Beaten Zone Venture Partners reaches $17 Million in committed capital as defence-tech investment continues to serge

Beaten Zone Venture Partners growing momentum in Australian defence-tech venture landscape was examined in a recent Forbes Australia feature, with Founder & Lead Investor Steve Baxter on the accelerating shift in investor sentiment toward sovereign capability investment.

The article covers the fund’s milestone of $17 million in committed capital, including $2.6 million raised in March alone. Baxter’s commentary on the structural opportunity ahead as government backed programs such as the Advanced Capability Investment Fund (ACIF) begin to unlock matched private capital. It also explores the pipeline of large scale defence raises currently underway in Australia and Beaten Zone’s positioning to participate.

Baxter’s remarks reflect the firm’s conviction that high-value sovereign businesses with technologies critical to Australia’s future security have been undervalued by the market and that the window for early-stage defence investment is firmly open.

via Forbes and link to the article quoted above.

The feature has been picked up across a range of defence, technology, and business media:

Primary Coverage
Forbes Australia
Capital Brief
Australian Defence Magazine

Industry & Business Coverage
Inspirepreneur Magazine
Private Equity Media
APDR
TechDay IT Brief
TechDay Security Brief 
TechDay CFO Australia 

National Coverage
The Courier Mail
Daily Telegraph
Herald Sun
Adelaide Now
NT News
Gold Coast Bulletin
Townsville Bulletin
Cairns Post
The Mercury
Geelong Advertiser