DTCP European Defence VC Fund

About DTCP European Defence VC Fund

European DefenceTech, Dual-Use Technologies, Aerospace, Cybersecurity, AI, Advanced Materials

Investment Focus

Location / RegionGermany

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Cybersecurity

Defense

Manufacturing

Space

Investor Signals Profile

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Sweet Spot

Growth-stage B2B SaaS founder in Cyber, AI, or Infra

Enterprise SaaS

Cybersecurity

Digital Infrastructure

AI & Robotics

DevOps & Cloud

Bullish Signals

50+ investments, 17+ exitsexternal

€3bn AUM across two strategiesexternal

2x SAP acquisitions from portfolioexternal

€500M new Defence & Security fund launchedexternal

Dash0 unicorn: $110M Series Bexternal

Accenture acquired portfolio co Keeplerexternal

maincubes: €2.5B financing securedexternal

Dark Fiber Group acquired — Nordics expansionexternal

New bet: TENEX.AI investedexternal

Dual strategy: Growth + Infra verticalsexternal

Arctic Wolf: market leader security opswebsite

Cognigy: 100+ language AI, global scalewebsite

GreenScale: hyperscale AI data centre playwebsite

Quantum Systems: defence drone intelligencewebsite

Dexory: warehouse robotics + digital twinwebsite

Contrarian Signals

Dual strategy may dilute focusexternal

Heavy Europe mid-market concentrationexternal

No GP team publicly disclosedexternal

Infra assets capital-intensive, long holdwebsite

Founder Do's

Build B2B / enterprise-grade products

Target Europe, US, or Israel markets

Show clear path to global scale

Operate in Cyber, SaaS, Infra, or AI

Be at growth / scale-up stage

Founder Don'ts

Early-stage / pre-revenue startups

Consumer-facing business models

Outside digital transformation sectors

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Fund Overview

Fund Size€500M

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Key People

Thomas Preuss, Philipp von Bismarck, Jack J. Young