Capital · Intelligence · Capture
Defense-tech deals, sourced by intelligence and operated to exit.
A113 originates small-to-mid-market defense, dual-use, and government-contracting opportunities through proprietary appropriations intelligence — then stays in the asset, integrating AI across day-to-day operations to create the value that defends the return.
The Closed Loop
Most intermediaries stop at the handshake. We don't.
Intelligence sources the deal, AI operations optimize the asset, and equity captures the upside. The same loop runs on every mandate — and it is what separates an operator-sponsor from a broker.
Source
The A113 Intelligence Platform reads the appropriations cycle — program element lines, congressional markups, Phase II Cliff exposure, program-of-record momentum — to surface targets before the market sees them.
Structure
We originate, screen, and structure the transaction — bringing capital partners to the table and running deal-process advisory across all six stages, from initial bid to close.
Operate
Through the hold, we embed AI across the company's operations — BD and capture, proposal and back-office automation, capital raising — driven by the A113 Command Stack reporting suite.
Realize
Operational value creation, documented in the numbers and defended at diligence, is realized at exit — the upside the equity was structured to capture.
The Engine · A113 Intelligence Platform
A sourcing edge built on primary government records.
Generic intermediaries compete on networks and effort. A113 competes on knowing which targets matter before anyone else does. Our platform scores defense R&D and procurement programs against the funding signals that actually move outcomes — drawn from authoritative, largely pre-assembled federal sources.
Who We Serve
Three sides of the same loop.
We work with the firms that buy, the partners that fund, and the companies that get built — each entering the loop at a different point.
Proprietary deal flow you can't build in-house.
We originate and screen small-to-mid-market defense and dual-use targets scored by funding trajectory, run deal-process advisory across all six stages, and deliver a defense-grade diligence overlay most diligence shops can't touch — then operate alongside you post-close to create the value that defends the return.
- ◆Proprietary origination
- ◆Defense-grade due diligence
- ◆Operating-partner AI integration
Differentiated access to a sector with structural tailwinds.
Co-invest alongside A113 in defense-tech and government-contracting companies sourced by appropriations intelligence and operated through to exit. The closed-loop model is built to manage downside through funding visibility and to drive upside through documented operational alpha — with sponsor incentives aligned to outcomes.
- ◆Co-investment access
- ◆Appropriations-driven sourcing
- ◆Operator-sponsor alignment
Grow faster, run leaner, reach the right exit.
For small-to-mid-market defense, dual-use, and govcon companies, A113 integrates AI across your operations — BD and capture, proposal and back-office automation, capital-raising support — backed by the Command Stack. For owners weighing succession or liquidity, we are also a capital partner and acquisition pathway.
- ◆AI operations integration
- ◆Capture & SBIR/STTR support
- ◆Capital & liquidity pathway
Service Architecture
Five capabilities, one continuous mandate.
Proprietary deal origination
Intermediated sourcing of defense-tech and govcon SMB targets — a database scored by funding trajectory, not just financials. The insight and angle that opens a deal.
Fundless-sponsor & search operation
We source and assess, secure capital partners per transaction, take an equity stake, and operate — including backing searchers in the small-to-mid-market acquisition band.
Deal-process advisory
End-to-end guidance through all six stages — opportunity screen, initial bid, deep diligence, final bid, confirmatory diligence, and close — with intensity scaling as conviction rises.
Defense-grade due diligence
The full commercial, accounting, tax, legal, HR, IT and IP stack — plus the defense overlay only an operator in this sector can run.
AI operational value creation
Post-close, A113 embeds AI across the portfolio company's day-to-day operations — business development and capture, proposal and back-office automation, capital-raising support, and the Command Stack reporting layer (Reveille, SITREP, ENDEX, Intel). This is where multiple expansion comes from: the operator thesis that an early mobile-app studio held when integration outpaced what most firms could execute themselves, now applied inside defense-tech portfolio companies. It is the work that earns the equity.
The Differentiator
Diligence layers most firms can't run.
On top of the standard stack, A113 examines the risks that decide whether a defense-tech asset is actually worth what the model says — the overlay that comes from operating in this sector, not adjacent to it.
Engagement Models
How we work together.
Structures are tailored per mandate and weighted toward shared outcomes — because A113 creates the operational alpha, not just sources it.
Advisory retainers
Fractional CSO and search/origination mandates that fund the engagement and the platform work behind it.
Success fees
Transaction-contingent fees on a modified-Lehman basis, earned at close.
Equity & carried interest
The operator-sponsor lever — A113 holds upside in the assets it sources and improves, aligning our return with yours.
AI-operations retainers
Recurring operating fees from portfolio companies for the integration work that drives value through the hold.
Intelligence subscriptions
Platform access, target screening, and Intel reports — monetizable even where a transaction does not close.
Capital · Intelligence · Capture
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