Silicon Nation has Partnered with Ark Strategy LLC

reach out if your company needs help navigating the waters of DC

Ark Strategy LLC is a Washington, DC-based government affairs and public policy firm that helps dual-use and defense tech companies grow their US federal market share using non-market strategies upstream of sales at the political and policy levels of government to impact revenue.

Ark was founded by Mike Clauser, the first Head of US Federal Affairs at Okta and former Head of Global Government Affairs at Analog Devices.

Current clients include

• Darktrace

• Sailpoint

• Forescout

• 1Kosmos

• Fulcrum Autonomy

• Terminal Autonomy

• Overwatch Imaging

• BMNT

• Canopy Aerospace

• SysGit

Recent Achievements

(1) $7.5 million earmark for a drone client in the FY26 Defense Appropriations Act;

(2) Policy language in the FY26 Military Construction - VA Appropriations Act directing the VA to cease a pilot program with a client's competitor and instead shift to using Ark's client's solution.

email graham@bonavc.com to set up a call if you are interested to work with Ark