Epirus, a Torrance, CA-based technology company developing a microwave defense platform, raised $250M in Series D funding.
The round was led by 8VC and Washington Harbour Partners LP, alongside a roster of return investors including StepStone Group, funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc., Gaingels, strategic defense partner General Dynamics Land Systems, and new investors including Oppenheimer’s Private Market Opportunities Vista VI Fund, NightDragon, Manhattan Venture Partners, Centaurus Capital LP, and Center15 Capital.
The company intends to use the funds to grow and acquire new talent, improve supply chain resiliency, upgrade internal systems and processes, expand into international and commercial markets, and increase its manufacturing footprint in the U.S.
Led by CEO Andy Lowery, Epirus is advancing Leonidas™, a software-defined, high-energy, high-power microwave platform for counter-electronics applications that has been proven effective in Department of Defense testing in countering drones, drone swarms, and other electronics.c
With the company’s latest funding round, Epirus is expanding innovation and manufacturing in the U.S. Epirus’ first initiative is an immersive simulation center opening in Q3 2025 in Oklahoma.
