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02.05.25

Europe and Asia Forge New Alliances in Defence Tech
Join Capital’s Partners, Tobias Schirmer and Daniel Carew, recently returned from a productive roadshow in Asia, where we held multiple extensive meetings with defence primes, government representatives and a range of investors. The primary aim of these conversations, which involved strategic partners from South Korea, Japan and Singapore, was to validate our thesis around Europe’s rapidly growing focus on defence tech and resilience.

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30.04.25

Dutch Astrape Networks lands €7.9M to tackle AI data centre traffic jams
Astrape’s approach uses multi-wavelength channels and rapid circuit switching through Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs), delivering faster communication speeds and energy savings

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07.04.25

FaradaIC Sensors raises €4.5M forelectrochemical gas detection tech
FaradaIC’s tech enables the miniaturisation and mass production of electrochemical sensors on chips.

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30.03.25

Join, NATO Innovation Fund co-lead €25m Series A in photonics startup Camgraphic
Camgraphic is building a type of graphene microchip that uses light and electrical signals to transmit data in a way that it says is faster, cheaper and more energy efficient than silicon-based alternatives.

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21.03.25

Swisscom and German start-up test Quantum security solution
For quantum-safe communication, Swisscom and Quantum Optics Jena have tested the transmission of keys for symmetric encryption.

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29.01.25

The Western World — and especially Europe — needs DARPA
Mission2044 panel in New YorkThe Western World — and especially Europe — needs a DARPAThis article is published following a fireside chat between Dr. Daniel Carew, Partner at Join Capital, and Sha-Chelle Manning, Chief of Commercial Strategy at DARPA, during the Mission2044 event in New York.In 1957, the Soviet Union launched the world’s first satellite, Sputnik 1….

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28.11.24

Enabling AI Governance at Scale: Why We Invested in Calvin Risk
Calvin Risk founders Julian Riebartsch (CEO) and Syang Zhou (CTO)On the individual level, AI has been a widely discussed, recognised, and in-demand buzzword for quite some time now. On an organisational level, however, despite the rapid acceleration of AI initiatives, AI projects are stuck in deployment because the societal and financial…

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30.10.24

“Defence and the Commercial Sector are Intertwined”: A View from Ukraine
What can and should the West be learning from the war in Ukraine? In this article, Dr. Daniel Carew — the head of defence and strategic technology investment at Join Capital — shares his impressions of Kyiv and his thoughts about the future of European defence.By Dr. Daniel CarewI lead the Strategic Technology investment strategy at…

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12.09.24

Empowering Secure Communication in the Quantum Age: Why We Invested in Quantum Optics Jena
Quantum Optics Jena presenting at Join Capital Portfolio Day 2024Encryption technologies are vital to maintaining trust in today’s interconnected world. They help to secure critical infrastructure, privacy in communications, IP and trade secrets and confidential business data. Yet, current mathematics-based encryption technologies are increasingly vulnerable to the growing sophistication of cyberattacks.Fast-forward…

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