Harpoon Ventures
Harpoon is America’s venture firm. We invest in early-stage founders building the technologies critical to U.S. power. 60+ portfolio companies. $1B+ in government contracts. We were early to the thesis that national resilience and geopolitics would define the next era of venture, recognizing the importance of a firm purpose-built for America’s resurgence. Since 2018, we have made early investments in breakout companies including: ▪️Astranis - geostationary communications satellites ▪️Solugen - sustainable chemical manufacturing ▪️Genesis Therapeutics - AI for drug discovery ▪️Semgrep - improving software security and reliability Led by our Founder Larsen Jensen, a two-time Olympic Medalist and American record holder turned U.S. Navy SEAL turned venture capitalist, our team's diverse backgrounds and expertise bring a unique perspective to every investment. Our mission is to back bold leaders shaping the next era of American innovation. We’ve worked side-by-side with our founders to secure nearly $1B in U.S. government contracts—spanning non-dilutive grants to $100M+ programs of record. At Harpoon, we’re more than investors--we’re your tactical advantage.www.harpoon.vc
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Oct 15, 2026
Andrew CouillardHOST
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Pirates Only podcast, the Black Flag podcast from Harpoon Ventures.
Andrew CouillardHOST
I'm Andrew Couillard.
Andrew CouillardHOST
In every episode, we try to sit down with amazing fundraisers, founders, investors who come through.
MattHOST
For those listening, if you have not heard of Overmatch, it's an incredible fund.
MattHOST
We're lucky enough at Harpoon to know the team and have worked with them well, including some of the events that we have done together, like the Navy Demand Signal events, and I know that y'all are still continuing and, and doing a lot of events in that area.
MattHOST
So thank you for being on, Morgan.
MattHOST
Could you give a quick background on maybe yourself, the fund, what you're investing in, the, the, uh, check sizes that you're writing, anything at a high level that a founder should know about Overmatch before we dive in?
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Morgan HitzigGUEST
We, we really trust the people around us.
Morgan HitzigGUEST
We work really hard to figure out who, who those folks should, should be.
Morgan HitzigGUEST
Harpoon is one of them.
Morgan HitzigGUEST
And so that is one route that I would maybe take first and foremost.
Ashok KamalGUEST
I won't name the company just because they may not have announced the financing yet, but it's a company based in Miami, Florida, a very competitive round led by two top VCs.
Ashok KamalGUEST
One of them was Harpoon Ventures.
Ashok KamalGUEST
They've announced the investment, so that's fine.
Ashok KamalGUEST
I was reading a newsletter from Harpoon.
Ashok KamalGUEST
People read your newsletters, Andrew, so careful what you put in there, right? I was reading a newsletter.
Ashok KamalGUEST
This wasn't even... circulating the deal was a funding announcement.
Ashok KamalGUEST
We all get those all the time, right? I reached out to one of the partners I know at the fund and said, hey, this looks like something that our Qualcomm mafia, we call it in San Diego, which is these folks that have been working on chips and wireless and sensors for decades sometimes, and some of them right now writing AI algorithms in Qualcomm.
Ashok KamalGUEST
I think our Qualcomm mafia and I think some of our defense tech folks here in San Diego, which has a defense tech kind of history and Harpoon is itself a defense tech oriented fund, would be interested in this deal.