AAA Continuing the supercycle of defence investment

Continuing the supercycle of defence investment

Ryan Lewis and Thomas Park
Ryan Lewis and Thomas Park

There has never been a more crucial time to invest in technologies related to defence and security. War in Ukraine and growing geopolitical tensions between the US and China are bringing a new focus to an area that used to be taboo for investors.

Global Corporate Venturing editor Maija Palmer talks to Ryan Lewis, partner at SRI Ventures and Tom Park, partner at BDC Deep Tech Fund, about why they are setting up the GCV Defence Council Advisory Board to foster collaboration between corporate investors looking to invest in this area after a decade of a “supercycle” of CVC activity in the space, when governments are looking for new companies to enter the fold and existing defence contractors are looking for new ways to innovate.

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By Fernando Moncada Rivera

Fernando Moncada Rivera is a reporter at Global Corporate Venturing and also host of the Global Venturing Review podcast.