Angels of Deutschland: Wie und warum man Business Angel wird

Berlin-based Formation GmbH have created a platform for tracking huge amounts of physical assets in large environments - perfect for, among other things, military logistics and repair hubs. How does having clients in Defence and in regular manufacturing/ logistics compare? What are pitfalls and opportunities? How is this VC-fundable?

Brave1 is the Ukrainian defence tech cluster that operates the world's most advanced Defence procurement marketplace, facilitates investment, and supports innovation through grants and guidance. We talk about opportunities arising from the edge that Ukrainian founders have and the realities of placing money in technology that work vs technology that stops at meeting procurement criteria.

Ivan Petrenko from Lviv invests in seed-stage Ukrainian defence startups. At the same time, Ivan is a facilitator and bridge builder between Ukrainian startups and Western European investors, and runs the "Ideas Center" at Lviv University.


How is Ukraine's DefTech scene not only important, but accessible to foreign investors?


Are there emerging trends in this brand-new industry?


What is AngelOne's investment hypothesis, and will DefTech ever become a properly commercial proposal?


This and more from one of the shapers of the emerging DefTech investment landscape.

Kann man die Mechanismen der 30 Jahre alten "klassischen" Startup-Branche auf Militärtechnologie übertragen?


Ist es überhaupt möglich, klein anzufangen in einer Industrie, die über Milliardenaufträge von Staatsbürokratien funktioniert?


Wie nähert man sich diesem rapide wachsenden Segment als Privatinvestor an - gibt es da überhaupt Platz und Sinn für Business Angels?


Man höre dazu Dr. Benjamin Wolba, Gründer des European Defence Tech Hubs (EDTH). EDTH organisiert quer durch Europa Hackathons und Workshops, um technologiebasierte Wehrhaftigkeit "von unten" zu ermöglichen.