Meet ACRA EDGE.

@max_buchan, CEO at @ValarianHQ on the starting a business in the UK: “When I was going to start Valarian, everyone told me the 10 reasons it would definitely fail. I didn't really ask them for their opinion - everyone just kind of felt it was their duty to tell me. Whereas my

Update: the gilets have landed.

"Why I'm particularly bullish on the UK's long term potential, is I kind of see us potentially becoming the new sort of Switzerland" "We still have a really great relationship with the US, but obviously we are extremely close with continental Europe. o we do have this

"I think one of the problems we’ve had in Europe is that it’s a risk-averse continent when it comes to doing things. It’s been really clear to see when it comes to being on a war footing, because at the end of the day, we don’t have six years to test everything." ~ @max_buchan,

2 weeks ago in Riyadh talking with @wef and @Bombardier about rearming Europe. Last week talking with @lukeknight and @Ronanchamberss about matching gilets. I enjoyed both conversations equally. Onwards & upwards!

BREAKING: Max Buchan (@max_buchan) CEO of Valarian (@ValarianHQ) is joining the etn. boys at 12PM GMT tomorrow

As NATO commits to raising defense spending to 5% of GDP by 2035, Europe stands at the threshold of a strategic and industrial transformation. Will this new wave of spending presage a true European defense renaissance? Watch the livestream: https://t.co/lYiOBZ5TII

I’ve never seen product velocity like what the @ValarianHQ team is delivering right now 🇬🇧

Earlier this summer, we were asked to provision ACRA for forward-deployed rescue teams who needed to own their infra on uncertain terrain. The requirements were uncompromising: - Fully self‑contained operation - Instantly mobile in any environment - Physical control of all

Awesome to speak with @CNBC alongside two of Valarian's main investors, @IQ_Capital_Fund and @ScoutVentures. We talked about this geopolitical inflection point, the investment into the rearmament of Europe and the main challenges 👇

The US doesn’t want to fund NATO. > European nations will have to invest more of their own tax dollars in defence. > If we don’t build our own sovereign capabilities, we will need to buy from US companies. > This would result in British tax dollars funding US innovation. It’s

Growing out of Stagnation | Max Buchan | #4 @max_buchan

Hello, world. In May, we announced a $20M seed round led by @ScoutVentures and @ArtisVentures, with participation from @gokulr. Read more about it here: