Defence investors
62 investors that name Defence among their sectors are recorded here, among them 29 venture capital firms, 10 asset managers, 9 other investors and 6 public funds. Stated investment stages run from pre-seed to buyout. Most are headquartered in Australia (13), the United Kingdom (8) and Germany (5). Every fact comes from the investor’s own website and links back to the page it was read from. Coverage is incomplete and biased toward investors who publish clearly.
| Investor | Layer | Type | Stage | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AdvantEdge Partners Investor Group mobility · EV · energy · AI |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed | Delhi, India |
| Alacrity Canada clean technology · plastics · circular economy · defence |
Direct investor | Accelerator | Seed – Growth | Canada |
| Artesian Venture Partners Energy · Agrifood · Health · AI |
Direct investor | Asset manager | Seed | Sydney, Australia |
| Australian Business Growth Fund Commercial Services · Defence · Financial Services · Leisure & Hospitality |
Direct investor | Public fund | Growth | Australia |
| Beaten Zone Venture Partners Defence · Space · Sovereign Manufacturing · Critical Technologies |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | Brisbane, Australia |
| Blossom Capital Application · Infrastructure · Financial Services · Defence |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | London, United Kingdom |
| BOKALDO Group Defence · Pharmaceutical |
Direct investor | Private equity | Buyout | London, United Kingdom |
| Commercial & General Funds Management Pty Ltd residential · defence · healthcare · commercial |
Direct investor | Asset manager | Not stated | Adelaide, Australia |
| CWC Gulf International Power · Civil Aviation · Sanitation & Water · Oil & Gas |
Direct + LP | Other | Not stated | London, United Kingdom |
| Delphinus Venture Capital Food · Health · Defence · Energy |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Series B | Aarhus, Denmark |
| Depo Ventures Defence · Space · FinTech · Industry 4.0 |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed | Prague, Czechia |
| DNB Asset Management AS technology · AI · robotics · space |
Direct investor | Asset manager | Not stated | Oslo, Norway |
| DTCP digital infrastructure · enterprise SaaS · cybersecurity · vertical SaaS |
Direct + LP | Other | Growth | Hamburg, Germany |
| Eastend Ventures Defence · Space · Biotech · Enterprise software |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed | Adelaide, Australia |
| Entropy Industrial Capital critical industries · manufacturing · defence · space |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed | |
| European Innovation Council deep tech · breakthrough technologies · dual-use · defence |
Direct investor | Public fund | Seed – Growth | |
| European Investment Bank climate · digitalisation · security · defence |
Direct + LP | Public fund | Funds | Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
| European Investment Fund SMEs · mid-caps · infrastructure · innovation |
Direct + LP | Public fund | Seed – Growth | Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
| European Space Ventures AG Space · Deep Tech · Defence |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Growth | Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
| Expansion Ventures Aerospace · Defence · Space · DeepTech |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Series B | |
| Expeditions defence · dual-use · deep tech · cybersecurity |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | Warsaw, Poland |
| Fawkner Capital Management Pty. Ltd. agriculture · clean technology · civil construction · defence |
Direct investor | Other | Not stated | Melbourne, Australia |
| Finserve Nordic AB defence · cybersecurity · space · technology |
Direct investor | Asset manager | Not stated | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Foundamental infrastructure · architecture, engineering & construction (AEC) · heavy supply chains · lot-size-1 manufacturing |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Series B | Berlin, Germany |
| Fusion Growth Labs health · space · defence · cybersecurity |
Direct investor | Venture studio | Seed | Brisbane, Australia |
| Gravier Investment Alternatywna Spółka Inwestycyjna Spółka Akcyjna defence · greentech · new technologies · spacetech |
Direct + LP | Other | Not stated | Kraków, Poland |
| growX ventures B2B · deep-tech · fintech · SaaS |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Series B | |
| Heartcore Capital AI · Defence · Quantum · Robotics |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Series A | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Heartfelt Consumer Internet · Consumer Products · Cybersecurity · Fraud Detection |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | Berlin, Germany |
| Hiro Capital LLP AI · Infrastructure · Robotics · Defence |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Series A – Growth | London, United Kingdom |
| Ideaspring Capital Climate Tech · Artificial Intelligence · Defence · BioTech |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed | India |
| Iguana Investments equity long/short · healthcare · gold mining · defence |
Direct investor | Asset manager | Not stated | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| IITI DRISHTI CPS Foundation Digital Healthcare · Intelligent Manufacturing · Defence · Agriculture |
Direct investor | Accelerator | Not stated | Indore, India |
| Independent Asset Management sp. z o.o. public equity · private equity · credit · fixed income |
Direct + LP | Asset manager | Not stated | Poland |
| Intellectual Labs AS AI · healthcare · construction · finance |
Direct investor | Venture studio | Pre-seed – Seed | Oslo, Norway |
| Iron Wolf Capital deep tech · AI · defence · photonics |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Join Capital Deep Tech · Defence · Space · Enterprise |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Series A | Berlin, Germany |
| Keen Venture Partners AI for SMEs · defence · security |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Series A | Netherlands |
| Laaken Asset Management N.V. equities · bonds · AI infrastructure · healthcare |
Direct investor | Asset manager | Not stated | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Longwall Ventures advanced manufacturing · life sciences · medical technologies · defence |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | Harwell, United Kingdom |
| Lundgreen's Capital A/S defence · intelligence technology · energy · climate |
Direct + LP | Asset manager | Not stated | København, Denmark |
| Lundgreen's Invest defence · intelligence technology · energy · climate |
Direct investor | Asset manager | Growth | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Maple VC AI · Fintech · SaaS · Consumer |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed | San Francisco, United States |
| MD One Ventures defence · national security · deeptech · software |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Series A | United Kingdom |
| NATO Innovation Fund deep tech · defence · security · resilience |
Direct investor | Public fund | Not stated | |
| Next Front Ventures defence · dual-use |
Direct investor | Other | Not stated | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Open Doors Partners artificial intelligence · compute infrastructure · aerospace · defence |
Direct investor | Deal-by-deal club / syndicate | Growth | |
| Outroll B2B · B2C · Government · Defence |
Direct investor | Other | Not stated | Mawson, Australia |
| Partner Ventures (Prtnr) AI · technology · financial services · property |
Direct investor | Other | Not stated | Australia |
| Pavilion Global Holdings Corp. manufacturing · deep technology · real assets · real estate |
Direct investor | Asset manager | Growth – Buyout | Seoul, South Korea |
| Plural Climate · Defence · Applied AI · Space |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Not stated | Paris, France |
| Prime Alternatywna Spółka Inwestycyjna Spółka Akcyjna defence · dual-use · drones and unmanned systems · ammunition |
Direct investor | Private equity | Growth – Buyout | Rzeszów, Poland |
| Radar Ventures deep tech · food · water · energy |
Direct + LP | Venture capital | Seed – Growth | Australia |
| Rockstud Capital manufacturing · deep tech · defence · aerospace |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Series A | India |
| SELEKTOR Alternatywna Spółka Inwestycyjna Spółka Akcyjna defence · space technology · medtech |
Direct investor | Other | Seed – Growth | Warszawa, Poland |
| Significant Capital Ventures critical technologies · deep tech · AI · medical |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | Canberra, Australia |
| SmartCap greentech · defence · venture capital |
Direct + LP | Fund of funds | Pre-seed – Growth | Tallinn, Estonia |
| South Australian Venture Capital Fund (SAVCF) B2B Software · Space · Clean Energy · Cybersecurity |
Direct investor | Public fund | Seed – Series A | Adelaide, Australia |
| SuperSeed manufacturing · logistics · construction · defence |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Seed | London, United Kingdom |
| Uniseed Deep Tech · Life Sciences · Biotech · Pharmaceutical |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Pre-seed – Series B | Australia |
| Yali Partners LLP Semiconductors · Robotics · Genomics · Aerospace |
Direct investor | Venture capital | Seed – Growth | Bangalore, India |
| Yas Holding aviation · aerospace · defence · healthcare |
Direct investor | Other | Not stated | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |