Fundraising and strategy for founders building hard technology

We advise European deeptech and dual-use companies from pre-seed to pre-IPO

Approach

Approach

We work with a small number of companies at a time. We prefer depth over volume, and treat every conversation with full confidentiality.

We work with a small number of companies at a time. We prefer depth over volume, and treat every conversation with full confidentiality.

What we do

What we do

Fundraising

We prepare the company, the equity story and the process for every round, from pre-seed to pre-IPO.

Investor access

Introductions to Tier-1 funds, family offices, sovereign funds and strategic investors across Europe and the United States.

Go-to-market

Support in reaching defence, institutional and industrial customers, and in shaping the commercial strategy.

Strategic partnerships

Strategic partnerships

Connecting founders with industrial partners, primes and institutions that can accelerate adoption.

Connecting founders with industrial partners, primes and institutions that can accelerate adoption.

Grounded in data

Our advice is supported by a proprietary AI-driven database covering more than 1,800 European deeptech and dual-use companies and over 2,500 investors, including more than 1,300 venture, corporate and public funds, with structured data on technology, stage, market, valuation and funding history.


We use AI-based matchmaking to connect each company with the investors and partners best aligned with its technology, stage and strategy

2,500+

Investors mapped, including 1,300+ funds

AI-driven matchmaking between founders, investors and strategic partners+

AI-driven matchmaking between founders, investors and strategic partners

A transatlantic network

Tier-1 funds

Family offices and sovereign funds

Strategic and industrial partners

We work in collaboration with Big Four firms in Europe and the United States.

Focus

Focus

Drones and autonomous air systems
Robotics and ground systems
Maritime and underwater systems
Space, satellites and launch
Electronics, photonics and sensors
Communications, electronic warfare and cybersecurity
Defence AI, software and critical infrastructure
Effectors and air defence
Soldier systems and defence biotech
Energy, power and propulsion
Advanced materials and manufacturing
Quantum technologies

Drones and autonomous air systems
Robotics and ground systems
Maritime and underwater systems
Space, satellites and launch
Electronics, photonics and sensors
Communications, electronic warfare and cybersecurity
Defence AI, software and critical infrastructure
Effectors and air defence
Soldier systems and defence biotech
Energy, power and propulsion
Advanced materials and manufacturing
Quantum technologies

Stages

Stages

Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth, Pre-IPO

Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth, Pre-IPO

Conversations start privately

Conversations start privately

If you are building something meaningful, we would be glad to hear from you.

All enquiries are treated confidentially.

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