Federal innovation breaks in two places: finding the right problems, and fielding the solutions. We build both.
Problems sourced & curated for government sponsors since 2013
Private capital raised for dual-use companies
Fixed-price contracts. Pay for outcomes, not hours.
At the Defense Logistics Agency, we ran the discovery work on an assumed inventory gap, and proved it didn't exist. That saved millions. Evidence works both ways: BMNT gives you a kill-or-scale call you can defend, and lets you move on.
An innovation capability your agency owns and runs: trained people, working pathways, and a repeatable cadence. Solving hard problems becomes a function, not a hero project.
A pipeline of companies sourced against real problems and funded from prototype to scale by private capital. What works gets more money. What doesn't, doesn't.
Evidence a problem is worth solving, before money is spent
2,460+ problems sourced and curated for government sponsors since 2013.
A permanent in-house innovation function that becomes part of your organization
AFRICOM: a command-wide capability in six months. DLA: 208 senior leaders trained.
A running problem-to-fielding pipeline, operated on your behalf
DLA J68 operating partner since 2018: 596 interviews → 196 curated problems → 25+ fielded solutions.
Your acquisition engine, awarding in 70 days or less
Designed DIU's CSO process. Helped build and operates alongside DLA on the J68 OTA (~70-day average). Selected with GovSignals by USSOCOM to run SOF RACER.
The right companies for your problem, from a network of 20,000+
A network of 20,000+ companies. OSD SIP: 1,000+ sourced in <9 months; 44-day average first contact to award.
Private markets subsidizing your mission R&D
$21M seed → $407M+ private capital (~19:1). NASA Ignite: new-to-agency up from 34% to 55%.
NASA's gateway to the entrepreneurial ecosystem, recruiting companies and investors the agency couldn't reach on its own.
New-to-agency participation 34% → 55% · 22 companies raised $380M · "Exceptional" CPARS in every category
Demand-side muscle made operational inside a live combatant command, not a study, a working system.
Joint Warfighter Innovation Council stood up · Innovation codified into joint doctrine · <30-day contracting via ONIX
Operating partner for the J68 Technology Accelerator since 2018, turning operational problems into fielded capability across a 26,000-person agency.
596 discovery interviews → 196 validated problems · 25+ OTA awards at ~70-day average · 208 senior leaders trained
USSOCOM selected GovSignals and BMNT to build and run SOF RACER, a new AI-enabled consortium for defense innovation. It runs across twelve technology areas, from seabed to space.
Give us a stubborn metric and 90 days to change it.
Bring BMNT a stubborn metric. In 90 days, we'll change it. If we're not the right fit, we'll say so and point you to someone who is.
