Empowering solutions for a secure future
Welcome to Virtus Innovation Center, an elite community of innovators tackling the grand challenges in energy resiliency and national security the United States faces today.
How we’re different
As an integrated venture capital fund, incubator, and accelerator, we provide early-stage companies the physical resources, capital, and strategic support they need to develop innovative energy and national security technologies.
Venture Fund
The anchor venture capital fund is focused on Seed and Series A investments across defense, energy resiliency, and AI initiatives, with an emphasis on dual-use technologies.
Incubator
Virtus Innovation Center is launching with a 40K-square-foot facility of shared office, event, prototyping, and lab spaces—even SCIF access—specifically designed for national security and energy applications.
Accelerator
Our team of subject matter experts create structured programs that accelerate development, commercialization, and partnership between leading corporations, government programs, universities, and startups.
How it all comes together
Here in Washington, DC, the epicenter of energy policy and national security, the pace and scale of innovation increases daily, creating massive untapped potential. We unlock this potential by bridging capital formation, incubation, and acceleration for early-stage companies through the collective expertise of venture capitalists, innovation advisors, and placemakers with decades long track records of success.
Right time
It’s a golden age of innovation in defense and energy. Shifting geopolitical sands require constantly evolving security solutions. Energy security and climate change demand reimagined energy systems, while stunning AI advances are driving the pace of change in all sectors. Virtus facilitates entry into these trillion-dollar opportunities as they arise today.
Right team
To build an innovation ecosystem to scale companies in defense and energy requires the collective expertise of Energy Innovation Capital (EIC), a highly experienced venture capital partner in industrial and energy technologies; A&MPLIFY, a global consulting firm with federal, energy, and AI expertise; and JBG SMITH, the largest owner and developer in National Landing.
Right place
DC’s ecosystem of defense and energy experts, corporate partners, federal research programs and policy leaders offers tremendous innovation potential. Nowhere is that potential more evident than in National Landing, with its unparalleled concentration of government agencies, DoD suppliers, research universities, and AI-focused researchers.
Harnessing innovation to power and protect
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