Ilya Mikhalchyk-Kananenka
Community Builder, Vestbee
The fund IV saw support from Banca March, British Business Bank, EIF, ISIF, KfW Capital, and Wachstumsfonds Deutschland.
The new fund saw support from Encevo, VERBUND X, and EnBW New Ventures.
Giuseppe Lacerenza from Keen Venture Partners told Vestbee about its newly launched European Defence and Security Tech Fund’s strategy and investment approach.
Kertos helps startups and scaleups get compliant quickly and allows large corporates to replace fragmented compliance processes with AI.
Europe’s AI Act is now in force, setting new rules for general-purpose AI. Startups warn it could slow innovation as regulators seek the right balance.
This is the largest investment in a Ukrainian defence tech company since the start of the war.