Most Active Pre-seed Investors in Defence & Resilience — Europe

Ranked on a balanced score: recorded activity, recency, whether the fund leads rounds, and cheque depth — so conviction counts, not just volume. All lists →

1 Concept Ventures Tool creator £500k – £2.5M 20 deals since 2022 · 8 in last 12 mo recorded 2 Airstreet Capital £1M – £2M 9 deals since 2022 · 5 in last 12 mo recorded 3 UI UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S) up to £1.5M 0 deals since 2022 · 16 in last 12 mo recorded 4 Baobab Ventures £240k – £280k 0 deals since 2022 · 2 in last 12 mo recorded 5 201 Ventures £200k – £1.2M 0 deals since 2022 · 0 in last 12 mo recorded 6 Twin Track Ventures £150k – £500k 0 deals since 2022 · 0 in last 12 mo recorded 7 Expansion Ventures (undisclosed) 0 deals since 2022 · 0 in last 12 mo recorded

Ranking: a balanced score over validated deal pace (log-scaled), 12-month recency, lead-investor record and cheque depth capped at early-stage scale, with a damping term for 30+ deals/yr volume models — so conviction counts, not just cheque count. Concept Ventures built this tool and appears on every pre-seed list.

Dedicated Defence & Resilience specialists

Funds whose mandate centres on defence and resilience — shown regardless of recorded deal volume.

Airstreet Capital
£1M – £2M · London, UK201 Ventures
£200k – £1.2M · Madrid, SpainAlpine Space Ventures
£850k – £4.3M · Munich, Germany

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