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The defence & AI slice of the 200 curated leaders. Investors on one side of the table, startups on the other — every profile thesis-tagged and ready for matchmaking.

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Helena Brandt

Partner · Nordwind Ventures

Investor

Leads dual-use fund deployments across European defence tech; ex-Bundeswehr procurement advisor.

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Zurich, CH$5–25M · Series A
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Marcus Whitfield

Managing Director · Bastion Capital

Investor

Early-stage defence and security; former operator at a European prime contractor.

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London, UK$2–10M · Seed
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Dr. Ines Halvorsen

Principal · Fjordline Partners

Investor

Sovereign AI infrastructure and national data platforms; PhD in distributed systems.

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Oslo, NO$10–40M · Series A
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Priya Raghavan

General Partner · Kestrel Growth

Investor

Growth-stage defence AI; backed three unicorns in autonomy and robotics.

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New York, US$25–100M · Growth
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Tobias Egli

Family Office Principal · Egli Holdings

Investor

Single-family office with a space and defence mandate; patient capital, 10-year horizon.

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Zug, CH$1–8M · Seed
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Sofia Marchetti

Partner · Aventine Strategic Tech

Investor

Cyber and mission software for allied governments; active board builder.

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Milan, IT$5–20M · Series A
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James Okonkwo

Partner · Atlantic Deep Tech

Investor

Seed-to-A deep tech; NATO DIANA mentor; focus on sensing and counter-drone.

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Boston, US$2–15M · Series A
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Anne-Laure Voisin

CIO · Voisin Family Office

Investor

Concentrated book in sovereign infrastructure and applied AI; co-invests with top-tier funds.

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Geneva, CH$30–80M · Series B
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Dr. Lena Fischer

Co-founder & CEO · Aegis Dynamics

Founder

Autonomous counter-UAS interception; two allied-government contracts, 40+ unit deployments.

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Munich, DESeries A · raising $18M
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Tom Becker

Co-founder & CEO · SentinelForge AI

Founder

Mission-planning copilots for defence staff; LLM stack cleared for IL5 environments.

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Tallinn, EESeed · raising $4M
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Ingrid Solberg

Co-founder & CEO · PolarSAR

Founder

SAR satellite constellation and analytics for Arctic domain awareness.

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Tromsø, NOSeries A · raising $15M
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Rafael Duarte

Co-founder & CEO · CipherMesh

Founder

Zero-trust mesh networking for contested and denied communications.

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Lisbon, PTSeed · raising $3.5M
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Mei Lin Chen

Co-founder & CEO · Bastion Robotics

Founder

Autonomous ground logistics for military and disaster response; 120-robot fleet in operation.

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Rotterdam, NLSeries B · raising $40M
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Jonas Weber

Co-founder & CEO · NordLoom

Founder

Sovereign LLM evaluation and alignment for government deployments.

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Copenhagen, DKPre-seed · raising $1.5M
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David Mensah

Co-founder & CEO · HawkEye Systems

Founder

AI ISR fusion platform across satellite, airborne and open sources; used by three ministries.

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London, UKSeries A · raising $22M
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Katya Sorokina

Co-founder & CEO · Vanta Drive

Founder

GNSS-denied navigation and resilient PNT for autonomous platforms.

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Warsaw, PLSeed · raising $5M
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