Brian MacCarthy is a seasoned venture investor and innovation leader who founded and leads Booz Allen Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Booz Allen Hamilton, tasked with investing in early-stage technology companies and accelerating their transition into high-impact commercial and federal mission outcomes. His work exemplifies a new model of venture capital that purposefully aligns venture discipline with defense-tech mission delivery, expanding the reach of innovation into areas historically underserved by traditional VC.

Under Brian’s leadership, the venture arm has invested in 17+ early-stage companies since its 2022 launch, with expectations to make 20–25 new investments over the next five years across AI, cyber, autonomy, defense tech, quantum computing, space, and reindustrialization technologies.