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SECURITY & DEFENSE

Western democracy depends on fortification against our adversaries. We secure the future by investing in and growing protective technologies in several areas, including defense, national security and cybersecurity. 

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AEROSPACE & SPACETECH

Our collective future is in orbit. We propel humanity forward by investing in cutting-edge SpaceTech, space infrastructure and aerospace disruptors that are redefining our place in the cosmos.

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SOVEREIGN RESILIENCE

Yesterday’s solutions are being reimagined. We strengthen national resilience through strategic investments in advanced manufacturing, sustainable energy and critical infrastructure innovation.

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ADVANCED INTELLIGENCE & QUANTUM SYSTEMS

Data has more power than ever before. We lead the charge by supporting the convergence of quantum technologies, artificial intelligence, data processing, sensing, networking and advanced communication solutions.

With offices in the USA, Europe, and APAC, we invest in sovereign resilience with a global perspective. 

Preserving Western democracy for future generations

We have entered a new era of national security and defense. Today, rapid advancements in technology present unprecedented opportunities as well as challenges. Geopolitical turbulence exposes critical vulnerabilities, while national security experts have an unparalleled grasp of emerging threats. 

We believe in preserving Western freedom and democracy. That’s why we founded BOKA. 

From deep tech breakthroughs to pioneering defense solutions, BOKA's dual-use investment strategy is crafted with precision, knowledge and an unparalleled passion for empowering the next frontier.

We’re a collective of defense, national security and technology experts from the USA, United Kingdom, Australia and their allies. Individually, we hold long track records at senior levels in our fields, coupled with strong investment acumen. We bring the breadth of that experience to bear, helping next-gen technology companies break through in the dual-use marketplace within our respective investment sectors. Value creation through mentorship and guidance are key to our portfolio’s success.

We are dedicated to redefining national security and shaping the future, alongside partners who share our commitment to this vital mission.


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Purpose
Purpose

We believe in investing in the greater good. Each company and investment is evaluated according to its potential impact and ability to create a mission-driven future.

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Guidance
Guidance

Navigating government processes can be a monumental task. Our expertise and strategic networks help dual-use deep tech companies enter the market and scale effectively.

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Results
Results

Returns matter. We rigorously evaluate the world’s most exciting deep tech companies against our proprietary investment criteria to maximize potential for attractive returns for our investors.

 

Our global team of experts

JOHN JAMES
Managing Partner & Group CEO
John Kennedy
Managing Partner & Group Chairman
The Lord (Henry) Bellingham, Kt
Chairman – Partners Council
Lord James Cecil
Partners Council
Cole Crawford
Operating Partner
Angus Henderson
Principal
Grant Hume
Operating Partner
Joanne Isham
Partners Council
Rich Julien
Operating Partner
Niklas List
Principal
Greg O’Neill, OAM
Partners Council
Gregory Pepus
Operating Partner
The Lord (Tyrone) Plunket
Partners Council
Teresa Smetzer
Operating Partner
The Lord (Hugo) Swire, KCMG, PC
Chairman, Investment Committee
James Tennant
Partner – Head of APAC
Erik Thoresen
Partner
Kaspar Varmuza
Chief of Staff
Sir Ben Wallace, KCB, PC
Partner
JOHN JAMES
Managing Partner & Group CEO
John Kennedy
Managing Partner & Group Chairman
Angus Henderson
Principal
Erik Thoresen
Partner
Niklas List
Principal
James Tennant
Partner – Head of APAC
Kaspar Varmuza
Chief of Staff
The Lord (Hugo) Swire, KCMG, PC
Chairman, Investment Committee
Sir Ben Wallace, KCB, PC
Partner
Cole Crawford
Operating Partner
Grant Hume
Operating Partner
Gregory Pepus
Operating Partner
Rich Julien
Operating Partner
Teresa Smetzer
Operating Partner
The Lord (Henry) Bellingham, Kt
Chairman – Partners Council
Greg O’Neill, OAM
Partners Council
Joanne Isham
Partners Council
Lord James Cecil
Partners Council
The Lord (Tyrone) Plunket
Partners Council
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We offer patient capital at key growth inflection points, enabling transformative technologies to emerge and succeed.

The BOKA philosophy

Deep tech growth-stage companies must secure funding at critical inflection points to reach the dual-use market. The timing and allocation of capital are paramount to determining which ideas succeed or fail.

At BOKA, we want to ensure that start-ups and scale-ups have the potential to protect our Western way of life. We have put our capital to work in preserving the free market and democracy around the world.

We capitalize on our hard-earned collective knowledge and government relationships to help our portfolio companies navigate growth. We add value through mentorship, synergistic crossover, and proactive collaboration from initial strategy through to exit, including guiding them towards public company readiness.

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Potential-Impact
Potential Impact

We invest for the greater good. Each of our portfolio companies must demonstrate an impact on an area of sovereign resilience, defense or national security that we feel is notable and important.

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Value-Proposition
Value Proposition

Our companies bring real value to their buyers and end-users with a clear demand signal. We call on our extensive networks and deep knowledge to evaluate each product, service and experience.

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Proven-Tech
Proven Tech

While ideas are exciting, we focus on proven technologies. We assess each company’s technology for feasibility, market potential and a clear path to dual-use applications with a strong technological advantage.

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Growth-Profile
Growth Profile

We dive deep into each company’s growth potential. We identify and pressure-test key revenue inflection points and the opportunity for scalability to predict likely outcomes and exit opportunities.

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Promising-Markets
Promising Markets

We’re committed to dual-use technologies. We seek out growth-stage businesses with sizable, healthy addressable markets that can be approached, accessed and serviced.

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Leadership-Potential
Leadership Potential

We believe that people truly power every business. We thoroughly assess each founding team’s background, experience and leadership qualities to gauge their likelihood of success. We are integral to mentoring and growing our portfolio companies’ leadership teams.

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Cashflow-Confidence
Cashflow Confidence

Financial health matters. We look for near-term profitability, routes to market and strategic partnership opportunities within our companies. We dig into financials and operating models to seek out well-managed, sustainable business practices.

Making an impact and making headlines

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Advanced communications firm ALL.SPACE secures $44m from blue-chip backers

ALL.SPACE, which has raised £120m since it was established, will unveil a £33m capital injection led by Boka Group, which counts former defence secretary Ben Wallace as a partner, Sky News learns.

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Ben Wallace
Ben Wallace to join defence-focused investment firm

Former UK defence secretary Sir Ben Wallace has joined an investment firm that focuses on military technology ventures, becoming the latest Conservative ex-minister to seek a new career in the business world

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Space Explored
Agile Space Industries expands propulsion capabilities with new investments, groundbreaking facilities

Agile Space Industries is making strides in the space propulsion sector, securing a new round of investment led by Lockheed Martin Ventures. The funds are set to fuel the expansion and development of Agile’s Mobile Payload Processing Center, with the potential for additional matching support from the Air Force Work Project, which if granted could further accelerate the development of these mobile processing units.

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Vantage-Adarga
Defence Support selects Adarga Vantage software to deliver enhanced information analysis

UK artificial intelligence (AI) software provider Adarga has been awarded a contract by the Defence Support organisation under UK Strategic Command to provide its Vantage software to accelerate analysis as it explores threats to UK military operations worldwide, Adarga announced on 23 September 2024.

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ALL.SPACE
ALL.SPACE Appoints Paul McCarter as New CEO

ALL.SPACE has appointed Paul McCarter as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. The company’s founder and former CEO, John Finney, will continue to support the business as Founder and Board Director.

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Techrati
Infleqtion deploys system at UK National Quantum Computing Centre

Infleqtion has become the first company to deploy hardware at the NQCC under their quantum computing testbed programme. President of Infleqtion UK, Tim Ballance, said the company is establishing crucial infrastructure components like network infrastructure, safety protocols, and security measures.

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Asia Pacific Defense Reporter
Adarga acquires J2X Solutions

Adarga announced it has acquired US strategic risk intelligence firm J2X Solutions to strengthen Adarga’s expanding line of products and services. The J2X team has decades of experience in identifying, assessing, and mitigating complex risks for the US government and private corporations. Comprised of elite former military officers, federal law enforcement officers, and intelligence analysts, they specialise in areas such as supply chain risk, insider threat, due diligence, and geopolitical risk. They have helped organisations to minimise losses, de-risk global operations, identify emerging threats, and streamline security.

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Imaging Technology News
Revolutionary X-Ray Innovation Set to Transform Cancer Treatment and Clinical Radiography

Lumitron Technologies, Inc., a company pioneering the development of a unique x-ray system, HyperVIEW EBCS, today announced its underlying accelerator technology has successfully generated electron beams that, for the first time, enable electron FLASH radiotherapy for a variety of next generation cancer treatments. 

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Forbes
Cyble, which pegs itself as Google for the dark web, raised US$24 million (AU$36 million) in its Series B funding round in early August.

The cyber security company, started by Beenu Arora and Manish Chachada in 2019, tapped former investors Blackbird Venutres and new investors King River Capital, with participation from Spider Capital, January Capital and Summit Peak Ventures.

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SpaceNews
Agile Space wins contract for deployable satellite processing unit

A mobile satellite integration facility designed by the space propulsion startup Agile Space won a contract from the U.S. Space Force to further develop the concept. The Space Force’s technology arm SpaceWERX awarded the company a Small Business Innovation Research Phase 2 contract for its Mobile Payload Processing Center. 

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IRIS-Audio
Iris Audio: Startup raises $7 million to use AI to isolate voices

Iris Audio, a startup that uses AI to isolate voices and remove background noise from calls, just raised $7 million with this 13-slide pitch deck.

The BOKA portfolio

From defense to aerospace, and energy to security—our portfolio companies have been meticulously vetted and guided by our dedicated team. Consistently inspiring, our companies are currently inventing, developing and scaling the future of technology and national security around the globe.

Adarga
Adarga
Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Software
Adarga
Adarga
Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Software

First launched in 2016, Adarga is an AI software company specializing in information intelligence. Its Knowledge Platform enables organizations to stay ahead of fast evolving situations, make better decisions, anticipate emerging threats and mitigate risk, powered by natural language processing, machine learning and network science technology.

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Agile Space Industries
In-Space Chemical Propulsion
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Agile Space Industries
In-Space Chemical Propulsion

First launched in 2009, Agile is a leading innovator in in-space chemical propulsion as well as providing additional services such as additive manufacturing, propellant delivery and handling and engine testing.

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ALL.SPACE
Satellite Terminals
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ALL.SPACE
Satellite Terminals

First launched in 2013, ALL.SPACE designs and manufactures the world’s first multi-service satellite terminals with high-bandwidth, low power, and a fully integrated range of high throughput, reaching beyond traditional markets to acquire new customers with a full suite of high throughput services.

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Infleqtion
Quantum Data Infrastructure
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Infleqtion
Quantum Data Infrastructure

Infleqtion is building an ecosystem of quantum technologies and commercial products for today that will drive the company and the entire industry toward tomorrow. The company believes in taking quantum to its limit and leading from the edge. Infleqtion is built on 16 years of pioneering quantum research from ColdQuanta. Its scalable and versatile quantum technology is used by organizations around the globe and deployed by NASA on the International Space Station. Infleqtion is based in Austin, TX, with offices in Boulder, CO; Chicago, IL; Madison, WI; Melbourne, AU and Oxford, UK.

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Internet 2.0
Cyber Security
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Internet 2.0
Cyber Security

Internet 2.0 is a cyber security company whose mission is to defend clients and partners from the most advanced threats. Internet 2.0’s core products include Cloaking Firewall, 5th Column and Malcore. Artificial Intelligence, data and cyber security are the core drivers of the company.

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IRIS Audio Technologies
Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Software
IRIS Audio Logo
IRIS Audio Technologies
Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Software

Launched in 2018, IRIS Audio Technologies is the world's leading AI audio isolation software company, and has developed IRIS Clarity, its flagship product which significantly reduces background noise and interference from multidirectional communication channels.

Lumitron Technologies
Lumitron Technologies
X­‐ray systems
Lumitron Technologies
Lumitron Technologies
X­‐ray systems

Based in California, Lumitron Technologies was established to develop and commercialize unique x­‐ray systems that enable revolutionary new capabilities for ultrahigh­‐fidelity imaging, ultra­‐low dose radiography, hyper­‐precision radiotherapy, as well as element-specific and isotope-specific material identification, assay and imaging.

Contact us

New York

1330 Avenue of the Americas, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10019

London

Level 1, Devonshire House, One Mayfair Place, London W1J 8AJ

Washington, DC

11921 Freedom Drive, Suite 730, Reston, VA 20190

Austin

200 E 6th St, Austin, TX 78701

Colorado

2101 Pearl St, Boulder, CO 80302

Sydney

Level 7, 167 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000

MEDIA INQUIRIES

media@bokacap.com

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