Matt Kuppers
Founder & MP
Defence Invest
London, United Kingdom
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.
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
- Corporate Innovation