Annual Report
2023
Sponsors
About Silicon Valley Defense group
Silicon Valley Defense Group (SVDG) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation working to align and connect the people, capital, and ideas that will ensure allied democracies retain a durable techno-security advantage.
Mission
Create the nexus of pioneering ideas, people, and capital that will unlock new sources of innovation for national security and power the digital evolution of the defense industrial base.
vision
Ensure the U.S. and our allied democracies achieve a durable advantage in the global techno-security competition.
Accessing sources of innovation beyond the Defense Department is critical for national security in the future. However, the defense acquisition system is leading many commercial firms to choose not to do business with the Defense Department, or to limit their engagement in ways that prevent the Department from accessing the critical technologies that these companies have to offer.
–Senator John McCain, 2015
activities overview
2023
18
18
Salon Dinners & networking Events
8
8
Webinars & podcasts
8
8
Roundtables & panels
5
5
Articles &
Reports
signature
Efforts
3
3
Co-Sponsored
Conferences
Denver
austin
Boston
14
14
Policy Salon Dinners
San Diego
new york
Washington DC
Policy Salon
Dinners
silicon valley
Median guest count
32
32
los
angeles
450
450
total dinner attendees
Topics
included:
Topics
included:
strategic capital
autonomy
space
Artifical intelligence
AUKUS
china
roundtables, panels,
& conferences
key highlights
key highlights
JANUARY
SVDG Roundtable with the Office of Strategic Capital
Silicon Valley
APRIL
SVDG Roundtable with Representative Wittman
Cambridge
MAY
SVDG & NWCF Symposium on U.S.-China Relations
Silicon Valley
SEPTEMBER
SVDG Panel @ Balyasny Asset Management Summit
Jackson Hole
NOVEMBER
Stanford Tech & National Security Conference (sponsored by SVDG)
Silicon Valley
FEBRUARY
SVDG Roundtable with Representative Calvert
Silicon Valley
APRIL
HBS/MIT Tech & National Security Conference (sponsored by SVDG)
Cambridge
JUNE
SVDG Panel @ JP Morgan’s Vets in VC Conference
New York
SEPTEMBER
SVDG Quantum Policy Roundtable
Washington DC
Podcasts & Webinars
topics included
emerging tech readiness
The natsec100
flexible Funding
working in
defense tech
Scaling Autonomous
Systems
Venture-backed
space
linkedin live Webinar stats
12K
12K
Total views across all webinar broadcasts in 2023
10x
10x
Additional on-demand views after broadcast
15x
15x
Increased viewership over 2022
The INAUGURAL Natsec100
The NatSec100 is our newly developed, annual ranked list of the top venture-funded defense and dual-use startups.
Media highlights
In 2023, SVDG was featured in the following publications:
reach
website Traffic
+205%
+205%
Year/Year Increase in Website Traffic
Linkedin followers
+135%
+135%
Year/Year Increase in LinkedIn Followers
Academy
The SVDG Academy takes cohorts of 10 venture-backed companies on a 6 month exploration of the national security market through programming across three residences.
washington Dc
- NatSec Ecosystem101
- Working with Channel Partners
- Storytelling & Thought Leadership
Silicon valley
- Dual Use Venture Capital
- CFIUS & ITAR
- Accreditation
san diego
- Experiential Learning
- Connecting with Warfighters
- Putting it Together
beta cohort companies
