# Discipulus Ventures

Investor in El Segundo, California

## About Discipulus Ventures

Discipulus Ventures is an El Segundo, California-based pre-seed venture fund and residency, founded in 2024, backing a vanguard of founders solving America’s hardest problems in hardware, defense, and critical infrastructure. It closed an oversubscribed $30 million El Segundo Hardtech Fund in 2026.

Its cohort residency relocates founders to El Segundo, embedding them in one of the densest hardware and defense-tech clusters in the country for intensive in-person mentorship, network access, and demo day preparation.

It invests at pre-seed across defense, aerospace, energy, manufacturing, mining, and advanced computing, with checks around $175,000 on a capped SAFE plus a small upfront equity stake. Investments include Rune Technologies, Durin, Vanguard Defense, Framework Automation, Western Chemicals, and Athanor.

Discipulus seeks young, deeply technical founders with hands-on industry experience and an almost obsessive attachment to a problem, often rooted in a family connection or deeper value, who are driven by national-interest challenges over market-map trends.

## People

- **Jakob Diepenbrock**, Founder & General Partner

## Key Facts

- **Location:** El Segundo, California
- **Investor Type:** Accelerator, Venture Capital

## Investment Industries

- Aerospace
- Defense
- Energy
- Industrial
- Manufacturing
- Technology/Web/App

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