SEATTLE, Washington – Integrate, a software startup specializing in secure project management for the defense-industrial base, has closed a $17 million Series A funding round led by FPV Ventures.
Announced on Feb. 11, 2026, the capital injection will accelerate the company’s expansion into maritime, aviation, and automotive sectors following its successful operationalization within the U.S. Space Force.
The round included participation from Fuse VC and Rsquared VC, with Google Analytics founder and FPV Managing Partner Wesley Chan joining Integrate’s board of directors.
Context: Scaling the JWICS Digital Backbone
The funding follows a pivotal $25 million SBIR Phase 3 contract awarded by the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) in June 2025. Integrate has positioned its platform as the “digital connective tissue” for complex launch campaigns and satellite programs.
Notably, Integrate is the only collaborative project management platform currently deployed on the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS), a classified network used for top-secret defense and intelligence coordination. This deployment allows thousands of cleared contractors and government leads to sync billion-dollar schedules without the traditional security “air gaps” that lead to program delays.
Solving the “Multi-Entity” Bottleneck
Modern defense programs, such as the F-35 or the SDA’s Tracking Layer, involve hundreds of sub-contractors. Historically, these entities coordinated via disconnected spreadsheets and siloed email chains.
- The Solution: Integrate’s AI-native platform enables “selective visibility,” where a primary contractor (Prime) can share a master schedule with the government while keeping proprietary sub-contractor data hidden from competitors.
- Launch Coordination: The software is currently utilized by the Space Force Mission Manifest Office to coordinate complex multi-manifest launches, ensuring that payloads from different vendors meet interface requirements on identical timelines.
Executive Perspectives
“The tides are turning on widespread government inefficiency, and commercial ‘off-the-shelf’ products are becoming the new norm,” stated John Conafay, CEO and co-founder of Integrate. “If you don’t build something from the ground up with government requirements, you can’t really go back and re-architect software that exists for civilian purposes to survive in a secure environment.“
Wesley Chan of FPV Ventures noted that the platform “has the potential to upend the market and accelerate the speed of innovation” within the massive global defense tech sector.
Moving Beyond Space
The $17 million raise will be used to triple the company’s engineering headcount and expand its “secure infrastructure” capabilities. Beyond the Space Force, Integrate is targeting immediate pilot programs with the U.S. Navy and the intelligence community, where siloed workflows remain a major hurdle for rapid technology acquisition.
