It’s not a storm — it’s the climate

Darkstar: Win the War. Rearm Europe.

19 October 2026

Summary:

A serial Founder including Pipedrive a phenomenal angel investor, a committed environmentalist and since the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine a Defence Tech VC and truck driver of supplies to the people of Ukraine.

In this special episode you will hear Ragnar explain the origins of Darkstar and how it isn’t really a VC firm more a Defence Agency.

Darkstar is an estonia based defence and dual use pre-seed and seed fund of 25M focused directly on helping Ukraine win the war and re-arm Europe.

We then dive deep on three portfolio companies:
Farsight Vision and its connections into Delta system
Deftak and its guided bomb solution
and Stratis from Iceland which delivers the weather intelligence drone pilots need

Last but not least we go through the tension every GP feels in the fund and clear next steps on joining the free and highly regarded Darkstar bootcamp.

🔹 Why Darkstar invests in lethal technology, not just dual use
🔹 Why every defence product needs testing in Ukraine
🔹 Farsight Vision: AI on real combat video and the automated kill chain
🔹 A team that spent 16 months rebuilding its product when GPS stopped working
🔹 Stratis: an Icelandic data platform born on a 30-hour drive to Kyiv
🔹 The test every investment has to pass: “Would I join this company as a co-founder?”
🔹 Plans for fund two, and why defence needs more capital at every stage
🔹 The free Darkstar bootcamp in Ukraine, and who should apply
🔹 Why Eric Schmidt deserves a shout-out