MD ONE Ventures

MD ONE Ventures focuses on providing capital to emerging European technology enterprises in their initial development phases. Established in 2021, the firm has cultivated a specialized investment portfolio targeting innovations in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, robotics, aerospace technologies, and life sciences. Their strategic approach emphasizes technologies with dual-use potential that can address both commercial markets and defense applications. The investment team brings together decades of combined experience in venture capital financing across multiple technology domains.

What distinguishes MD ONE is their unique integration of operational expertise from elite Special Forces and Intelligence Community veterans. This military and intelligence background provides the firm with distinctive insights into national security requirements, threat landscapes, and procurement processes that typical venture investors may lack. Their team can effectively evaluate technical solutions against real-world security challenges, offering portfolio companies strategic guidance beyond mere financial support. This hybrid expertise allows MD ONE to identify promising technologies that might be overlooked by traditional venture capital firms.

The firm primarily targets seed and Series A investments in companies developing technologies with strategic importance to European security infrastructure and that of allied nations. MD ONE's investment thesis centers on identifying founders who can deliver measurable technical advantages in increasingly contested domains, from cyberspace to orbital assets. Their portfolio companies typically demonstrate strong intellectual property positions, defensible technological moats, and the potential to scale across both government and commercial sectors. The firm maintains a particular interest in technologies that enhance sovereign capabilities in critical infrastructure protection, secure communications, and advanced sensing.

Beyond capital deployment, MD ONE provides portfolio companies with specialized mentorship, strategic introductions to government stakeholders, and guidance on navigating complex defense procurement processes. Their network extends throughout European defense establishments, NATO-aligned organizations, and the broader national security ecosystem. The firm actively facilitates partnerships between technical founders and security practitioners to ensure product-market fit in highly specialized environments. MD ONE represents a new generation of security-focused venture capital emerging in Europe, bridging the traditional divide between defense innovation and commercial technology development while maintaining strong ethical governance around dual-use technologies.