Rapid Deployment.
Mission Ready.
Allied Advantage.
We back high-impact frontline technologies with private capital and allied partnership funding that scales founders faster and accelerates innovation across NATO and Europe.
scalewolf ventures
We identify and build dual-use technologies that strengthen national and allied resilience. Scalewolf deploys capital, operational expertise, and infrastructure to scale innovations in energy, defense, and data.
OBJECTIVE
Scalewolf activates strategic investment vehicles focused on closing NATO-aligned capability gaps while positioning investors at the center of Europe’s fastest-growing defense and dual-use markets.
Mission
We target technologies with clear commercial and government demand curves solutions that strengthen frontline readiness, secure energy and digital sovereignty, and deliver predictable pathways to scale across allied markets.
ADVANTAGE
Built by operators who have scaled frontier tech with NATO partners, ScaleWolf blends mission-critical insight with disciplined venture execution generating asymmetric opportunity, accelerated adoption, and outsized returns.
ENERGY
Infrastructure for resilient power systems
Advanced energy platforms built for redundancy, efficiency, and deployment at scale. Modular grids, storage tech, and hardened infrastructure power missions in the most demanding environments.
Data
Compute systems for operational speed
Low-latency systems built to power the next generation of AI, autonomy, and advanced operations. From edge to cloud, our platforms move data securely and at scale fueling everything from energy grids and autonomous fleets to defense networks and national infrastructure.
DEFENSE
Dual-use systems built for deterrence
Advanced propulsion directed energy, and mission-ready systems engineered for rapid deployment. From prototype to production, we accelerate defense innovation.
AI
Autonomous tech for market advantage
Adaptive systems trained for real-time decision-making, targeting, and control. From robotics to ISR, our AI stack operates at the edge—fast, reliable, and secure.
ACCELERATED MARKET ENTRY
Acts as a catalyst, funding the transition from R&D to scalable deployment within NATO and allied defense ecosystems.
CONTRACT-BACKED DEMAND
Each investment is anchored in pre-secured offtakes or non-dilutive government contracts, reducing capital risk and shortening time to liquidity.
DUAL-RETURN MODEL
Startups generate both cash flow from deployments and equity growth through market validation in real environments.
ACCELERATED MARKET ENTRY
Scalewolf acts as a catalyst—funding the transition from R&D to scalable deployment within NATO and allied defense ecosystems.
DE-RISKED VENTURE CYCLE
Unlike traditional VC, liquidity events occur earlier, driven by contract payments, strategic M&A, or sovereign roll-ups within 3–5 years.
CONTRACT-BACKED DEMAND
Each investment is anchored in pre-secured offtakes or non-dilutive government contracts, reducing capital risk and shortening time to liquidity.
Acceleration starts where most programs stop.
DUAL-RETURN MODEL
Startups generate both cash flow from deployments and equity growth through market validation in real environments.
Defense-grade credibility from day one.
ACCELERATED MARKET ENTRY
FORT acts as a catalyst—funding the transition from R&D to scalable deployment within NATO and allied defense ecosystems.
Direct pathways into pilots, programs, and procurement.
DE-RISKED VENTURE CYCLE
Unlike traditional VC, liquidity events occur earlier, driven by contract payments, strategic M&A, or sovereign roll-ups within 3–5 years.
Instant access to buyers, integrators, and end-users.
SHAPING EUROPEAN DEFENSE
Scalewolf is launching new investment vehicles. Our network connects founders to global primes, NATO partners, European ministries, and strategic investors opening doors others can’t.
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[ Scalewolf Team ]
Former Vice-Minister of Defense for the Republic of Lithuania, Edvinas Kerza is a leading architect of Europe’s cyber defense strategy and a trusted advisor to NATO and EU institutions. As founder of the EU’s Cyber Rapid Response Team, he built cross-border frameworks that became models for cyber readiness and interoperability across allied nations. With decades of experience overseeing defense modernization, R&D, and public-private collaboration, Kerza brings unparalleled insight into how to accelerate dual-use technologies from concept to strategic deployment.
Edvinas Kerza
Managing Partner
Founder of AFWERX, the U.S. Air Force’s innovation arm, and one of the architects of the modern dual-use funding model. As Pentagon Tech Director and a combat C-17 pilot with 4,000 flight hours, he led programs connecting startups to national missions.
He’s helped 220+ companies secure $480M+ in contracts and catalyzed over $5B in follow-on capital. At Outpost Ventures, he applies that same discipline and access to build technologies that strengthen U.S. capability and deliver outsized venture returns.
Dave Harden
Managing Partner
Finance and capital-formation leader with 10+ years in fund operations, capital raising, and strategic finance, known for bringing disciplined structure, transparent reporting, and strong investor alignment to venture and institutional investment vehicles.
Alexandra Shah
Partner
A winning member of MilInvest1 Defence Investment Fund Team. A defense- innovation expert who led Innovation Agency Lithuania’s Miltech Lab in building the country’s dual-use tech ecosystem and major national programs.
Viktorija Černiauskaitė
Investment Director
Brigita Bimbiraitė
Head of Operations
A finance professional with a background spanning private equity, investment banking and technology, bringing close to two years of experience in dual-use investments. Focused on backing dual-use and deep technology companies at the frontier of commercial and strategic impact. A reserve officer in the Finnish Navy.
Johannes Jäämeri
Investment Associate
Colonel Gintaras Azubalis
Senior Military Advisor
Marti Golon
Creative Director
Brody Ferris
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