On 12 December 2024, UK-Ukraine TechExchange hosted its DefenceTech Investor Trends 2025 business breakfast at Digital Catapult.
Hosted by UK-Ukraine TechExchange, FieldHouse Associates, and NOTWICS, the event featured a great panel of sector experts: Karl Eze, CEO and Co-Founder of Point Zenith; William McManners, Founder and Managing Partner of MD One Ventures; and Steven Wood, Head of Industry Practice, Aerospace, Defence and Security at Digital Catapult, and was moderated by Christopher Lowe from NOTWICS.
Vadym Burukin of Huless, a TeUAS company in TechExchange cohort, joined along with other founders, VCs and journalists.
The discussion focused on how DefenceTech has developed this year and predictions of what’s in store for next year.
The panel discussion focused on the following:
- Why increasing defence budgets is important, but the speed at which this funding is allocated plays a significant role in the pace of innovation.
- Macro and micro-level threats of the future and the challenge Europe must face to defend itself.
- The mindset shift in DefenceTech investment since the war in Ukraine. No longer a “taboo” sector, more investors are providing startups with the necessary capital to create crucial dual-use technologies.
Hosted by UK-Ukraine TechExchange, FieldHouse Associates, and NOTWICS, the event featured a great panel of sector experts: Karl Eze, CEO and Co-Founder of Point Zenith; William McManners, Founder and Managing Partner of MD One Ventures; and Steven Wood, Head of Industry Practice, Aerospace, Defence and Security at Digital Catapult, and was moderated by Christopher Lowe from NOTWICS.
Vadym Burukin of Huless, a TeUAS company in TechExchange cohort, joined along with other founders, VCs and journalists.
The discussion focused on how DefenceTech has developed this year and predictions of what’s in store for next year.
The panel discussion focused on the following:
- Why increasing defence budgets is important, but the speed at which this funding is allocated plays a significant role in the pace of innovation.
- Macro and micro-level threats of the future and the challenge Europe must face to defend itself.
- The mindset shift in DefenceTech investment since the war in Ukraine. No longer a “taboo” sector, more investors are providing startups with the necessary capital to create crucial dual-use technologies.
