Post by Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures

𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐄𝐎 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 €𝟐𝟖𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 🚀 We are proud to share that our portfolio company LiveEO has secured more than €28 million in the first closing of its latest funding round. New investors joining the round include HELANTIC, a dedicated defence VC, b2venture and EIC - European Innovation Council, along with continued backing from NordicNinja VC, DTCF | DeepTech & Climate Fonds, Matterwave Ventures, MMC Ventures, Segenia Capital and Greencode Ventures. We invested early in LiveEO because we believed in a simple but powerful idea: that satellite data and AI could fundamentally transform how the world's most critical infrastructure is managed. Years later, that thesis has played out across five continents, with leading utilities, pipeline and railway operators relying on LiveEO to monitor their assets and reduce the risks of outages, wildfires and third-party interferences. What makes this moment particularly exciting is the convergence happening right now: 👉 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 is moving from periodic, manual inspections toward continuous, satellite- and AI-enabled risk intelligence – driven by climate pressure, labor shortages and aging assets. 👉 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 is recognizing that the same geospatial capabilities are essential for security and sovereignty – with Germany alone committing €35 billion to space infrastructure. LiveEO sits exactly at that intersection, with a proven commercial business, its own satellite constellation Twinspector, and agentic AI that turns data into autonomous action at scale. Here's what our partner Kim (aka Duc Quyen Tran), who manages LiveEO in our investment portfolio, has to say: "LiveEO is a perfect example of why we invest early in deep tech founders with global ambition. Daniel and Sven have built a platform that today protects critical infrastructure on five continents – and that is now uniquely positioned to also serve Europe's growing need for sovereign geospatial capabilities. We are proud to have backed this team early on and to continue supporting them on their journey toward becoming a generational European tech company." Congratulations to Daniel Seidel, Sven Przywarra and the entire #LiveEO team for building something that is genuinely generational – and for proving, once again, that European deep tech can lead globally. We're excited to continue supporting the next phase of growth ❤️ More information in the comments. #DeepTech #GeospatialIntelligence #DefenseTech #PortfolioNews #DvHVentures w/ Peter Richarz Fabian von Trotha Dr. Cihat Cengiz Maximilian Conrad Caner Uslu Yasemin Sezer