Secretive VC firm Hedosophia has hired a former NATO Innovation Fund partner as it mulls a new defence tech fund, according to sources.
Hedosophia recruits ex-NATO Innovation Fund partner, mulls new defence fund
Chris O'Connor left the NATO Innovation Fund earlier this year
Anne Sraders and Kai Nicol-Schwarz
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Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the venture capital industry and deeptech startups, including robotics, spacetech and defence tech. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn
Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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