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One should not conflate the level of #VC investment with #defence spending, in #Europe or anywhere in the world. The question is not what, but how and why. Europe can put another €1bn or 2.5% points into VC or defence, but we may still not see or feel the end impact. Government procurement processes could always be more efficient, of course, but at MD One Ventures we believe a key ingredient in building global resilience is #talent, and talent in Europe for #deeptech and #dualuse is without a doubt best-in-class globally. We have seen it firsthand with many of our portfolio securing significant contracts and investments from European customers and investors. Anmol Manohar - CEng, MRAeS from Greenjets has been seeing a shift in how #MoD units operate and mobilise innovation across the UK and Europe; Jonathan Bean from Matnex has just signed a world-first compute partnership with global data leader Viridien, listed on Euronext and founded with HQ in France; August Lersten from Labrys called out that capital is there in Europe - we just need investors who get this space and have the desire and endurance to back new technologies that create long-lasting impact on #nationalsecurity. Contrary to popular belief, there are unfortunately no quick ways to get rich or build global resilience. “Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” -- Ryunosuke Satoro Let's do this together. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/ei6R2Cuh William McManners Edward Ebbern George Askew Victoria Lebegue Henry Whorwood Callum Newton Max Buchan Josh McLaughlin Sam Theron Aviv Shapira Luke Wattam Karl Birgir Björnsson Björn Jónsson Dr Guido A. I. Monterzino Anthony Baker Charles Wong Aravind Kandiah Robin Brattel Oluseun Taiwo Nir Ayalon Avital Sincai Luxia Broadbent Beauhurst #startups #innovation #nato #deftech #defense
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1moGreat article Kelvin, but whilst increasing dollars and deals will obviously be positive, as you say, investments made today will bear tangible fruit not just from a returns perspective but from deployment too in several years. Every moment counts.