Legal & structuring
Dr. Alex Goetzinger
Senior legal and investment structuring expert.
/ 01Capital · Cybersecurity & Defence Tech
Europe’s fastest innovation cycle, made institution-ready.
We bridge Ukraine’s operationally validated R&D with European capital, governance, and industrial scale — across defence, security, and dual-use technologies.
/ 02The integration corridor
From frontline validation to industrial scale.
A pathway built for institutional capital, linking Ukrainian frontline technology with European governance, industrial partners, and supply chains.
/ 01 — Source
Frontline validation
Relationships with Ukrainian founders, engineers and operators support sourcing and technical assessment. Field-user feedback is sought through permitted and documented channels.
/ 02 — Package
Governance and rights
Clear ownership, governance and reporting help technology businesses work with European capital and industrial partners.
/ 03 — Integrate
European industry pathways
Partnership opportunities across the European defence and dual-use ecosystem, including established manufacturers, specialist integrators, and commercial buyers.
/ 04 — Scale
Strategic scale & M&A
Exit pathways through industrial partnerships, strategic M&A, and dual-use commercial scale-out as European defence supply chains consolidate.
/ 03Strategic verticals
Three domains where defence demand and dual-use commercial markets converge.
We invest in resilient technologies, not conflict outcomes. The thesis is scenario-agnostic.
01 / Cognitive security
AI-driven cyber defence & information integrity.
Threat analytics, identity, situational awareness. Field-tested in one of the world's most contested electronic-warfare environments.
- AI-driven threat detection
- Identity & access integrity
- Information-environment defence
02 / Autonomous systems
UAV, counter-UAV, sensor fusion, edge AI.
Operational feedback drives rapid iteration under contested networks and urgent demand. We focus on evidence of technical maturity and repeat field usage.
- UAV / C-UAS platforms
- Unmanned ground & maritime
- Edge inference & mesh sensing
03 / Critical infrastructure
Resilient energy, communications, industrial durability.
Technology developed under sustained cyber and kinetic pressure on grids, networks and supply chains, with potential applications in European civilian infrastructure.
- Grid & energy-system protection
- Secure tactical communications
- Industrial & logistics resilience
/ 04How we evaluate
Operational evidence. Commercial potential. Clear boundaries.
We assess operational evidence, commercial scalability and defensible intellectual property together, testing how each technology could serve European customers.
What we look for
- Evidence from frontline or operational use.
- A credible dual-use trajectory and route to European customers.
- Technical maturity supported by documented user feedback.
- Defensible IP and a credible founding team.
- A credible path to European industrial integration.
Our boundaries
- Lethal-decision autonomy without meaningful human control or human-in-the-loop safeguards.
- Single-customer dependency without a credible second buyer.
- Pre-validation R&D dressed as deployable product.
- Hardware without a path to manufacturing scale-up.
- Anything that does not pass formal export-control, sanctions, and dual-use review.
/ 05Team & architecture
Access, governance, and technical judgment — the Kyiv–Europe corridor.
Each stage of the value chain has a named lead, defined backup coverage, and an auditable decision path.
EU & NATO
Dr. Wolfgang Penzias
Former high-level career diplomat.
Investment advisory
Jørgen Rauberg
Investment banking & portfolio management.
Investments
Stefan Rupp
VC and PE General Partner.
Regulatory & compliance
Thorsten Steffen
Structuring, AML & KYC expert.
Founding Partner
Franz Traussnig
VC and PE General Partner.
Venture partner
Uwe J. Umlauff
Technology transfer. Cyber & defence investor.
Technology lead
Christian Weichselbaum
Defence technology and cyber security expert.
Adviser · Ukraine
Confidential
Kyiv-based · introductions on request.
Adviser · Military
Confidential
Kyiv-based · introductions on request.
/ 06Field intelligence
Open-source signals. Operational clarity.
Weekly Briefs and Deep Field research on the technologies, markets and industrial developments shaping European security.
Cadence
Two series
Weekly Briefs · Deep Field research.
Sources
220+ feeds
Open-source intelligence, primary documents, field reports.
Format
Compact
Top signals · Weekly trends.
Audience
Public
Investors, industrial actors, and government decision-makers.
/ 07Start a conversation
Build it, buy it, or back it.
For LP introductions, technical due diligence, co-investment, or operational partnership.
Fund documents are available through the LP portal after login.
DomiciledLuxembourg
SourcedKyiv · Lviv
AdvisedGeneva
Response≤ 48h
StagePre-launch · 2026