Defense · Huntington Beach, California · Founded 2023 · Raised $485M · Growth stage
Mach Industries
Building faster, smarter defense infrastructure for the modern era
Review noteTechCrunch (Jun 21) reports a $300M Series C at a $1.8B valuation and 'roughly $485 million' raised altogether; a later $600M extension at $3.7B was reported in Sept 2026. Source ↗
Edge
19#79 · ▲11 in 7d
3 of 8 families
Why now
- 54 of 154 open roles posted in the last 30 days, after a first batch of 84 starting Aug 31
Hiring · Oct 16
- $75K Air Force SBIR/STTR order, 4 prior awards on record: VIPER - strategic strike munition for agile…
Capital · Jun 30
- Certificates issued in the last 120 days name 2 notable subdomains: shop and okta
Traffic · Jul 26
Score
Momentum55
Capital, hiring, traffic
Thesis fit100
× 1.00
Matched on aerospace, air force, army, counter-drone, defense
Earliness1
× 0.41
Already visible: capital raised, headcount
Team–
× 0.85
No people identified yet
55 × 1.00 × 0.41 × 0.85 = 19
Edge, 12 weeks
Signals
- Oct 16Hiring54 of 154 open roles posted in the last 30 days, after a first batch of 84 starting Aug 31↗
- Aug 31Hiring84 of 154 open roles first published from Aug 31 to Sep 2: a new or republished job board↗
- Jul 26TrafficCertificates issued in the last 120 days name 2 notable subdomains: shop and okta↗
- Jun 30Capital$75K Air Force SBIR/STTR order, 4 prior awards on record: VIPER - strategic strike munition for agile…↗
- May 29CapitalWon $2M prototype OT from the Navy, 3.4 years after SAM registration↗
- Feb 24CapitalWon $605K prototype OT from the Army, 3.1 years after SAM registration↗