Founded:
2014
Capital Investment:
Self-Funded
Status:
Acquired in 2024
Brigand Arms brings innovation in carbon fiber composites to firearms. A patent-pending carbon lattice material and cost-effective vacuum transfer molding brought Brigand Arms to the forefront of lightweight sporting rifles. Brigand Arms was acquired in 2024. Visit the official website.
Founded: 2015
Capital Investment:
Angel Round: Venture Studio
Seed: $250k (Venture Studio + Strategic Investor)
Status: Operating
APEX Pro brings machine learning to automotive racing. The APEX Hardware device uses an IMU to quickly identify the capabilities of a vehicle and give the driver real-time feedback on their driving performance. A refined smartphone app experience allows even novice drivers to review the track data and learn to drive faster. Visit the official website.
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Moxie IoT
“Giving Your Idea a Pulse”
Initially built around an indoor tracking product called MoxieWorld, Moxie maintained a bustling engineering services business from 2018 to 2023. We specialized in developing supporting “app-connected electronic products” for our clients; a skill-set that set us apart from typical app-only or hardware-only companies. Moxie IoT merged with Tocaro Blue in 2023.
Founded: 2014
Capital Investment:$10k invested by the two founding partners.
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Deft Dynamics grew into the holding company through which we operated our Venture Studio model of developing new technologies and turning them into products or complete operating business startups. With shared facilities, technology labs, manufacturing capabilities and shared team skillsets across common technology startup engineering and business roles, we can test and iterate new ideas quickly and without requiring massive up front capital investment.
