{"id":37399,"date":"2024-10-23T09:01:40","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T09:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2024\/10\/23\/pentagon-oks-first-batch-of-private-capital-funds-for-loan-program\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:14:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:14:28","slug":"pentagon-oks-first-batch-of-private-capital-funds-for-loan-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2024\/10\/23\/pentagon-oks-first-batch-of-private-capital-funds-for-loan-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon OKs first batch of private capital funds for loan program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first round of private capital funds flowing through a joint Pentagon and Small Business Administration loan program will invest $1.8 billion in more than 1,000 defense-technology companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon announced on Tuesday its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/3942474\/department-of-defense-and-us-small-business-administration-announce-first-licen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Office of Strategic Capital approved 13 private funds<\/a> to participate in the first installment of its Small Business Investment Company Critical Technology Initiative, or SBICCT. Established last fall, the effort aims to draw private capital funding to companies advancing technologies like artificial intelligence, quantum computing, space and advanced materials that could have significant implications for national security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with the funds\u2019 expected private capital investments, the funding the Small Business Administration is making available through the SBICCT loans could bring the total investment amount to approximately $2.8 billion. The program has additional proposals in the pipeline that could increase that to more than $4 billion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the last 20 years, the Pentagon has seen a drop in private capital investment into the technology areas it deems critical. Many of those areas are hardware intensive and require significant funding to generate a meaningful return for investors. Jason Rathje, who leads the Office of Strategic Capital, told reporters the SBICCT Initiative is specifically targeting that challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe \u2018so-what\u2019 of this program is it allows us to incentivize the capital markets to start investing more into our critical technology areas because it changes the return profile,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By partnering with the Small Business Administration, the Defense Department wants to take advantage of the organization\u2019s track record of directing venture capital funding toward projects that have significant economic impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis first group of SBICCT Initiative funds represents a consequential milestone in demonstrating the power of public-private partnerships to build enduring advantage by growing and modernizing our supply chains, strengthening our economic and national security, and benefiting the development and commercialization of critical technologies that are key drivers of our U.S. industrial base,\u201d Heidi Shyu, under secretary of defense for research and engineering, said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/12\/01\/pentagons-strategic-capital-office-to-spur-investment-in-defense-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Office of Strategic Capital was established in 2022<\/a> to drive private sector capital toward defense technologies. Tuesday\u2019s announcement follows the Pentagon\u2019s establishment last month of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2024\/10\/01\/defense-tech-companies-can-apply-for-pentagon-loans-starting-next-year\/\" target=\"_blank\">$1 billion fund to provide direct loans to companies<\/a> that make in-demand defense component technologies. The effort aims to help companies fund the construction of equipment needed to scale production across 31 technology areas it has deemed critical to U.S. national security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/2023\/09\/06\/pentagons-strategic-capital-office-finalizing-investment-framework\/\" target=\"_blank\">2024 investment strategy<\/a>, we talked about how we needed to build different strategies for different parts of the capital market and different parts of our critical technology space,\u201d Rathje said. \u201cWhat we have been able to do over the last year is really accomplish the programs, the financial products that OSC is offering.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lending tools like these are new to the Pentagon, but federal agencies like the Energy and Commerce departments have a long history of using credit programs to support key industries. 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