Onodrim Industries

Onodrim was co-founded by Aistis Šimaitis, Alexander Blessing and Christian Garrett. A November 2026 investor-association account described its formation as just over a year earlier. Šimaitis is CEO and Blessing CTO; Garrett is also a partner at 137 Ventures137 Ventures137 Ventures is a San Francisco-based technology investment firm supporting growth-stage businesses through shareholder liquidity solutions and direct equity investments.Open the full entry.⁠[3]

Šimaitis previously advised Lithuania’s government and held a technology leadership role at Palantir TechnologiesPalantirPalantir is a U.S. enterprise software company founded in 2003 that provides data and artificial intelligence platforms including Gotham, Foundry, Palantir Apollo, and AIP, serving government and commercial organizations. The company went public through a direct listing in 2020 and now trades on Nasdaq under the ticker PLTR.Open the full entry; he holds an Oxford DPhil. Blessing held an engineering leadership role at Palantir and has degrees from StanfordStanford UniversityStanford University is a research university in California founded by Leland and Jane Stanford in 1885 and opened in 1891.Open the full entry and Cambridge. The seed announcement describes Garrett as Italian-American.⁠[4]

On February 13, 2026, Onodrim announced a €40 million seed round led by Founders FundFounders FundFounders Fund is a venture capital firm founded in San Francisco in 2005 by Peter Thiel and his former PayPal colleagues Ken Howery and Luke Nosek. Run by partners who were entrepreneurs themselves, it argues that founders should keep more control and is known for betting on difficult technology projects in areas such as space, defense, and artificial intelligence. It was Palantir’s first institutional investor, has invested in SpaceX many times since 2008, and its other notable investments include Facebook, Airbnb, Stripe, and Anduril; as of March 2026 it had raised nine early-stage funds and four growth funds.Open the full entry, Lakestar and General CatalystGeneral CatalystGeneral Catalyst (GC) is an investment firm founded in 2000 and headquartered in San Francisco, United States, created by Joel Cutler, David Fialkow and Bill Fitzgerald, that backs companies from the seed stage through growth.Open the full entry, with European and US funds and angels participating. Planned uses included product development, engineering recruitment, and European manufacturing and R&D capacity. Initial areas included defence manufacturing, multi-domain sensing, networked systems, border protection and mission-system supply chains.⁠[4]

On November 9, 2026, Onodrim announced a $300 million Series A at a $1.3 billion valuation, led by Lux CapitalLux CapitalLux Capital is a U.S. venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Peter Hébert, Josh Wolfe and Robert Paull, with offices in New York and Silicon Valley. Focused on emerging science and technology, the firm backs companies in fields including life sciences, artificial intelligence, robotics, manufacturing, aerospace and defense through fund investments and by helping to found companies.Open the full entry, with General Catalyst, LakestarLakestarLakestar is a technology investment firm founded by Klaus Hommels in 2012, active in early-stage and growth investing and defence and dual-use technology.Open the full entry, Altimeter CapitalAltimeter CapitalAltimeter Capital is a US technology investment firm founded by Brad Gerstner in 2008, investing through public and private market funds. Its legal entity is Altimeter Capital Management, LP, with offices in Menlo Park and Boston. Disclosed investments include Snowflake financing, Grab’s listing transaction and AI company financing.Open the full entry, Strike Capital, 137 Ventures, 8090 Industries8090 Industries8090 Industries is an investment firm headquartered in New York that backs early- to growth-stage companies in industrial sectors including advanced manufacturing and supply chains, AI infrastructure, aerospace and defense, and energy. It was co-founded by Kerem Ozmen and Rayyan Islam, and its investors are mainly families and institutions around the world that operate major industrial enterprises; as of August 2026, it managed about $1.382 billion in assets.Open the full entry and Expeditions participating. It referred back to a $45 million seed financing, rather than announcing another seed round. The release did not label the valuation as pre- or post-money.⁠[5]

The company planned controlling-stake acquisitions of established aerospace, defence and industrial manufacturers, supported by permanent capital and technology, operational and business-development resources. Engineering teams would help develop products and modernise manufacturing and operations to support larger programmes. As of the November 9 announcement, the first acquisitions were expected in coming months; no completed initial targets were named.⁠[5]

The Estonian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association confirmed member Iron Wolf CapitalIron Wolf CapitalIron Wolf Capital is a Vilnius-based venture capital firm focused on deep tech, AI, defence, security and resilience companies in the Baltic region and its diaspora.Open the full entry’s Series A participation. Managing partner Kasparas Jurgelionis said the firm initially backed Onodrim from its €100 million defence, sovereignty and resilience fund and was investing again. Linse CapitalLithos CapitalLithos Capital, formerly Linse Capital, is a deep-tech investment firm founded by Michael Linse in 2015, backing a concentrated portfolio from early development through growth and exit.Open the full entry’s portfolio page separately dates its initial investment to 2026 without specifying an amount or round.⁠[3][6]

The November 9 release announced Onodrim Germany in Munich and Onodrim Italy in Turin, joining Amsterdam, London and Vilnius. The current website lists eight locations: Amsterdam, London, Munich, Zurich, Turin, Warsaw, Vilnius and Kyiv, without individual opening dates.⁠[5][1]

The careers page groups roles into business development, forward-deployed operations, IT/operations/finance, research and development, and technology programmes. Positions cover hardware and software engineering, production engineering, finance, legal compliance and people operations, alongside programmes in munitions, radar and fire control, radio communications and electronic warfare, and sensing. These describe recruitment and organisational priorities, not proof of delivered weapons products.⁠[7]

The official website is https://onodrim.com/ (opens in a new window). Its privacy policy, effective October 2026, identifies Onodrim Industries B.V. as a Dutch private limited company acting for itself and its direct and indirect subsidiaries. Key connections include its three founders, their Palantir Technologies backgrounds, and investors such as Founders Fund, Lux Capital, General Catalyst, Lakestar, Altimeter Capital, 137 Ventures and 8090 Industries.⁠[2][4][5]