Ukraine's Defense Tech Ecosystem
ASC presents a deep conversation on Ukraine's Defense Tech Ecosystem.
Ukraine has become the world's fastest-moving laboratory for defense technology, where startups iterate on the front line in weeks, not years, and global capital is starting to follow. What has the battlefield taught about building, testing, and scaling new systems, how are investors getting into Ukrainian defense tech, and what should the U.S. and Europe take from it? Join the Abelian Security Council for a candid conversation with the former head of investor relations at Brave1, Ukraine's defense tech cluster, on where the ecosystem goes from here.
On the table
Inside Brave1: how Ukraine's government-backed defense tech cluster connects startups, the military, and investors, and what it took to build an investment function from scratch
Lessons from the battlefield: what front-line testing and feedback have revealed about which technologies actually work, and how fast they have to evolve
Follow the capital: how global VCs, family offices, and strategic investors are approaching Ukrainian defense tech, and what still holds deals back
Scaling beyond Ukraine: what it takes for Ukrainian-rooted startups to raise, partner, and expand into U.S. and European markets
What comes next: how Ukraine's defense tech sector could evolve, and what it means for allied industrial bases
Speaker
Artem Moroz spent nearly three years at Brave1, Ukraine's government-backed defense tech cluster, where he joined as Investor Relations and Partnerships Manager and went on to serve as Head of Investor Relations and Deputy Head of Partnerships and International Cooperation. He built Brave1's private investment function from the ground up, co-creating the Defense Tech Valley Investment Summit (5,000+ attendees in 2025), running 30+ investment days for hundreds of startups, launching the Brave1 investment portal, helping lead roadshows across the U.S., and growing a community of more than 400 funds, family offices, and private investors. Over that time, hundreds of millions of dollars were invested in Ukrainian defense tech. Artem now works in the private sector in defense tech and is a Forbes Ukraine 30 Under 30 honoree (2026).
Moderator: Owen Davies, CEO of the ASC
Submit questions for Artem when you register and no later than Friday, December 4. We'll do our best to make sure submitted questions are answered, but we can't guarantee every question will be covered.
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