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Défense Partners
Défense Partners is a premier club of industrial investors in France focused on strategic and sovereign innovations, particularly in sectors like aerospace and disruptive technologies.
Overview
What Défense Partners does
What Défense Partners is
Défense Partners is a premier club of industrial investors in France focused on strategic and sovereign innovations, particularly in sectors like aerospace and disruptive technologies.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
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Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- April 12, 2026
Official channels
Find Défense Partners elsewhere
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Capability profile
Défense Partners as a community
Community overview
Défense Partners is an industrial investors' club focused on strategic innovation. The organization aims to facilitate collaboration between established companies and promising startups in the defense and security sectors. It was founded to create a continuum of strategic and sovereign financing in France, aligning with national ambitions and European funding programs.
Community focus
Défense Partners invests in a wide range of sectors including defense, security, cyber, robotics, artificial intelligence, cognitive technologies, high-performance computing, quantum technologies, new materials, optronics, space, aeronautics, and drones. The organization targets startups and SMEs in the seed and Series A stages, particularly those with dual-use applications that have high growth and export potential.
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Investors
- Benefits
- network-access
- Program types
- community
- Selection criteria
- open
- Stages
- Seed · Series A
- Regions
- France
Community activity
Notable members
Guy GOUREVITCH - President of Défense Angels; François MATTENS - Vice-President of Défense Angels.
Common questions
What to know about Défense Partners
Upseed classifies Défense Partners under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
April 12, 2026
Known limits
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