AirC-UASMissiles

Perseus Defense

San Francisco, California · Founded 2025

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Valuation

—Est.

Raised

$6MEst.

Stage

Seed

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Perseus Defense

Funding History

Seed$6M

Sep 2025 · Lead: Bow Capital

Participants: Multimodal Ventures, Lobster Capital, Rebel Fund, Alumni Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Paul Graham, Y Combinator

Leadership

Steve Messinger

Co-Founder

Jason Cornelius, PhD

Co-Founder & CEO

News & press

Cheap Missiles, Not Drones, Will Win the Next Air War

1st Cavalry Division led exercise Golden Shield recently where capability providers tested new counter-UAS technologies in the field environment for the first time

America Downs Cheap Drones With Million-Dollar Missiles. A Fix Is In the Works.

The Missile Men: Two aerospace engineers left steady careers, moved onto a couch, and started building guided missiles from scratch. Now they are preparing to prove it works.

CiCi Awards Community Impact Winner by Trade & Industry Development publication

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