European sovereignty fund · Fund I · NW-01
Sovereignty is forged.
Capital at scale and unyielding support for the founders building Europe's strength, from Series A to the public markets.
Europe builds.
The continent that gave the world the university, the printing press, the engine, and the space age has never stopped producing brilliant people. The talent is here. The labs are full. The ambition is back.
The next generation of European strength is being forged right now: in factories, in clean rooms, in code, by founders who believe a continent of 450 million people should build what matters and defend what it builds.
Our role is simple and absolute: unyielding support for the people who carry us all into the future. First call in the morning, last call at night, from Series A to the public markets. Their work is the point. Ours is to make sure nothing stops it.
Great things are built here. This is our watch.
Great companies are not the bottleneck. Capital at scale is.
Europe produces world-class founders and then makes them choose: sell early, move abroad, or starve at the exact moment they should be scaling. We exist to remove that choice. We write the checks that let European champions stay European, from Series A through the public markets.
We lead rounds. Conviction at scale, not participation.
We stay for the whole journey: Series A, growth rounds, and the listing.
We build companies that endure as European institutions, not exit stories.
Defense
Deterrence is a product. Autonomy, sensing, munitions, and the systems that keep the peace by making aggression unwinnable.
Energy
Strength runs on power. Nuclear, grid, storage, and the fuels of an independent continent.
Space
The high ground. Launch, satellites, and the infrastructure that watches over Europe from above.
What founders get from us. In writing.
Answers in hours, not weeks. A clear yes or a clear no, with the reasoning.
Presence when it is hard, not just at board meetings. The worst week of your company is when we work the most.
The unglamorous work: procurement, certification, sovereign customers, and the hires that unlock scale. Europe's hard parts are our job too.
Preparation for the public markets from day one. Champions are built to list, not to sell.
Your company, your credit. We stand behind the builders, never in front of them.
We build companies that remain, and we make commitments. Language is the first place discipline shows.
The engineers. The stubborn. The patient. The unreasonable. The ones who build in metal and fire. The ones who hear "too hard" and start drawing. The ones who could build anywhere on Earth, and chose to build here.
These are the founders we back. They are rare on any continent. Europe produces more of them than anyone admits.
We partner at the moment of scale, when a company stops being a promise and starts becoming an institution. We lead the rounds others find too heavy, because the scaling years decide whether a great company becomes a lasting one.
Our style is not for everyone. We are direct. We push when we see more. We hold companies to the standard their own ambition sets. Some founders want softer partners. The ones we back do not.
Our team mirrors the founders we serve: engineers and operators who have built, shipped, certified, and scaled. People who know what a factory floor sounds like and what a term sheet hides. The company's name goes on the building. Ours does not need to.
And though we are called investors, that is not our frame of mind. We are the watch: present, awake, and holding through the night.
We give unyielding support to the founders forging Europe's strength, from Series A to IPO and beyond. Sovereignty is forged. This is our watch.
Pitch us · NW-07
Building in defense, energy, or space?
One deck. No warm introduction required. A clear yes or a clear no, with the reasoning, in days.
We read everything. We answer everything.