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Our team brings deep expertise from Venture Capital, Research and Academia, and National Security

With VC experience from over 12 subsectors and 150+ historic transactions, we maintain active coverage of a range of adjacent venture sectors- enabling a true dual use thesis, and comprehensive founder support.

Investment Team

Will McManners

Will McManners

Tech VC Investor, Investment Director and Security Sector startup Co- Founder

Previous experience from UK Special Forces, BlackRock, Investbridge Capital and Palantir.

George Askew

George Askew

Tech VC Investor, Operator and startup Founder

Previous experience as Managing Partner at Cell Capital and Investor at Force Over Mass Capital.

Kelvin Au

Kelvin Au

Tech VC Investor, Operator and startup Founder

Previous experience as a Principal at Draper Esprit (now Molten Ventures), Investment Director at Founders Factory, Credit Suisse and HSBC.

MSc from Imperial College London in Computer Science.

John Glass

John Glass

Investor and Community Partnerships lead

Experienced startup Founder and Operator, with VC experience from TEGUS and Deep Acre VC.

MBA from Imperial College London.

Victoria Lebegue

Victoria Lebegue

Tech VC Investor, Operator and Founder

Previous VC experience as an Investor at Cell Capital, an Associate at Concrete Ventures, Analyst at Finch Capital, and Head of Product at Seety

Bachelors from University College London

Senior Advisors

Chris Miller

Chris Miller

Economic Historian and investment strategist.

Winner of the 2022 Financial Times business book of the year for ‘Chip War’; expert on semi-conductors.

Associate Professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.

Niall Ferguson

Niall Ferguson

Globally renowned historian and commentator on geopolitics and macroeconomics.

Founder of advisory firm Greenmantle.

Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

Emile Simpson

Emile Simpson

Investment Strategist and Commercial barrister.

Former officer in the Gurkhas. Author of “War From the Ground Up”; and regular commentator on foreign policy and contemporary conflict.

Former research fellow at Oxford and Harvard.

Venture Partners

Nicholas Nelson

Nicholas Nelson

Aerospace, Defence and Security Strategist, and Europe based Venture Partner.

Current head of European Strategy for Anduril Technologies, and Senior Fellow for Emerging Technology and Policy at the Center for European Policy Analysis.

MA from the University of Edinburgh and MBA from Dartmouth.

Omri Krigel

Omri Krigel

VC Investor and Israeli based Venture Partner

Experience from Israeli Special Forces- Shayetet 13. Founder of VC Homeward Ventures and Secret Chord Ventures.

BA Cum Laude from Reichman University, and an MBA from Chicago Booth Business School.

Ira Goldstein

Ira Goldstein

Canada based Venture Partner and Cyber Security expert

Experience from Herjavec Group, with previous roles in Technology Operations, Corporate Development, and Managed Security Services.

MSc from London School of Economics.

Paul Vingoe

Paul Vingoe

UK based Venture Partner, Technology Entrepreneur and Engineer.

Experience from Primer AI, with previous technical roles across the Private Sector, National Security and Defence, and a founding member of the National Security Strategic Innovation Fund (NSSIF).

Paul served for 22 years in the British Army. He holds a BA in Computer Science, an MA in Defence Technology, and is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

Andrew Bowen Ph.D

Andrew Bowen Ph.D

UK and Middle East Investment Strategist and Venture Partner.

Experience from Rothschild, Palantir, multiple family offices and Achria Captial.

Ph.D. and MSc from London School of Economics.