Investor Insights: The West's race to catch up in Orbital Defence & Warfare - Dual use investing with Jeff Crusey

​"The west is woefully behind in orbital defence and warfare." Jeff is a leading early-stage investor in space, defence, and deep tech seeing a rise in Gov investment to catch up.

​With over two decades of experience across the U.S. and Europe Jeff has built an enviable track record of identifying and backing frontier technologies that redefine national security and industrial capability.

​At Seraphim Space, he helped lead more than $100M in investments, co-founded the AWS Space Accelerator, and played a key role in the firm’s £350M IPO.

​As a General Partner at 7percent Ventures, he led deep tech investments in fusion, AI infrastructure, and defense systems. Today, as EVP of Technology & Acquisition at Blacklake Group, he connects strategic capital, defense customers, and next-generation technologies across allied markets.

​His early investments in companies like Castelion, True Anomaly, and Xona Space Systems have positioned him among the most trusted voices in transatlantic defense innovation.