DOD, SBA unveil names of first funds under new critical technology investment initiative

By Theresa Maher / January 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The Defense Department and Small Business Administration on Friday published the names of all but one of 18 licensed and "green light approved" funds forming the first cohort of the Small Business Investment Company Critical Technologies Initiative. The first cohort is expected to invest more than $4 billion into over 1,700 portfolio companies, according to a Friday DOD release . “Taken together,” DOD said, “this first cohort plans to invest across the full spectrum of stages and strategies of private...

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