Patrick leads capacity and ecosystem building at the NIF. Based between London and Warsaw, he works closely with startups, other VC funds, NATO’s DIANA, industry and government partners, to ensure that the NIF delivers on its mission to boost deep tech entrepreneurship. Patrick was a founder and partner at Beast Ventures, where he focused on seed stage deep tech in Europe and invested in startups in food security, health, AI, data, autonomous systems and biotech; and worked in foreign policy and in the corporate intelligence and security industry where he supported international companies operating in Central and Eastern Europe. He founded of Capital Acceleration for Sovereign Technology and Resilience (CASTAR) and cofounded MIT Alumni Angels U.K.