EUROPEAN
RESILIENCE
TECH FACTORY

Alliance for Defence Technologies

Partner with us and the €32m venture studio fund to create an ecosystem for dual-use tech, resilience, and the protection of critical infrastructures.

Shape the future of technological sovereignty
€32m
Fund Size
12–16
Target Portfolio
4
Expert Partners
2 Tracks
Build + Invest
Partners PwC / Strategy& Bridgemaker Segenia Capital
The Landscape
Europe's Security Landscape Has Fundamentally Changed

As Europe rebuilds its sovereign defence and resilience capabilities, a generational investment opportunity occurs.

69%

Increase in cyberattacks on critical European infrastructure over the last 4 years

97%

Of European infrastructure has not reached a mature level of threat readiness

82%

Of German people state that a military conflict is one of their biggest fears

Sources: New York Times (2024); EEAS (2024); Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (2025); Cisco (2025)

Defence technology
Value Proposition
Why Partner With Us?

By combining PwC's industry access, Bridgemaker's entrepreneurial experience, Segenia Capital's VC expertise and operational excellence from LPs.

Collaborative Venturing

Develop cutting-edge technologies and new business models that strategically expand your core operations.

Financial Returns

Create profitable businesses that deliver VC-like returns and shape the European market into a sovereign sphere.

Strategic Returns

Early access to disruptive innovations, curated deal flow, co-investment opportunities and privately hosted events.

Partnership
Investment Thesis
We Build the Second Line of Defence

Resilient systems for credible European defence.

First Line of Defence — Defence Tech. For Europe’s ability to deter and to prevail on the future battlefield. It defends Europe abroad.

Second Line of Defence · where we build and invest

Resilience Tech

The capacity of the state, economy and society to maintain operational capability and recover rapidly under hybrid threats or external pressure.

The Second Line maintains Europe’s operational capability at home.

Second Line first. Dual-use by design. First Line enabled.
Innovation Focus
Our Five Investment Themes

Every organisation must perform five functions to keep operating under pressure. Each function defines one investment theme — and the fields we build and back within it.

01 FunctionCapture information

Sensing & Intelligence

Turns fragmented data streams into intelligence: earlier detection, faster decisions, better situational awareness.

  • ISR & battlefield
  • Geospatial & space-based
  • Critical infrastructure & perimeter
  • AI threat & early warning
02 FunctionTransmit & secure

Secure Connectivity & Cyber

Keeps communication, coordination and data exchange running in disrupted or contested environments.

  • Tactical comms & networks
  • Cyber & systems protection
  • Digital trust & identity
  • Navigation, timing & spectrum
03 FunctionDecide

Command & Decision

Turns information into coordinated action across command, planning and crisis response.

  • Situational awareness
  • Crisis & emergency
  • AI decision & operational intelligence
  • Simulation, digital twin & wargaming
04 FunctionAct physically

Autonomous Systems & Robotics

Extends capability through autonomous platforms across air, land, maritime and industrial environments.

  • Autonomous systems
  • Human-machine teaming
  • Software & fleet orchestration
05 FunctionKeep resources available

Critical Infrastructure & Resilience Systems

Secures the continuity and recovery of the systems society and military operations depend on.

  • Energy security & grid resilience
  • Supply chain resilience
  • Infrastructure protection
  • Crisis recovery & continuity

Focus area selection will be finalised with partners alongside their needs & general market insights.

How It Works
Hybrid Innovation Model

Two tracks — venture building and venture investment — powered by deep screening and scaled for growth.

1

Ideation & Screening

Evaluation of high-potential ventures through market access, expertise, and outstanding industry networks.

Track 2a

Venture Building

Build ~10 new ventures with serial entrepreneurs through institutionalized processes.

Track 2b

Venture Investment

Invest in ~5 startups with deep industry validation and VC excellence.

3

Scale & Growth

Driving enterprise value through operational excellence, market access, and exit channels.

Innovation lab
Our Combined Track Record
We Combine Our Forces to Create a Unique Growth Initiative

The combined expertise of PwC/Strategy&, Bridgemaker, Segenia Capital and our LPs creates an unparalleled foundation.

4,000+
Defence & Resilience experts across Europe
50+
Ventures built & launched internationally
85%
Of top 100 A&DS firms working with us
1,000+
Startups in Scale Program (€13bn)
100+
Founders sourced & implemented
Press Release — Feb 12, 2026

Technological Sovereignty for Europe: PwC, Bridgemaker and Segenia Capital launch Venture Studio

PwC Deutschland, the venture builder Bridgemaker, and Segenia Capital jointly initiate the Venture Studio: Resilience & Defence Technology.

Read on pwc.de
Join the Mission
Build the Next Generation of
Sovereign European Resilience

Whether you're a strategic investor or a defence tech startup — let's build the future of European resilience together.

Florian Nöll

Partner, PwC
+49 160 905 91673 florian.noell@pwc.com

Henrike Luszick

CEO, Bridgemaker
+49 151 1714 1115 henrike.luszick@bridgemaker.com