BLACKWOLF: Catalysing Defence Innovation Across Europe
Accelerating the development and deployment of breakthrough defence and dual-use technologies across Central and Eastern Europe
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Strategic Position at the Heart of European Defence
Blackwolf is a Prague-based defence and dual-use technology firm operating at the critical intersection of innovation, geopolitics, and strategic capital deployment. Positioned strategically in Central and Eastern Europe, we partner with breakthrough deep-tech companies, interface directly with NATO and allied armed forces, and align institutional capital with scalable defence and security technologies.
Our mission is unambiguous: to accelerate the development, adoption, and commercialisation of capabilities that enhance national resilience, strengthen operational superiority, and expand Europe's sovereign industrial base. We work across land systems, air systems, intelligence capabilities, cybersecurity, autonomous platforms, and electronic warfare—holding equity positions, intellectual property rights, and strategic influence in technologies that define the future of security.
With a distinguished board composed of business leaders, former intelligence officers, policy architects, and senior defence executives, Blackwolf brings a unique combination of technical expertise, strategic insight, and unparalleled market access to the European defence ecosystem.

Operational Footprint
Active presence across the Balkans, Ukraine, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, and Baltic countries—regions experiencing accelerated modernisation and defence industrial restructuring.

Board Excellence
Distinguished professionals from intelligence, defence strategy, corporate leadership, and investment management provide strategic oversight.
Bridging Innovation and National Security
Blackwolf operates at the nexus of innovation, national security, and strategic capital. We serve as the critical bridge between innovators and the institutions that rely on decisive technological advantage. Whether supporting autonomous land and air systems, cyber-intelligence platforms, advanced sensors, energy and materials innovation, or electronic warfare technologies, Blackwolf ensures that critical solutions reach the field faster, safer, and with full compliance to NATO-standard requirements.
Partnership Model
Active equity participation, IP ownership, and technical governance transform promising technologies into deployable capabilities
Acceleration Programme
Streamlined pathways from prototype to procurement, reducing typical defence acquisition timelines significantly
Global Integration
Direct connections with NATO forces, ministries of defence, and major global defence primes including BAE Systems, Raytheon, and Lockheed Martin
Our Comprehensive Approach
We hold equity and IP positions in next-generation defence technologies, manage their commercialisation pathways, advise governments and corporations on security matters, and structure strategic partnerships that strengthen Europe's sovereign defence capacity.
Our company serves multiple critical functions: identifying capability gaps in military organisations, accelerating technology maturation cycles, navigating complex regulatory environments, deploying institutional capital efficiently, and ensuring rapid integration into defence doctrines.
Blackwolf stands for technological readiness, intelligence-driven decision-making, and an unambiguous commitment to European resilience. This multidimensional approach ensures that every technology we support achieves both commercial viability and operational relevance.
Connecting Defence Needs with Breakthrough Innovation
Defence ministries, NATO forces, and homeland security institutions frequently face capability gaps for which traditional suppliers have no immediate answer. The velocity of technological change, combined with evolving threat landscapes, creates persistent demand for novel solutions that legacy procurement systems struggle to deliver efficiently.
Blackwolf identifies emerging technologies—ranging from autonomous unmanned systems to advanced sensors and cyber-electronic warfare tools—and orchestrates the interface between innovators and operational commands. This accelerates procurement cycles, ensures real-world testing in relevant operational environments, and enables rapid integration into evolving defence doctrines.
By maintaining direct relationships with military end-users, we ensure that technology development is driven by genuine operational requirements rather than speculative market assumptions. This demand-pull approach significantly increases the probability of successful deployment and long-term programme sustainability.
The CEE Innovation Belt: Europe's Emerging Defence Technology Hub
Strategic Geography
Proximity to frontline theatres provides direct feedback loops and accelerates capability refinement based on real operational data
Engineering Excellence
Exceptional technical talent pools with deep expertise in aerospace, robotics, AI, and advanced materials at competitive cost structures
Innovation Infrastructure
Growing ecosystem of R&D facilities, testing grounds, and certification bodies aligned with NATO standards
Central and Eastern Europe has emerged as fertile ground for dual-use and defence technologies. Blackwolf cultivates this ecosystem by clustering inventors, R&D teams, and early-stage founders; facilitating access to prototyping facilities; providing crucial market intelligence; and guiding innovators through NATO-standard certification processes. We serve as both incubator and operator, ensuring that breakthrough concepts mature into deployable assets.
Navigating Policy, Regulation, and Geopolitics
Defence technology is shaped not only by engineering prowess but by intricate policy frameworks, regulation, and geopolitical dynamics. Success requires deep understanding of NATO and EU defence architectures, export control regimes, procurement protocols, and national security policy cycles.
Blackwolf possesses comprehensive expertise across these domains, enabling clients—whether innovators, investors, or multinational industry primes—to navigate complex regulatory landscapes whilst maximising speed-to-market and ensuring full compliance.
  • NATO STANAG compliance and certification pathways
  • EU dual-use regulation and export control (Regulation 2021/821)
  • National procurement frameworks across CEE nations
  • ITAR, EAR, and international technology transfer protocols
  • Security clearance and classification management
Strategic Capital Deployment into Dual-Use Ecosystems
Institutional investors increasingly seek exposure to defence technologies, which have demonstrated remarkable resilience, sustained long-term demand, and strong strategic relevance regardless of economic cycles. The sector offers compelling risk-adjusted returns whilst contributing to critical national security objectives.
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Opportunity Identification
Rigorous screening of CEE innovation landscape to identify high-potential ventures with genuine military applications
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Technical Due Diligence
Comprehensive assessment of technology maturity, IP strength, regulatory compliance, and operational feasibility
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Strategic Structuring
Design of investment vehicles, governance frameworks, and commercial pathways aligned with institutional requirements
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Post-Investment Value Creation
Active stewardship including market access, partnership facilitation, and procurement navigation
Blackwolf assists funds, family offices, and corporates in deploying capital effectively into high-potential ventures across the region. Through rigorous underwriting, comprehensive due diligence, and active post-investment stewardship, we align capital with tangible outcomes, derisk investments, and accelerate value creation.
NATO Integration and Allied Interoperability
From our Prague headquarters, Blackwolf operates as a vital conduit between Central European innovation and Western defence leadership. We cultivate operational relationships with NATO commands, ministries of defence, and armed forces across the alliance, ensuring that promising technologies are evaluated at appropriate military echelons.
This positioning strengthens both regional interoperability and Europe's collective deterrence posture. By facilitating technology sharing, joint testing programmes, and coordinated procurement initiatives, we enhance the alliance's overall capability whilst supporting individual nations' sovereignty requirements.
Our engagement spans NATO's Innovation Hub network, Allied Command Transformation, national defence innovation units, and multinational capability development programmes—providing our portfolio companies with unprecedented access to the world's most sophisticated military organisations.
Land Systems: Advanced Ground Capabilities
Transforming Terrestrial Warfare Through Innovation
Blackwolf holds equity positions and intellectual property rights in advanced land-system technologies that are reshaping ground operations. Our portfolio spans unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), tactical mobility platforms, reconnaissance systems, smart armour solutions, and AI-enhanced situational awareness capabilities.
Autonomous Ground Platforms
Next-generation UGVs for logistics, reconnaissance, and combat support roles with advanced navigation and obstacle avoidance
Enhanced Mobility Systems
Tactical vehicles with superior cross-country capability, reduced signatures, and hybrid-electric powertrains
Reconnaissance Technologies
Ground-based ISR systems integrating multi-spectral sensors, AI processing, and secure data transmission
Protective Solutions
Smart armour systems, active protection, and survivability enhancements for platforms and personnel
We work directly with land forces and special operations units to refine requirements, test prototypes under realistic conditions, and support field deployment. Strategic partnerships with established brands including BAE Systems, Elbit Systems, and Rafael ensure that land solutions can scale beyond CEE and integrate into global defence supply chains.
Air Systems: Dominating the Third Dimension
The aerial domain has undergone revolutionary transformation with the proliferation of unmanned systems, autonomous capabilities, and cost-effective precision strike options. Blackwolf focuses on next-generation unmanned aerial systems (UAS), loitering munitions, intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance (ISR) platforms, counter-UAS capabilities, and aeronautical autonomy.
We connect air innovators with procurement channels across CEE and NATO, enabling operational evaluation and certification pathways. Through commercial-defence hybridisation, the firm ensures that drone platforms achieve both civil and military regulatory acceptance—a critical factor for dual-use business models.
Key Focus Areas
  • Long-endurance ISR platforms for persistent surveillance
  • Loitering munitions and one-way attack systems
  • Counter-UAS detection, tracking, and neutralisation
  • Swarm autonomy and collaborative engagement
  • Electronic warfare integration for aerial platforms
Intelligence, Cybersecurity & Electronic Warfare
Information superiority and electromagnetic spectrum dominance represent foundational elements of modern military operations. Blackwolf invests in and supports solutions spanning signals intelligence (SIGINT), open-source intelligence (OSINT) automation, secure communications, spectrum dominance, and cyber-electromagnetic resilience.
Signals Intelligence
Advanced SIGINT collection, processing, and analysis capabilities for identifying, locating, and characterizing adversary communications and electronic emissions
OSINT Automation
AI-driven platforms for aggregating, analyzing, and contextualizing publicly available information at scale for strategic and tactical intelligence
Secure Communications
Quantum-resistant encryption, secure mobile communications, and resilient command-and-control networks resistant to interception and jamming
Electronic Warfare
Spectrum sensing, direction finding, jamming, and cyber-electromagnetic activities for denying adversary use of the electromagnetic spectrum
With intelligence specialists on our board, Blackwolf's advisory practice extends to corporate and governmental stakeholders seeking to strengthen threat detection, information assurance, and digital sovereignty. We provide comprehensive assessments of cyber-electromagnetic vulnerabilities and design resilience strategies appropriate to the evolving threat environment.
Autonomous & Dual-Use Technology Platforms
Autonomy represents a foundational dual-use domain with applications spanning civilian logistics, industrial operations, and military missions. Blackwolf identifies technologies capable of transitioning effectively between commercial and defence contexts—robotics, edge computing, spatial AI, energy storage, advanced materials, and secure cloud architectures.
By securing intellectual property rights, equity positions, and commercialisation pathways, Blackwolf acts as a strategic accelerator for ventures seeking defence-market validation whilst maintaining commercial revenue streams. This dual-use approach significantly derisks technology investments and accelerates return timelines.
Our portfolio companies benefit from introductions to both commercial customers and military end-users, enabling parallel market development and reducing dependence on any single procurement programme.
Robotics & Autonomy
Ground, aerial, and maritime platforms with autonomous navigation, manipulation, and decision-making capabilities
Edge Computing
Low-latency processing at the tactical edge, enabling real-time AI inference without cloud connectivity
Energy Solutions
High-density batteries, fuel cells, and power management systems for extended-duration operations
Advanced Materials
Composites, ceramics, and metamaterials providing enhanced performance whilst reducing weight and signature
Security Advisory for Corporates and Institutions
Large enterprises, critical infrastructure operators, and financial institutions increasingly require strategic guidance on security preparedness and geopolitical risk management. The convergence of physical and cyber threats, combined with complex regulatory requirements and evolving adversary capabilities, demands sophisticated advisory support.
Blackwolf provides comprehensive security advisory services that complement our investment and innovation activities, producing a holistic security offering tailored to each client's risk profile and operational context.
Strategic Threat Analysis
Assessment of geopolitical, cyber, physical, and insider threats specific to client operations and geographic footprint
Resilience Planning
Design and implementation of business continuity, crisis management, and disaster recovery frameworks
Cyber-Risk Frameworks
Development of governance structures, control environments, and incident response capabilities aligned with ISO 27001, NIST, and sector-specific standards
Critical Asset Protection
Physical security enhancements, supply chain security, and protection of intellectual property and sensitive data
Partnerships with Global Defence Primes
Blackwolf maintains active collaboration channels with leading global defence companies, enabling our portfolio companies to access the world's most sophisticated supply chains and integration opportunities. These partnerships create multiple strategic benefits for the technologies we support.
Joint Development Programmes
Collaborative technology maturation combining startup agility with prime contractor resources and market access
Integration Opportunities
Incorporation of innovative subsystems into major weapons platforms and C4ISR architectures
Co-Investment Structures
Risk-sharing investment vehicles that align financial incentives and accelerate commercialisation
Production Ecosystems
Access to established manufacturing, quality assurance, and global logistics networks
These relationships ensure that promising CEE technologies can scale globally whilst maintaining European industrial participation and intellectual property sovereignty—a critical consideration for national security stakeholders.
Direct Engagement with Armed Forces
From Prototype to Operational Deployment
Through formal and informal channels, Blackwolf interfaces directly with ministries of defence, procurement agencies, special forces, and frontline units across Central and Eastern Europe. This engagement model accelerates the transition from prototype to deployment by ensuring continuous feedback and iterative refinement based on genuine user requirements.
We organise field demonstrations, operational trials, and assessment programmes that provide innovators with direct access to military end-users. This significantly reduces the risk of developing technologies that fail to meet operational realities—a common pitfall in defence innovation.
Our military engagement spans multiple levels:
  • Strategic: Defence ministry leadership and capability planning staffs
  • Operational: Force commanders and doctrine development organisations
  • Tactical: Unit commanders and operators providing hands-on feedback
  • Technical: Defence science organisations and testing authorities
This multi-level approach ensures that technologies address genuine capability gaps, align with procurement priorities, and achieve user acceptance—all critical factors for successful defence programmes.
Regional Presence and Theatre Awareness
Operating across the Balkans, Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Czechia, and the Baltic region, Blackwolf maintains permanent presence in markets experiencing rapid defence modernisation and capability development. This geographic footprint provides crucial advantages that remote operators cannot replicate.
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Ukraine
Direct observation of technology performance in high-intensity conflict, enabling rapid iteration and validation of concepts
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Poland & Baltics
Engagement with NATO's eastern flank modernisation programmes and enhanced forward presence initiatives
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Czechia & Slovakia
Hub for innovation ecosystem development and connection with Western European defence industrial base
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Balkans
Support for NATO integration pathways and sovereign capability development in strategically significant region
Proximity to active and potential conflict zones provides tangible feedback loops that shape capability development. Technologies tested and refined in these demanding environments achieve credibility that no amount of laboratory testing can provide—a critical factor for global market acceptance.
Investment Structures and Exit Pathways
Blackwolf assists founders and investors with sophisticated structuring that balances commercial objectives, security requirements, and regulatory constraints. Our approach ensures that capital deployment is efficient, governance is appropriate, and exit options remain viable.
Structuring Capabilities
  • Equity and convertible instruments optimised for dual-use ventures
  • Special purpose vehicles (SPVs) and IP-holding frameworks
  • Cross-border compliance and foreign ownership considerations
  • Security clearance and classification management structures
  • Routes to acquisition by primes or strategic corporate buyers
  • Dual-use commercialisation strategies balancing defence and commercial revenue
The company's ecosystem approach ensures that exits are viable and that technology transitions efficiently into large-scale defence programmes. We have established relationships with potential acquirers ranging from global primes to mid-tier specialists, providing our portfolio companies with multiple exit pathways.
Distinguished Board and Governance
Blackwolf's board comprises distinguished professionals from the worlds of intelligence, defence strategy, corporate leadership, investment management, and policy shaping. This multidisciplinary governance structure ensures high-level strategic oversight, ethical stewardship, and operational credibility within NATO and EU networks.
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Years Combined Defence and Intelligence Experience
Former officers from multiple intelligence services provide deep understanding of operational requirements and threat landscapes
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Defence Industry Transactions
Board members have collectively led major M&A, partnership, and procurement programmes across Europe and North America
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Languages Spoken
Multilingual capabilities enable direct engagement across diverse CEE markets and international defence organisations
Board expertise enables Blackwolf to navigate complex regulatory environments, secure partnerships with global defence brands, guide institutional investors deploying capital into dual-use ecosystems, and maintain the trust of government stakeholders across the alliance. This governance depth distinguishes Blackwolf from typical venture capital or corporate development organisations.
Commitment to European Security and Resilience
Blackwolf operates at a pivotal moment for European security. The geopolitical environment, coupled with rapid technological acceleration, demands a new class of security-driven innovation leaders capable of integrating defence needs, private capital, and scalable technologies.
From our Prague headquarters, we commit to strengthening Europe's sovereign industrial capacity, empowering innovators who share our values, enhancing NATO resilience, and bringing advanced dual-use technologies from concept to global deployment.
Our mission is clear: to shape, accelerate, and secure the future of defence innovation. We believe that European security depends not only on traditional defence establishments but on a vibrant ecosystem of innovative companies, strategic investors, and forward-thinking government institutions working in concert.
"Blackwolf stands for technological readiness, intelligence-driven decision-making, and an unambiguous commitment to European resilience. We bridge the gap between breakthrough innovation and operational deployment, ensuring that the technologies defining tomorrow's security environment emerge from European soil."
Innovation
Supporting breakthrough technologies that redefine capability boundaries
Strategic Vision
Aligning technology development with genuine defence requirements and geopolitical realities
Partnership
Building enduring relationships across the innovation, defence, and investment ecosystems
Resilience
Strengthening Europe's sovereign capacity to address emerging security challenges
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BLACKWOLF INVESTMENTS, s.r.o.
Hartigova 49,
130 00 Prague,
Czech Republic
ID (ICO): 24276987
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