Askari Defense, Inc.
4 additional officers and directors
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
Includes 3 days of DFX Intelligence. Then $199/month unless canceled.
What matters now
- $10.6Msold on Form D
Filed a Form D on 20 May 2026: $10.6M sold on Form D. A Form D is an offering filing; it names no investors, stage or valuation.
A company that just raised has fresh capital, a new board and new vendors to choose.
- 1 investornamed
1 investor on record.
The investors already on the cap table shape who leads the next round.
- 5 directorsboard
5 directors on record from Form D filings and board-seat attributions.
The board is who decides on the next round and on a sale.
Facts
Financing history
- May 20, 2026Form D equity offering · $10.6M (form d sold) · 26 investorsFact Form D · “Askari Defense, Inc. filed Form D: $10,627,818 sold of $10,627,818, Other Technology”
- Apr 29, 2025Form D equity offering · $1.3M (form d sold) · 6 investorsFact Form D · “Askari Defense, Inc. filed Form D: $1,317,900 sold of $4,000,000, Other”
- Sep 9, 2024Form D equity offering · $220,000 (form d sold) · 5 investorsFact Form D · “Askari Defense, Inc. filed Form D: $220,000 sold of $500,000, Other”
Who would invest
How comparable investors are foundComparable investors backed two or more of the companies this company’s own investors also back. Broader fit co-invested two or more times with them and dated a new company in the last 12 months. Each reason is a fact on record: a shared company, a co-investment count, a dated deal, a stage or round size it has joined. A shared sector alone never puts a firm here. Nothing is a prediction that a firm will invest.Already invested
1 investor on record- Builders Vc, LLC board only, Mike Rosengarten (strongly supported) Inference sec.gov
Strong comparable investors
0 firmsFirms that backed two or more of the companies this company's own investors also back.
No firm backed two or more of the companies this company's investors back, so there is no comparable investor on record yet.
Broader fit
0 firmsFirms that co-invest repeatedly with this company's investors and dated a new company in the last 12 months.
No other firm co-invests repeatedly with this company's investors on record.
Ownership and outcomes
How these are wordedA company a buyout or growth firm lists on its own site is “listed in the portfolio of”, never “acquired by”. A date prints only when a deal record gives one; otherwise the row says when DFX first saw it.No firm portfolio page lists this company, so no outcome is stated.
Credit relationships
How a loan is matchedA BDC reports its loans by borrower name. A position shows here only when the match passed a precision gate (a hand-labelled sample was 29 of 30 correct); the tier and confidence are printed on each row. Amounts are the lender’s reported position, never a round.People
- Benjamin Airdo Executive Officer/Director sec.gov
- Benjamin J. Airdo Executive Officer/Director sec.gov
- Robert C. van Zyl Executive Officer sec.gov
- Benjamin Airdo Director Fact
- Mike Rosengarten Director Fact
Show all 6 officers and directors
- Benjamin Airdo Executive Officer/Director sec.gov
- Benjamin J. Airdo Executive Officer/Director sec.gov
- Robert C. van Zyl Executive Officer sec.gov
- Benjamin Airdo Director Fact
- Mike Rosengarten Director Fact
- Mike Rosengarten Director Inference
Timeline
- Jul 9, 2026Askari Defense, Inc. filed Form D: $10,627,818 sold of $10,627,818, Other TechnologyForm D filed Fact Form D
- Jul 15, 2025Askari Defense, Inc. filed Form D: $1,317,900 sold of $4,000,000, OtherForm D filed Fact Form D
- Sep 24, 2024Askari Defense, Inc. filed Form D: $220,000 sold of $500,000, OtherForm D filed Fact Form D
Evidence
Every observation on this company
- Entity type: Corporation Jul 9, 2026 Fact Form D
- Entity type: Corporation Jul 15, 2025 Fact Form D
- Entity type: Corporation Sep 24, 2024 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Other Technology Jul 9, 2026 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Other Jul 15, 2025 Fact Form D
- Form D industry group: Other Sep 24, 2024 Fact Form D
- Amendment: false Jul 9, 2026 Fact Form D
- Amendment: false Jul 15, 2025 Fact Form D
- Amendment: false Sep 24, 2024 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Jul 9, 2026 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Jul 15, 2025 Fact Form D
- Revenue range (Form D): Decline to Disclose Sep 24, 2024 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Jul 9, 2026 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Jul 15, 2025 Fact Form D
- Incorporated: withinFiveYears Sep 24, 2024 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Delaware Jul 9, 2026 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Delaware Jul 15, 2025 Fact Form D
- Jurisdiction: Delaware Sep 24, 2024 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $10.6M Jul 9, 2026 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $1.3M Jul 15, 2025 Fact Form D
- Amount sold (Form D): $220,000 Sep 24, 2024 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $10.6M Jul 9, 2026 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $4.0M Jul 15, 2025 Fact Form D
- Offering amount (Form D): $500,000 Sep 24, 2024 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06b Jul 9, 2026 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06b Jul 15, 2025 Fact Form D
- Exemptions: 06b Sep 24, 2024 Fact Form D
- First sale: 2026-05-20 Jul 9, 2026 Fact Form D
- First sale: 2025-04-29 Jul 15, 2025 Fact Form D
- First sale: 2024-09-09 Sep 24, 2024 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 26 Jul 9, 2026 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 6 Jul 15, 2025 Fact Form D
- Investors (Form D): 5 Sep 24, 2024 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Jul 9, 2026 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Jul 15, 2025 Fact Form D
- Minimum investment (Form D): 0 Sep 24, 2024 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: equity Jul 9, 2026 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: option Jul 15, 2025 Fact Form D
- Securities offered: option Sep 24, 2024 Fact Form D
- Office address: Jul 9, 2026 Fact Form D
- Office address: Jul 15, 2025 Fact Form D
- Office address: Sep 24, 2024 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2024 Jul 9, 2026 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2024 Jul 15, 2025 Fact Form D
- Year of incorporation: 2024 Sep 24, 2024 Fact Form D
Relationships across DFX
5 capital paths
Askari Defense, Inc. sits on 5 traced paths of capital across the graphs.
DFX traced 5 paths of capital through this record
Every record on each path, what it committed or lent, and as of when.
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Derived from allocator disclosures, BDC schedules and SEC filings; confidence is the weakest hop.
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Record history
- Form D filed2026-07-09source on record
- Form D filed2025-07-15source on record
- Form D filed2024-09-24source on record
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