Forward Deployed VC backs mission-critical teams, with a newly raised $45M Fund II supported by 150+ operators from the Palantir Mafia alongside AngelList Systematic Fund, Bain Capital Ventures, Garry Tan, and more. GP Mark Scianna served as a Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir, where he built products for Special Operations Forces, set up servers in Kandahar, and deployed alongside warfighters at forward operating bases. This isn’t just operator experience — it’s embedded execution. That context shapes how the firm supports founders: with capital, clarity, and domain fluency. It’s been said, “software is eating the world” — yet many of the systems that underpin national and economic security are still catching up. Forward Deployed VC exists to bridge that gap, led by Mark Scianna’s firsthand experience and network purpose-built for founders taking on the most consequential problems facing the country.