The former managing partner of the UK’s highly-secretive National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF) is partnering up with the ex-CEO of British public VC firm Molten Ventures for a new dual-use fund aimed at filling the funding gap for more mature defence startups.
Ex-NSSIF and Molten Ventures investors pair up for new defence fund to back Series A and B dual-use tech
The pair believe that “stage is the biggest gap” in defence right now.
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