GALLOS Technologies

What GALLOS Technologies does

GALLOS Technologies Limited is a London-based venture studio and venture investor founded in 2021 by Josh Burch and Dean Jones, with former GCHQ Director Sir Jeremy Fleming serving as Chair of the Strategic Advisory Board. The firm builds and invests in early-stage (Seed to Series B) security, defence, and resilience technology companies, leveraging deep national-security, intelligence, and defence expertise to source deals and support portfolio commercialization. It operates through three integrated arms: GALLOS Ventures (a Seed-to-Series-B investment fund targeting security and resilience companies globally), GALLOS Build (an in-house company builder with two stealth ventures in robotics and cybersecurity), and GALLOS Alliance (a curated membership community for senior security and risk leaders from FTSE100 and large-enterprise backgrounds).

The portfolio spans AI governance (AI Score), security service delivery automation (ContraForce), IoT security (ANGOKA), defence DevSecOps (Second Front Systems' Game Warden platform), autonomous drone and multi-sensor data intelligence (StirlingX), and supply-chain data collaboration (Alchem Technologies' Mercury product). Notable investments include a $2 million Series A and follow-on participation in Second Front Systems' $40 million Series B led by NEA; leading ContraForce's $3.25 million seed round (the portfolio company subsequently achieved 400% ARR growth); and participating in StirlingX's $11 million extended seed led by Rokos Capital Management. The firm applies its nation-state-level security perspective to identify technologies addressing AI-driven threat vectors, supply-chain vulnerabilities, and autonomous-systems opportunities in the £1.1 trillion UK security and resilience market.

GALLOS's business model centres on venture capital returns through equity stakes and venture-studio equity creation, with the Alliance generating indirect deal flow and LP pipeline. The firm is structured as a UK private limited company (Co Reg 13610180), regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority as an appointed representative of Laven Advisors LLP. Distribution is relationship-based rather than broad-market: content marketing (insights blog, podcasts, webinars) drives top-of-funnel awareness, the Alliance community and direct founder outreach handle mid-funnel engagement, and curated introductions to Global 2000 CISOs and government decision-makers close deal flow. Revenue is not publicly disclosed and no exits or liquidity events are visible in the source material.

Name

GALLOS Technologies

Legal name

GALLOS Technologies Limited

Website

https://gallostech.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

GALLOS Technologies is a London-based venture studio and Seed-to-Series-B investor that builds and backs early-stage security, defence, and resilience technology companies, leveraging nation-state security expertise and a CISO/CRO membership community to source deals and support portfolio commercialization.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Venture Capital Fund-of-Funds / Multi-Manager Platforms (FSANAAAJ)

Keywords

• Venture capital services
• Security technology investing
• Venture studio
• Early-stage funding
• Defence technology

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Venture Capital Returns: GALLOS generates returns through equity investments in early-stage security technology companies. As a venture studio and investor, they provide capital to portfolio companies and realize returns through exits, IPOs, or secondary sales. The company describes having 'patient capital' that helps cultivate ideas and generate outsized returns through their extensive commercial and governmental networks.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

GALLOS Technologies is a security technology venture studio and venture investor that both builds (GALLOS Build) and invests in (GALLOS Ventures) early-stage security, defence, and resilience technology companies from Seed to Series B stage. The firm provides patient capital, strategic introductions, go-to-market support, and operational assistance to portfolio companies, and runs the GALLOS Alliance membership community for senior security and risk leaders.

Product overview

GALLOS Technologies is a security technology venture studio and venture investor that operates across two primary models: GALLOS Build (ideating and building new companies from scratch) and GALLOS Ventures (investing in companies from Seed to Series B stage). The portfolio includes AI Score (AI governance platform), ContraForce (Security Service Delivery Platform for MSP/MSSPs), Alchem Technologies with its Mercury data collaboration product, Second Front Systems' Game Warden DevSecOps platform, StirlingX (drone and UAS data intelligence), and ANGOKA (IoT security for Smart Cities). Two additional builds in Robotics and Cyber Security are currently in stealth mode. GALLOS Alliance provides a separate membership community for senior security and risk leaders.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• GALLOS Build Venture studio service that ideates and co-builds new security, defence, and resilience technology companies from scratch, providing patient capital, operational support, and access to commercial and governmental networks. Targets mission-driven founders with deep domain expertise.
• GALLOS Ventures Seed to Series B investment fund that invests globally in leading security and resilience companies, leveraging unique access to industry leaders and decision-makers across Global 2000 companies, government, and educational institutions.
• GALLOS Alliance Exclusive membership community for senior security and risk leaders (CISOs, CROs, CSOs, VPs of Security or Risk, cyber-focused CTOs) providing insights, mentoring, networking opportunities, monthly in-person meetings, and access to experts from Government, Academia, and Commercial sectors.

Quantifiable outcome

• GALLOS portfolio company ContraForce achieved 400% annual recurring revenue growth over 12 months

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability7 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• C5 Capital: C5 Capital is a specialist venture capital firm investing in cybersecurity, space, and energy security, and was William Kilmer's prior firm (Managing Partner). It is directly comparable to GALLOS Ventures in stage focus (Seed–Series B) and sector specialism (security/defence), making it the closest peer.
• DataTribe: DataTribe is a US-based cybersecurity and cyber-defence venture capital firm that co-led ContraForce's seed round with GALLOS. It is a direct peer in cyber-focused Seed/Series A investing, often sourced from intelligence-community founders.
• Paladin Capital Group: Paladin Capital is a multi-stage global investor focused exclusively on cybersecurity, digital resilience, and defence technology. It competes directly with GALLOS for cyber/defence seed and Series A opportunities and serves a similar government-and-enterprise LP base.
• Evolution Equity Partners: Evolution Equity Partners is a specialist cybersecurity-focused venture capital firm investing across Seed to growth stages globally. It is a direct peer in cyber venture investing and competes for the same founder and LP pool.
• Forgepoint Capital: Forgepoint Capital is a venture capital firm dedicated to cybersecurity and infrastructure software, investing from Seed through growth. It is a direct peer in cyber Seed/Series A investing with a comparable B2B enterprise focus.
• Ten Eleven Ventures: Ten Eleven Ventures is a cybersecurity-focused venture capital firm that invests globally across all stages of cybersecurity innovation. It is a direct peer in cyber-specialist Seed and Series A investing and competes for similar founders.

Regional players

• Atomico: Atomico is a London-based European venture capital firm investing in technology from Seed to growth. It is a regional peer sharing GALLOS's London base and European focus, though its portfolio is not security-specialist and its stage range is broader.

Broad incumbents

• NEA (New Enterprise Associates): NEA is a large generalist venture capital firm that led Second Front Systems' $40M Series B in which GALLOS participated. It is a broad incumbent co-investor in security/defence rounds, providing a useful scale benchmark and a frequent co-investment partner for GALLOS.
• Andreessen Horowitz (a16z): Andreessen Horowitz operates one of the largest cybersecurity investment practices within a generalist venture firm and is an active investor in defence and security technology. It is a broad incumbent competing for later-stage rounds and the same founder talent pool.

Emerging players

• Pioneer Square Labs (PSL): PSL is a Seattle-based venture studio that builds and invests in early-stage technology companies. It is an emerging peer relevant to GALLOS's venture studio arm (GALLOS Build) given the shared studio-plus-fund operating model, though without security specialism.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gallos-technologies-limited

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments6 records

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