Dossier / Autonomy
Autonomy
Machines that think fast. We back the people who think faster.
Draft terms: First cheques of $500K to $3M. Reserves held for the year things go sideways.
Pending confirmationFile 00 / Arrival
The world got dangerous. We got interested.
Early capital for the founders building what nations need to defend themselves.
File 01 / The World
Eleven years of rising spend. One very clear signal.
$2.887T
Schematic · 11 consecutive years of growth · not to scale
Nations spent $2.887 trillion on defence in 2025, the eleventh year of growth in a row.
Nations are spending like it's serious. Because it is.
Source: SIPRI
Draft data — verification pendingFile 02 / The Rush
Then everyone wanted in.
Defence tech venture funding nearly doubled in a year. The crowd arrived. Most of the money went to companies that were already winning.
When everyone arrives at once, it's worth asking who plans to stay.
2024$27.2B
2025$49.1B
Source: Defense News / PitchBookAwaiting verification
File 03 / Two Clocks
Their money keeps one time. Defence keeps another.
In the world's largest defence market, venture investors typically need an exit within six to eight years. Major defence programmes can take more than twelve to reach initial capability.
Founders live in between.
The defence duration concerns major US programmes reaching initial capability, not every startup's first contract.
Other investors have deadlines. We have patience. It's far more dangerous.
Source: Bain / AIA, as cited by Sovereign MagazineDraft figures — verification pending
Airspace
File 04 / The Mandate
Four files. Pre-seed to Series A.
Investment terms — pending confirmation
File 05 / The Recruitment
You don't get funded. You get recruited.
01
The Briefing
One conversation. Tell us the version you leave out of the deck.
02
The Decision
A clear yes or no. A no comes with honest feedback.
Decision timeframe: pending confirmation
03
The Kit
Introductions that matter, a map of the road to your first contract, and a direct line to Mr. M.
04
The Extraction
When a contract slips, we move first. Follow-on capital and the right phone calls.
Support and reserves policy: pending confirmation
05
The Long Game
We follow on, bring in the next investors, and stay on your cap table.
We don't do first dates. We do long assignments.
File 06 / Mr. M
Mr. M prefers his work to speak for him.
He has spent a career in rooms where the stakes were high and the coffee was terrible. He still prefers the first.
- [Years in the field]Pending confirmation
- [Sectors or roles]Pending confirmation
- [Verified experience]Pending confirmation
File 07 / Contact
First in.
Still here.
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