Venture Capital, deeptech investing, focused on Space, Defence and National Security / Cybersecurity startups Series A & B. Love doing Ironmans and marathons
If you havenβt listened yet, you can watch or tune in below π
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TEKEVER built it by doing one thing obsessively, never stopping iteration.
50,000 combat hours. 100+ design cycles. Now building radar for France's sovereign satellite. π°οΈ
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#TechCommandInvesting#PSION#KARISTA#DefenceTech
2001: bootstrapped software startup in Lisbon. 2025: β¬1B unicorn. Ukrainian front lines. French space agency.
Same company. Same obsession with iteration.
π§ Episode 10: TEKEVER: 50,000 Combat ISR Hours Over Ukraine. π½
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50,000+ ISR combat hours in Ukraine.
On Tech Command Investing, Alain Gavin speaks with Ricardo Mendes on AI-powered drones, sovereign defence systems, Project OVERMATCH, and the future of multi-domain intelligence.
π§ Trailer now live, link in comments.
#Drones#PSION#KARISTA
From siloed spectrometry β real-time intelligence grid.
This is what infrastructure transformation looks like.
New episode with Unknown Labs:
β Network effects
β Continental detection
β Defence & sovereignty implications
π§ Full episode out now
#AI#KARISTA#PSION
3 seconds vs 8 hours.
Thatβs the difference between legacy systems and whatβs coming next.
From siloed detection to real-time intelligence, spectrometry is becoming critical infrastructure.
π· Trailer for Episode 9 of Tech Command Investing
π Link in the comments
Episode 9 is live π§
From isolated detection β continental intelligence
What if substance detection took seconds, not hours?
Alain Gavin talks with Brad elsbury (Unknown Labs) on real-time spectrometry transforming healthcare, security & defence.
Link in comments π
Cybersecurity isnβt just IT - itβs leadership.
From the FII Riyadh panel:
1οΈβ£ Conflict has shifted left
2οΈβ£ Humans are the main attack surface
3οΈβ£ Cyber resilience drives valuation
If leaders donβt own cyber risk, they own cyber failure.
β‘οΈ https://t.co/FN2VtANZ2u
Wars now start online.
This short clip from Tech Command Investing shows how social-media intelligence exposed early influence operations in Ukraine months before kinetic action.
Social media isnβt PR β itβs early-warning infrastructure.
#HybridWarfare#TechCommandInvesting
How does the C-suite think like a CISO?
Not more tools. Better execution.
Most cyber incidents start with people:
AI phishing, impersonation, deepfakes.
From FII Riyadh β¬οΈ
https://t.co/lVcKvM5Y8S
Cybersecurity is leadership.
#Cybersecurity#CISO#AIsecurity#FII9
Climate resilience is national security. Satellite intelligence is strengthening water, urban cooling, and critical infrastructure resilience across #KSA β from pilots to scale in Riyadh & NEOM. π
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