SightLine Ventures Open Office Hours

​Sightline Ventures Open Office Hours: Ask Us Anything — Defense Innovation

​Got questions about breaking into DoW funding? Not sure if your technology is SBIR-ready? Trying to decode the difference between an OTA and a BAA? Come talk to us.

​Sightline Ventures is hosting a virtual open office hours session where founders, technologists, BD professionals, and anyone navigating the defense innovation space can drop in and ask us anything. No agenda, just an open conversation with a team of military veterans who have served on both sides of the defense acquisition equation: in the operational units that need the technology, and in the acquisition offices that fund and buy it. We understand the DoW innovation space not as outsiders looking in, but as practitioners who have lived it.

​Whether you are a first-time SBIR applicant, a scaling defense tech company looking to expand your government footprint, or just trying to understand how the acquisition ecosystem actually works, this session is for you.

​What to expect: Bring your questions on SBIR/STTR, OTAs, BAAs, CSOs, capture strategy, proposal development, teaming, positioning, or anything else at the intersection of innovation and national security. We also work closely with companies on funding sequencing, helping leadership teams understand how to strategically layer non-dilutive DoW funding alongside venture capital and private investment to extend runway, reduce dilution, and demonstrate government traction before raising. If we know the answer, we will give it to you straight. If we do not, we will tell you that too.

​Who should attend: Defense tech founders and executives, BD and capture professionals, emerging technology companies exploring government markets, and anyone trying to figure out how to get their solution in front of the right DoW buyers and funded properly along the way.