SAIC Ventures’ methods for investing in and working with tech startups

For technology startups, the closure of an external investment round should be considered only the beginning of a new cycle in their strategies to grow the business and accelerate adoption of their products.Michael Hauser, managing partner for Science Applications International Corp.’s venture capital arm, joins for this episode to explain how SAIC Ventures works with startups after investing in them to bring their technologies into government missions.As Hauser explains to our Ross Wilkers, the SAIC Ventures team acts as a business model scout in addition to playing its role in the parent company’s overall tech scouting function.Hauser also walks through the decision process of when a tech is ready for the customer to use, plus how Dairy Queen’s famous Blizzard blend helps explain the art and science of technology integration.SAIC backs satellite bus design startupSAIC joins zero trust startup's network of investorsInfleqtion closes $100M Series C roundUndersea drone startup fetches $16M to aid hiring, manufacturing pushVenture investing is part of the M&A conversation tooWT 360: RTX Ventures casts its net wide and far across an expanding tech ecosystemWT 360: For Lockheed's ventures team, its investments are merely step onePROJECT 38: How Razor's Edge Ventures scouts for tech and companiesPROJECT 38: Booz Allen signaling intent with $100M ventures fund