Capital and founder interest are no longer defense tech bottlenecks
“Now there's a ton of capital and a ton of interest and a lot of people who really want to be part of this. So we've really reached a tipping point on that, but we still have a long way to go on taking some of what Brian was just talking about really to the nex…”
Doug Beck Mar 7, 2024 ▶ 11:21 From Silicon Valley to the Pentagon: The Future of Defense Innovation
Sep 4, 2025 negative
Disclosure
Polovets: Humba Ventures paused defense investing due to inflated valuations
“We invested in defense a lot three, four years ago, and then we kept looking, we're basically paused for a year and a half or two, because after the Ukraine and Israel thing, you know, prices just went up like two, three, four times, but the company fundamenta…”
Leo Polovets Sep 4, 2025 ▶ 27:10 Is Non-Consensus Investing Overrated?
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