World Venture Forum 2025

30 Jun – 5 Jul 2025 | Kitzbühel, Austria

Matt Kuppers

Founder & MP

Defence Invest

London, United Kingdom

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Building a €50M defence tech VC fund. Looking for LP's, FoF, Fam Offices

About me

* Founder of two businesses
* Army Reserve Officer (S3) defence innovation
* Involved in building a military defence innovation unit
* Managed defence innovation testing & execution
* Executive board member EIT Raw Materials
* European Commission Independent expert
* Defence startup accelerator mentor (NATO DIANA, EUDIS)
+ Alumnus Military Academy + Army Officer School (DEU OF-1)
+ MSc in Social Sciences (GS-9)

My organisation

Emerging €50M Seed-Series A defence tech fund: UGVs, UAVs, UUVs—hardware, software, defence systems. €0.5-€3M tickets, 12-15 deals in 4 years, 40% reserve.

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Skills

  • Defence
  • startups
  • Fundraising
  • innovation
  • Mentoring
  • executive board
  • deal sourcing
  • Evaluations
  • Business Development

Interests

  • Fund
  • defence tech startups

Speaker sessions (1)

Wednesday, 2 July 2025

13:30 - 17:00

Corporate Innovation Alm

Location:Alpenhaus KitzbühelTrack:Alm
  • Corporate Innovation