A tight, application-only room: 20 defense and dual-use startups curated by investor and corporate peers meet 70+ check-writing VCs in National Landing, the Pentagon's backyard. Founding partners are Booz Allen Ventures and Red Cell Partners, and one of the twenty selected companies walks out with a $100K check from Cape Fear Ventures. The organizers report $115M+ closed by past FORGE cohorts since March 2025. If you are building anything with a national-security angle, this is the single highest-signal introduction room in the region.

  • pitch
  • defense
  • dual-use
  • investors
  • founder
  • dmv
  • arlington