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Our team

Founder-Martin-Valovsky

Since 2015, Martin has served as Co-Founder, Chairman, and Head of R&D at SEC Technologies, leading global business development and advancing complex R&D. An active angel investor since 2014, he has supported ventures in defence, biotech, and tech, including SliDo (acquired by Cisco), Staffino, and Zdroje Zeme.

Martin Vaľovský

Serial angel investor and entrepreneur

Since 2015, Martin has served as Co-Founder, Chairman, and Head of R&D at SEC Technologies, leading global business development and advancing complex R&D. An active angel investor since 2014, he has supported ventures in defense, biotech, and tech, including SliDo (acquired by Cisco), Staffino, and Zdroje Zeme.

Founder-Michal-Simko

Since 2015, as co-founder and CEO of SEC Technologies, Michal has led international business development and established defence manufacturing in hardware, optics, and electronics. Previously, he worked in high-tech M&A at McKinsey & Company. He holds a PhD in signal processing from Vienna University of Technology, with 30 peer-reviewed papers and over 1,100 citations.

Michal Šimko

Entrepreneur, ex-McKinsey with scientific background

Since 2015, as co-founder and CEO of SEC Technologies, Michal has led international business development and established defense manufacturing in hardware, optics, and electronics. Previously, he worked in high-tech M&A at McKinsey & Company. He holds a PhD in signal processing from Vienna University of Technology, with 30 peer-reviewed papers and over 1,100 citations.

Founder-Robert-Vass

Róbert founded GLOBSEC in 2005, building it into a leading European policy institution focused on security and sustainability. He oversees a team of 80 and hosts the GLOBSEC Forum, one of the top global security conferences, attracting over 1,300 key figures, including leaders like Emmanuel Macron, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Jens Stoltenberg, and Ursula von der Leyen. His network spans top government officials, defence and foreign ministers, and major international organisations.

Róbert Vass

International leader in global security

Róbert founded GLOBSEC in 2005, building it into a leading European policy institution focused on security and sustainability. He oversees a team of 80 and hosts the GLOBSEC Forum, one of the top global security conferences, attracting over 1,300 key figures, including leaders like Emmanuel Macron, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Jens Stoltenberg, and Ursula von der Leyen. His network spans top government officials, defense and foreign ministers, and major international organizations.

Team-member-Line-Rindvig
Line Rindvig

Chief Strategy & Defence Investment Officer

Team-member-Marek-Macko
Marek Macko

Investment Manager

Team-member-Jason-Ball
Jason Ball

Venture Partner

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Mission

The future of war is changing dramatically
We invest in the founders changing it asymmetrically.

BARYON partners with founders once their technology has been proven, helping them build companies capable of manufacturing, delivering and supplying Europe's and its allies' defence needs.

Capital is where we start. We work alongside our portfolio companies to scale manufacturing, navigate defence procurement, export control, develop commercial partnerships and support raising follow-on capital through our network across government, industry and investors. Europe won't be secured by technology alone. But it will be secured by companies that can produce, deploy and sustain it at scale.

Advisory board

We chose our team and advisors the way we choose our companies:
people who understand what's at stake, and have already spent their lives proving it.

advisor-General-John-R-Allen
General John R. Allen

United States Marine Corps Four-Star General (Ret.) & Commander, NATO International Security Assistance Force (Ret.)

advisor-David-Cullin
Andreas Linde

Defence-tech veteran, former CEO of Advenica and founder of Crypto International.

advisor-David-Cullin
David Cullin

Former CTO of FLIR and former vice-president of Teledyne FLIR Defence Group

advisor-David-Cullin
Susan E. Walton

Susan E. Walton is a globally recognized investment research leader and senior advisor with a powerful international network spanning finance, geopolitics, and national security.

advisor-Oleksii-Reznikov
Oleksii Reznikov

Former Minister of Defence of Ukraine

Portfolio

Modular drone hardware platform.

Domain: UAV

Battlefield-proven UAV & fixed-wing developer.

Domain: UAV

Contact us

For other inquiries, you can contact Michal Šimko directly via email at michal.simko@baryon.fund

Please send your PDF pitch deck to us at pitch@baryon.fund
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