Oxford, United Kingdom, 10 November 2026
StirlingX is a British data intelligence company. It is building a sovereign intelligence and autonomy platform to help customers capture, secure, fuse, analyse and act on data from complex and contested environments.
StirlingX has announced an oversubscribed $6m second close of its Series A, taking the round to $25m this year.
The new funding comes mainly from existing investors GALLOS Technologies and Ventura Capital, alongside individual investors.
The raise follows a year of commercial momentum. StirlingX has activated its dual-use strategy, with 35 customers now operating across critical national infrastructure and defence, and has won its first multi-million dollar international contract.
StirlingX runs one sovereign technology base across two markets. The capability that surveys, maps and monitors critical infrastructure also gives defence customers sovereign situational awareness, fusing data from drones, sensors and autonomous systems so commanders can act on it at speed. Each deployment in one market strengthens what StirlingX delivers in the other.
The capital will fund continued development of MAYNE, StirlingX’s data analytics product, and LEWES, its connected autonomy product, alongside the company’s growth across defence and critical national infrastructure.
StirlingX has also appointed Magnus Grimeland to its Board as Board Director, Global Scale & Capital.
Magnus is the Founder and CEO ofAntler, the world’s most active early-stage investor. Based in Singapore, Antler operates across 27 cities worldwide, has backed more than 2,000 startups and holds a portfolio valued at over $3.7bn. PitchBook ranked Antler the most active VC globally, and Dealroom named it the most active investor in AI startups.
Before Antler, Magnus co-founded Zalora and built it from zero into Asia’s leading fashion e-commerce platform. He went on to serve as Chief Operating Officer of Global Fashion Group, scaling the business across 26 markets. Earlier in his career he was a Junior Partner at McKinsey & Company, advising telecom, media and technology clients globally. He is a Harvard graduate and served in the Norwegian Naval Special Forces.
Dean Jones, CEO and co-Founder of StirlingX, said:
“Our existing investors have seen how we work up close and chose to put more in, and we’re grateful for that. Magnus joins us as we move from proving dual-use to scaling it. We’ve shown that the same sovereign technology can serve a utilities company and a defence ministry, and that each makes the other stronger. Magnus has built and backed companies across dozens of markets. He knows what it takes to turn early traction into global scale, and his experience will help us bring MAYNE and LEWES to allied governments and infrastructure operators who need to own and control their data.”
Magnus Grimeland, Founder and CEO of Antler and Board Director, Global Scale & Capital at StirlingX, said:
“Europe and its allies need to own the technology that protects its infrastructure and its people, and StirlingX is building exactly that: a sovereign control layer that lets drones, sensors and autonomous systems work together under human command. What drew me in was the combination of a team that has operated at the sharp end and a platform already working with the UK Ministry of Defence and critical infrastructure operators. This round gives Dean and the team the capital to take that from proven to scaled, and I am proud to be part of it.”
