Program

The Critical Technologies Initiative is a joint effort between the Small Business Administration and the Department of Defense launched in December 2022

The primary policy objective of the Critical Technology Initiative is to attract private investment into areas deemed critical to national and economic security.

Areas We Serve

Priority Critical Areas We Serve

The Department of Defense has identified 14 critical areas vital to maintaining the United States’ national security. These have been grouped into three categories as found in the 2023 National Defense Science and Technology Strategy.

Effective Adoption Areas

Defense-Specific Areas

Seed Areas of Emerging Opportunity

Do You Qualify?

Targeting U.S. Small Businesses in Critical Technology Areas

Critical Technology Areas

  • We have a broad mandate to provide debt capital to emerging companies critical to our economic and national security
  • The DoD has identified fourteen critical technology areas for initial prioritization
  • Other industries critical to our national security are also eligible for investment

Eligible as a US Small Business

  • Based in the U.S. with > 51% of employees and tangible assets inside the U.S. (or for a “specific domestic purpose”)
    AND
  • Average net income less than $8M for each of the past two fiscal years and
  • Tangible book value less than $24M
    OR
  • Compliance with NAICS-based small business size standards based on annual receipts or employees

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Steele Schottenheimer
Jim Johnston
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