DEFENSE UNICORNS, INC.
Software platform integrating Desktop-as-a-Service and containerization into Kubernetes for air-gapped DoD environments
- Sector
- Software
- Headquarters
- Colorado Springs, CO
- Founded
- 2020
- Latest Form D
- $35M, Mar 2024
- Total capital
- $42.8M
- Federal grants
- $7.3M
- 8 awards · 2022–2026
- Sector median 0 awards
- Private capital raised
- $35.5M
- 2 Form D · last Mar 2024
- 32 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Modernizing Secure Software Delivery Across Ussf Mission Environments With Uds$2M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SBIR Phase 1 - Proposal # OSD254-P0001-0298-BUBBLE - Deployable Edge Compute For Generative AI$150K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Edge-ready Identity Powered By Unicorn Delivery Service$1.2M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$35M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · The Work Plan Includes Discovery, Continuous Deployment Of Security Service Integration (pepr), Integration Of Mission Applications With Common Security Components Using Pepr, And A Final Report Documenting The Proposed Efforts And Conclusions.$1.8M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Lula$75K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Pepr$75K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$504K
Show 2 earlier federal awards
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Desktop as a Service for a Single Secure Software Baseline$1.2M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Cloud Native Desktop as a Service for Cyber Secure Nuclear Systems$747K
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Federal first
7months
from DEFENSE UNICORNS, INC.’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Mar 2022
- Defense · $747K
- First Form D · Oct 2022
- $504K · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 1 award
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Andrew GreeneResearcherDirectorLinked by $1.2M in grants as PI
- Robert SlaughterResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by $75K in grants as PI
- Courtney BarnoExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jeffrey McCoyDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- La'Tise TangherliniExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Marco DeMeirelesDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 8 people
- Scott LamphearExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Thomas RunyonExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
No granted patents are on record.
USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.
Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
How to read this page
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Data freshness
SEC Form D filings through . SBIR and STTR awards through .