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September 19, 2025

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.


Anne Sraders

3 min read

Former managing partner of the NSSIF Hugo Jammes. Courtesy of Jammes.

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. 

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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

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