IndusBridge Ventures

In 2022, the free world was reminded how important it is to deny aggressors the ability to exert power over us. A new approach to defence innovation is required to make our societies more resilient. Our mission is to shorten the defence innovation cycle. We invest in technology-based start-ups that have the potential to disrupt the defence innovation cycle by 10x or more. We are looking for ordinary people in extraordinary teams with the ambition and stamina to persevere when others give up. We bring a deep understanding of the international defence innovation ecosystem and of what it takes to scale VC-backed start-ups. We add value by helping to secure customers, strategic partners and investors.

Azcende is a venture capital and infrastructure advisory firm. Through the potential found within Critical Infrastructure and National Security, a vital foundation for the future of cities and the people within them, we help tech businesses become tomorrow’s most valued companies. Advancing humanity through the future of cities With two thirds of the world’s population destined to live in an urban environment, there are a growing number of challenges and opportunities facing cities and the people within them. National Security: Defence and industry as well as commerce that creates international attraction, via the use of emerging technology and economic growth. Critical Infrastructure: Infrastructure vital for society needs, and infrastructure to develop and extend economic advantage. We believe that emerging technology-centric business models forged in rugged and pragmatic operating conditions of Defence can more positively address social, environmental and the economic challenges of humanity. We support ambitious entrepreneurs to create shared value for business and the communities in which they operate. We believe in shared value creation that connects and accelerates human progress.01 Emerging Technology Successful companies adapt to dynamic market pressures and leverage emerging technology to serve the current and future needs for the future of cities. Address the underlying cause, not symptoms: businesses that invest in technology that develops people and their capabilities, ultimately improving the quality of life to solve small and intractable world-wide issues. Shift perspectives from scarcity to abundance: Emerging technology orientated towards ‘the impossible’ activate latent potential and will expand how people benefit from their environment, positively and radically, to address social, environmental and governance needs. 02 Critical Infrastructure Critical infrastructure should unlock human potential throughout all key stages of its lifecycle – from conceptualisation through to operation. Emerging technology can turn this obligation to solve fundamental human needs. 03 Defence and Industry Technology from Defence and industry has been responsible for significantly improving the lives of all humankind.

Paladin Capital Group is a leading global investor that supports and grows the world’s most innovative companies through venture investment, expansion, and growth capital. We are headquartered in Washington, DC, with offices in New York City, Silicon Valley, and London. We seek out diverse investment opportunities across the US and worldwide. Paladin is a leader in investing in technologies, products, and services focused on dual use in both commercial and governmental markets with a strong value-add culture. Paladin recognizes that successful investments begin with attracting and collaborating with top-tier entrepreneurs and management teams. Adding value to our portfolio companies is a cornerstone of Paladin’s investment culture and philosophy. In addition to subject matter expertise, entrepreneurs in today’s dynamic markets are focused on investors’ ability to add value through a variety of avenues, including helping to build strategic partnerships, accessing key customers or new markets, navigating non-dilutive financing options, or recruiting high-quality management talent and independent board members. Our ‘dual use’ investment approach, with deep knowledge of both commercial and government markets, provides our companies with unique insights and opportunities. We Are Active Investors The Paladin team merges financial expertise with national security and technical competence to add value across a wide array of market sectors and company stages. Paladin is focused on being an active investor - bringing decades of experience, advice, access, and relationships to its portfolio companies. Our Funds Since Paladin’s inception, more than $1 billion have been committed across multiple funds and investment vehicles. Paladin Cyber Fund II Our most recent fund is a $372 million multi-stage fund that invests in cybersecurity startups bringing innovative technologies to market. Cyber Fund II will look to deploy capital across a number of high-priority cybersecurity and online safety sectors, including innovative technologies that protect critical infrastructure from cyberattacks and networks from ransomware. Paladin Cyber Fund The Fund focuses on Digital Infrastructure Resilience, investing globally in advanced technologies and solutions which enable, monitor, manage, and defend critical infrastructure that is dependent on cyber space. Paladin III The Fund has completed 34 investments and continues to deploy follow-on capital to its portfolio companies and offer value-add services. The Fund invested primarily in disruptive cyber and advanced technologies and, to a lesser extent, alternative energy.

Balerion Space Ventures harnesses the final frontier to build humanity's next generation of critical infrastructure. Just as air power reshaped defense and connectivity, space will become the backbone of communications, security, and industry. The internet, telecommunications, and advanced manufacturing will move beyond Earth, demanding resilient systems and bold innovation. We accelerate this transformation by empowering the technologies and ventures that make space infrastructure a reality. Our mission is to secure the future of defense, commerce, and human progress among the stars.

​​Squadra Ventures is a venture capital firm led by founder-operators that invests in early-stage cyber and national security companies. We apply significant resources beyond the check, working hand-in-hand with our entrepreneurs to win and leave a lasting positive impact on the world. Squadra is the Italian word for team. It embodies our fundamental belief that exceptional teams are the key to outsized success. We lead rounds and apply significant resources in startups that are going to change the future of security in the workplace and in the field. As investors we:Lead Seed to Series A rounds Work as Active Board Members Invest $1M-$3M Execute on an 18-Month Joint Strategic Plan We invest in teams that:Are visionary leaders Obsess over how their product drives value for their customers Value leadership development of their management teams through coaching and mentoring Can leverage our expert network of cyber, national security, and enterprise professionals to accelerate their business Are ready to level-up their go-to-market strategy and business operations Are excited to collaborate on industry changing strategic opportunities Have the potential to become Dual-Use Ventures serving both enterprise and government clients How We Do It For our portfolio companies, there are three teams - the founding team, our team, and the combination of the two. That means some days we’re pulled up to the table in a portfolio company’s office to dig into a marketing campaign and other days we’re working our network to get one of our CEOs in front of the CISO of a key future client. Where some VCs check-in at the board meeting, we’re working with our management teams daily. The goal is simple - 3X in 24 months, achieved through alignment on our Joint Strategic Plan. What We Stand By Squadra Ventures is committed to supporting and funding under-represented founders and diverse teams. We believe that diverse teams perform better and, as stewards of capital, we take the following measures: We actively seek out founders from diverse backgrounds. We track the gender, identity and race of the founders and companies we review to ensure we are not disproportionately favoring any singular profile. Participation in this data collection is optional. When a company does not meet our investment thesis, we aim to be helpful by making further introductions and providing honest feedback. We start our investment opportunity review process in the same place, every time, warm intro or not - with our opportunity overview intake form.

With an inherent aim of generating mission outcomes, we back founders who are innovating at the center of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), cybersecurity, and core areas to advance Joint All-Domain Command and Control technologies. Our focus is on early-stage companies (Seed, Series A, and Series B) where we can provide technical and strategic support, client and contract access, and where there is potential to build joint intellectual property as part of a far-reaching collaboration with our engineering and client teams. Spotlight Investments To date, we have invested in technology startups that dramatically streamline and transform how federal agencies carry out critical processes which are central to their missions. To increase speed to deployment, and eliminate traditional barriers to moving research and development out of the lab and into the field, our team connects startups with Booz Allen's developers, skilled in delivering innovation for mission impact. Explore some of the organizations we partner with today. Latent AI: Latent AI’s tinyML technologies will help reliably use ML at the edge - increasing the operating speed of complex algorithms in low-compute, low-power environments. This innovation enables our clients to gain decision advantage with small form-factor devices such as Android Tactical Assault Kits (ATAK). Latent AI’s developer tools allow for ML to be deployed to processors as small as microcontrollers. Synthetaic: Synthetaic’s advanced technologies dramatically streamline the process of labeling geospatial, video, image, and other types of data through its proprietary Rapid Automatic Image Categorization (RAIC) platform. By eliminating cumbersome manual tasks, the platform enables engineers to deploy object detection algorithms for rare objects in minutes through the use of generative AI and unsupervised learning in a seamless AI pipeline. Reveal Technology: Reveal Technology’s Farsight software facilitates data streaming from drones to ATAK devices. Users can rapidly process data at the edge and create detailed two-dimensional and three-dimensional (3D) maps that depict terrain, roads, and structures. By turning full-motion video into shared 3D mapping with layered analytics, Reveal Technology’s capabilities dramatically increase insight per megabyte to improve situational awareness on the mission front lines. Hidden Level: Hidden Level’s passive sensing technology of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for high-interference environments, supports global defense missions that operate in information-driven conflict spaces across warfighting domains and at the tactical edge. This passive aerial monitoring technology delivers real-time airspace visibility, detects silent airborne threats, and informs critical countermeasure opportunities.