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October 21, 2024

Family offices are increasingly interested in defence tech - but they’re keeping it quiet

Some family offices are still on the fence


William McManners and Nicholas Nelson, from MD One Ventures

Family offices are often secretive about their activities, but insiders say they're growing increasingly bullish on one area of investment: defence tech. It comes as VCs are being more vocal about their activities in the space. 

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Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the VC industry and deeptech startups. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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