Hamburg\/ Frankfurt\/ Berlin\/ Luxem\u00adbourg \u2014 DTCP, a global invest\u00adment manage\u00adment plat\u00adform with more than \u20ac3 billion in assets under manage\u00adment, announ\u00adced the launch of Project Liberty, its eighth fund and the first dedi\u00adca\u00adted exclu\u00adsi\u00advely to defense, secu\u00adrity and resi\u00adli\u00adence tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies. YPOG acted as legal advi\u00adsor to DTCP on the launch of Project Liberty. With a target volume of EUR 500 million, Project Liberty is the largest priva\u00adtely mana\u00adged venture capi\u00adtal fund in Europe focu\u00adsed exclu\u00adsi\u00advely on invest\u00adments in this segment. <\/p>\n
The fund is inde\u00adpendently mana\u00adged by DTCP and is aimed at insti\u00adtu\u00adtio\u00adnal inves\u00adtors, family offices and corpo\u00adrate inves\u00adtors. The aim is to support the growth of high-performing Euro\u00adpean defense and dual-use tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies and to contri\u00adbute to Euro\u00adpe\u2019s long-term tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal perfor\u00admance and secu\u00adrity resilience. <\/p>\n
While Europe remains the clear invest\u00adment focus, Project Liberty can also selec\u00adtively invest in defense and secu\u00adrity tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies of NATO member states and close allies when these invest\u00adments are of stra\u00adte\u00adgic importance to Euro\u00adpean secu\u00adrity interests.<\/p>\n
DTCP\u2019s exis\u00adting port\u00adfo\u00adlio alre\u00adady includes defense and secu\u00adrity tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies such as Quan\u00adtum Systems, Anomali and Axonius.<\/p>\n
Vicente Vento, CEO of DTCP<\/strong>, commen\u00adted: \u201cProject Liberty repres\u00adents a highly consis\u00adtent exten\u00adsion of our role as a specia\u00adli\u00adzed invest\u00adment plat\u00adform. Defense and resi\u00adli\u00adence have been conver\u00adging with tech\u00adno\u00adlogy and infra\u00adstruc\u00adture invest\u00adments for more than a decade-precis\u00adely where DTCP has deep exper\u00adtise and multi\u00adple touch\u00adpoints with the defense indus\u00adtry through DTCP Growth and DTCP Infra. There are few areas that fit more natu\u00adrally with our exis\u00adting platforms. <\/p>\n At the same time, we see an attrac\u00adtive long-term invest\u00adment oppor\u00adtu\u00adnity. For deca\u00addes, Europe has inves\u00adted too little in defense, while geopo\u00adli\u00adti\u00adcal risks have steadily increased. At the same time, we are expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adcing profound tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal change across the entire value chain \u2014 from surveil\u00adlance and sensor tech\u00adno\u00adlogy to soft\u00adware-defi\u00adned systems, advan\u00adced mate\u00adri\u00adals, auto\u00adno\u00admous plat\u00adforms and satel\u00adlite and commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons infrastructure. <\/p>\n Now that the major Western govern\u00adments have embarked on a long-term and irrever\u00adsi\u00adble path to moder\u00adnize their defence capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties, we are very confi\u00addent about the struc\u00adtu\u00adral growth pros\u00adpects of this sector for the coming decades.\u201d<\/p>\n DTCP expands its defense tech\u00adno\u00adlogy invest\u00adments with new fund<\/strong><\/p>\n DTCP has been successfully inves\u00adt\u00ading in IT and secu\u00adrity tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies for more than a decade. Its exis\u00adting port\u00adfo\u00adlio is heavily focu\u00adsed on cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity and AI compa\u00adnies, inclu\u00adding Arctic Wolf, Axonius, Zenity, Anomali and Ox Secu\u00adrity. This is comple\u00admen\u00adted by dual-use compa\u00adnies such as German defense tech\u00adno\u00adlogy unicorn Quantensysteme. <\/p>\n These invest\u00adments unders\u00adcore DTCP\u2019s proven exper\u00adtise in buil\u00adding and scaling tech\u00adno\u00adlogy-driven busi\u00adnesses at the inter\u00adsec\u00adtion of digi\u00adtal trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion, secu\u00adrity and infrastructure.<\/p>\n Thomas Preu\u00df, Mana\u00adging Part\u00adner at DTCP<\/strong> and Chief Invest\u00adment Offi\u00adcer of Projekt Liberty: \u201cWe named the fund Projekt Liberty because it is about more than just capi\u00adtal. Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal perfor\u00admance is a basic prere\u00adqui\u00adsite for Euro\u00adpe\u2019s sove\u00adreig\u00adnty, secu\u00adrity and demo\u00adcra\u00adtic stability.\u201d <\/p>\n Up to 30 invest\u00adments in defense tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies planned<\/strong><\/p>\n Project Liber\u00adtyDTCP actively invests in Euro\u00adpean defense and dual-use tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies in all Series A to C finan\u00adcing stages. The fund plans to invest in up to 30 compa\u00adnies, with an average invest\u00adment size of appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately \u20ac20 million. <\/p>\n The invest\u00adment focus is on compa\u00adnies that supple\u00adment exis\u00adting defense and secu\u00adrity systems or advance them with new tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal approa\u00adches. The main areas of focus include soft\u00adware solu\u00adti\u00adons, cyber defense, arti\u00adfi\u00adcial intel\u00adli\u00adgence and auto\u00adno\u00admous systems. <\/p>\n About DTCP<\/strong><\/p>\n DTCP is a global invest\u00adment manage\u00adment plat\u00adform foun\u00added in 2015. The firm mana\u00adges appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately \u20ac3 billion across multi\u00adple tech\u00adno\u00adlogy and infra\u00adstruc\u00adture funds and has comple\u00adted more than 50 invest\u00adments world\u00adwide, inclu\u00adding over 19 successful exits. DTCP has a long track record at the inter\u00adsec\u00adtion of tech\u00adno\u00adlogy, secu\u00adrity and infra\u00adstruc\u00adture. The exis\u00adting port\u00adfo\u00adlio includes compa\u00adnies from the cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity, AI and defense tech sectors, inclu\u00adding Quan\u00adtum Systems, which has alre\u00adady advi\u00adsed YPOG on seve\u00adral finan\u00adcing rounds and acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons. With Project Liberty, DTCP is bund\u00adling its exper\u00adtise in the defense sector for the first time in an inde\u00adpen\u00addent, thema\u00adti\u00adcally focu\u00adsed fund vehicle. <\/p>\n Advi\u00adsor DTCP: YPOG<\/strong><\/p>\n Jens Kretz\u00adschmann<\/strong> (Lead, Funds), Part\u00adner, Berlin About YPOG<\/strong><\/p>\n YPOG stands for You + Part\u00adners of Game\u00adch\u00adan\u00adgers and forward-looking tax and legal advice. The firm advi\u00adses compa\u00adnies focu\u00adsed on future tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies with the aim of using change as an oppor\u00adtu\u00adnity and jointly crea\u00adting opti\u00admal solu\u00adti\u00adons. The YPOG team offers compre\u00adhen\u00adsive exper\u00adtise in the areas of Funds, Tax, Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions, Corpo\u00adrate, Banking, Regu\u00adla\u00adtory + Finance, IP\/IT\/Data Protec\u00adtion, Liti\u00adga\u00adtion as well as Corpo\u00adrate Crime + Compli\u00adance + Inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adti\u00adons. YPOG is one of the leading addres\u00adses in Germany for venture capi\u00adtal, private equity, fund struc\u00adtu\u00adring and appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons of distri\u00adbu\u00adted ledger tech\u00adno\u00adlogy (DLT) in finan\u00adcial services. \u2014www.ypog.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hamburg\/ Frankfurt\/ Berlin\/ Luxem\u00adbourg \u2014 DTCP, a global invest\u00adment manage\u00adment plat\u00adform with more than \u20ac3 billion in assets under manage\u00adment, announ\u00adced the launch of Project Liberty, its eighth fund and the first dedi\u00adca\u00adted exclu\u00adsi\u00advely to defense, secu\u00adrity and resi\u00adli\u00adence tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies. YPOG acted as legal advi\u00adsor to DTCP on the launch of Project Liberty. 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\nDTCP\u2019s growth port\u00adfo\u00adlio includes compa\u00adnies such as Groq (Nvidia), Cognigy (Nice), LeanIX (SAP), Signa\u00advio (SAP), Auth0 (Okta), Fastly (IPO), Pipedrive (Vista Equity Part\u00adners) and Quan\u00adtum Systems. DTCP has offices in Hamburg, Frank\u00adfurt, Berlin, Luxem\u00adbourg, London, San Fran\u00adcisco and Tel Aviv. \u2014 www.dtcp.capital<\/strong> <\/p>\n
\nLenn\u00adart Lorenz (Regu\u00adla\u00adtory), Part\u00adner, Hamburg
\nAndreas Korten\u00addick (Funds), Part\u00adner, Cologne
\nRobert Schramm (Funds), Asso\u00adcia\u00adted Part\u00adner, Berlin
\nMartin Braun (Tax), Senior Asso\u00adciate, Cologne
\nNico\u00adlas Fischer (Funds), Asso\u00adciate, Berlin
\nJohan\u00adnes Gehring (Funds), Asso\u00adciate, Berlin
\nDr. Nick Tambu\u00adrello (Funds), Asso\u00adciate, Hamburg<\/p>\n