Marc C Lange ✮

Resilience ✯ Resourcefulness ✯ Resolve

I evaluate emerging defense tech for MoDs, investors and industry. Insights gathered from the forward edge of innovation, translated for EU and NATO. Scout, Senior Advisor, Speaker.

Nearly 20 years in tech, building, funding, and scaling ventures & venture programs—including Google’s startup program—and a decade driving aerospace & defense innovation. Founder of multiple startups (incl. early AI); advised defense agencies, Germany’s Minister of the Interior, NASA/ESA Directors, and Fortune 500 CxOs.

Macro-to-micro understanding from geo-economics to tech users. Unique ability to align incentives of stakeholders of policy/procurement/corporate with those of SME innovators/investors and vice versa.

Guided startups globally to market success and significant investments, built award-winning ventures (e.g., EIT), and sold critical technology solutions to five government agencies across the Atlantic. Governing Board Member at the International Space University, Google-accredited Expert for Product Strategy, public speaker (e.g. Paris Defence Week, International Astronautical Congress), and trusted industry source for policymakers, business associations, and the press.