Dan Madden is a former U.S. Marine Corps artillery officer who has built an end-to-end national security career spanning uniformed service, Pentagon policy roles, RAND analytical work, DoD innovation acceleration, and now venture capital, giving him an unusually complete view of how defense capabilities move from concept to battlefield. He traveled to Ukraine and wrote a first-person account of how startups are shaping the war effort, drawing lessons for founders on rapid iteration and user-driven design with soldiers in the field.
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Squadra Ventures is founder-led by a West Point-trained Army intelligence officer who ran classified NSA tech programs and built multiple national-security software companies, providing deep operator experience on both the DoD/intel and VC sides. The firm specializes in cyber and defense investments with hands-on support helping founders navigate the complex DoD and intelligence community buyer/funder/user/policymaker maze, including surviving political knife fights and lining up multiple champions rather than just making introductions.
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