About
We're operators who build defense-tech companies — now we do it for yours.
A113 Partners is a hands-on operating practice — not a fund and not a memo-writing consultancy. We work shoulder-to-shoulder with defense-tech founders and the investors backing them, turning frontier technology into funded programs and realized exits.
Track Record
Built, scaled, patented, and exited.
We have founded and led advanced-technology companies at the intersection of defense, energy, telecommunications, and intelligent systems — including a pioneer in two-phase liquid immersion cooling that raised over $100M before being acquired by a Fortune 1000 industrial leader. We hold 25+ patents spanning robotics, post-quantum security, batteries, and edge infrastructure.
That operator background is the difference. We don't write memos from the outside — we sit with founders through Phase II execution, prime negotiation, and the appropriations cycle, and we brief government agencies, primes, and capital providers across homeland security, critical-infrastructure protection, and advanced manufacturing.
How We Work
Our incentives are tied to your outcomes.
No pooled capital, no passive checks. We earn our living through intelligence engagements, fractional operating retainers, advisory equity, and diligence work for investors — so our incentives are tied to your outcomes.
The Operator
William Michael Hadala Jr.
I'm a technology strategist, inventor, veteran, and commercialization leader with deep experience across telecommunications, edge computing, energy infrastructure, defense innovation, and advanced manufacturing.
I've helped build and scale technology platforms across wireless networks, fiber infrastructure, edge data centers, energy systems, AI, robotics, and national security applications — and I bring that same engineering, capital-formation, and mission-focused execution to the companies I work with today.
Engagement
Let's find the money — and win it.
For defense-tech founders who need to grow revenue and get funded, and for investors who need an operator's read on a deal.