100 Startups to Watch in 2026
Defence has long been the domain of primes. The war in Ukraine has changed that by introducing the tech sector to defence. The battlefield is now about drones, autonomy, cheap attritable hardware instead of expensive, exquisite systems. It is about speed, price, and efficiency; about the cost per kill and...
Sille Pettai steps down from CEO role at SmartCap
Big news in European defence tech investment. Sille Pettai, the CEO of SmartCap -- the Estonian state-owned investment fund --...
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Is defence tech a ‘proper’ VC-backable vertical?
Several months ago, on a famous VC podcast, I heard an idea that I consider heresy: defence tech is not...
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The dangerous economics of drone warfare
Modern air defence is entering a dangerous economic inversion: in many cases, it now costs far more to destroy a...
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Munich Security Conference got the urgency right. The hard part comes next
A few weeks on from the Munich Security Conference, something many of the Resilience Media community no doubt attended, I...
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If Russia Wins: Lessons for the UK and Europe
In the build-up to the Munich Security Conference (MSC), I finally read a book many had recommended. Carlo Masala’s ‘If...
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The second valley of death
Every founder knows about the first valley of death – that phase where you're doing everything possible to find your...
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