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Optio Venture Partners

Track record

The Evidence

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Evidence & figures · FY2022–2026
€72M+ Bids and contracts secured, FY2022–2026 Optio commercial record
35+ Clients and partners across defence, security and critical infrastructure Client record
16+ Programmes and projects currently in delivery Live delivery
15+ National and regional markets with access and mandates Market access record
Signatory · 2023

The Ukraine Defence Industry Compact

«Building the Alliance of Defence Industries», launched at the first International Defence Industry Forum (DFNC1) in Kyiv, opened by a keynote from the President of Ukraine and brought forward by the Ministry of Strategic Industries, the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Optio Venture Partners signed on 1 October 2023.

Grow Ukraine's weapons and ammunition production capability to meet the needs of its Defence Forces Partner with Ukraine-based companies to develop and manufacture locally, toward exporter status Invest in local capability, share expertise, and respect all applicable sanctions legislation
Source, signed Compact, Thomas Dodd, CEO & President, for Optio Venture Partners ApS
Duotone slot, signing-ceremony photograph, 2023. Renders blue-tinted.

Case Studies

Counterparties are described by type, not by name. Named detail is released to verified government and prime-contractor readers where the client has cleared it.

Technology Access · NATO member government

Major UAV programme win, in excess of £30M

A national uncrewed-aerial-systems programme with a contract value in excess of £30 million. Commercial Representation and Technology applied together: sourcing of a combat-validated platform, the standards and codification evidence the buyer's staff required, then placement through a route able to contract.

The largest single award in the FY2022–2026 record. Anonymised · value as cleared
Commercial Representation · specialist weapons-integration manufacturer

Soft-mount weapon-station technology into NATO procurement

Representation of a European manufacturer of second-generation recoil-mitigating mounts for heavy weapons, the class fitted to M2- and MG3-pattern guns and to remote and counter-UAS stations. Requirement mapping against in-service platforms, trials and demonstration support, and a distribution structure carrying the principal into NATO-member and Ukrainian procurement, where retrofit demand runs to thousands of fielded platforms.

Principal anonymised at its request; agreement type and territory disclosed under NDA. Anonymised · principal confidential
Origin engagement · NATO Headquarters · 2008–2015

Core technologies for a global contributor network

The engagement the firm was built on: seven years delivering core technologies, specialist personnel and specialist IT skill sets into NATO Headquarters, serving a global network of contributors and mission-area representatives across multiple theatres. The delivery discipline on this site was formed there.

Reference available on request
Technology Access · multinational communications-technology group

Market access for a tier-one industrial counterparty

Representation and Insight & Planning into defence procurement routes the group did not hold directly, requirement analysis first, then introductions and bid support. Included in the same FY2022–2026 record.

Standards-grade delivery model, PMO-carried. Anonymised · figures as published
Technology Access · risk-analytics provider

Dual-use software into a defence buying environment

Scaling and Funding applied to a commercial analytics provider entering defence: commercial structure, stakeholder alignment, and representation into government and prime audiences. Also within the FY2022–2026 record.

Lightweight delivery model, single partner, direct decision rights. Anonymised · figures as published

Speaking engagements
Carpathian Sea of Freedom Defense Panel Panel appearance
Eurosatory 2026 2026 · Paris
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