17th August 2026
Terra Industries Extends Seed Round to $52M and Opens London Office
By Terra Industries
Existing investors 8VC, Silent Ventures, Nova Global, Belief Capital, and SV Angel participated, alongside new investor Norleo Space Investments and angel investor Grant Gordon. Terra will use the funding to open its first international office in London, expand manufacturing capacity, accelerate deployments across the Global South, and grow its engineering, operations, and business development teams.
Founded in 2024 by Nathan Nwachuku and Maxwell Maduka, Terra Industries designs and manufactures autonomous defense systems that help governments and infrastructure operators monitor and secure critical assets as well as respond to threats across land, air, and maritime environments. Terra’s technology is already deployed to protect power plants, mines, and other nationally critical assets valued at approximately $11 billion across multiple African countries.
“Critical infrastructure across the Global South is best protected by systems designed for these environments and built in the regions they protect. This funding lets us scale that work and deepen our manufacturing base. It also puts us in the rooms where global defense decisions are made.”
The London office gives Terra direct access to institutions that shape global defense and infrastructure markets, as well as world-class operations and AI talent, while manufacturing remains in Africa, with expansion planned across the Gulf, South America, and South Asia.
Terra’s Pax-2 manufacturing facility in Ghana opens in Q4 2026. Pax-2, Terra’s second Pax Factory, follows the 15,000 sq. ft. Pax-1 flagship in Abuja, Nigeria. At 34,000 sq. ft., Pax-2 will be the largest drone factory on the continent once fully operational. The facility is expected to reach an annual capacity of 50,000 units across Terra’s aerial systems portfolio by 2028.
Across Africa and the Global South, infrastructure sabotage, illegal mining, organized crime, and terrorism continue to threaten industries and livelihoods. For decades, governments and infrastructure operators have largely relied on imported security systems to manage these threats. These systems are designed for different operating conditions and are expensive to maintain, while dependence on them also introduces geopolitical risk and supply chain exposure and limits sovereignty over software and data.
At the same time, security in the age of autonomy and asymmetry will look different. Countries will rely less on troop-heavy, reactive approaches and more on predictive, autonomous systems built for varied terrains. Data sovereignty matters just as much, giving states and infrastructure operators the ability to detect, deter, and respond to threats on their own terms.
Terra Industries is building these sovereign security capabilities through a vertically integrated platform of systems designed for the Global South’s terrain, scale, and operational realities. Its product portfolio includes long- and mid-range autonomous drones, interceptor drones, sentry towers, and unmanned ground vehicles, all connected through ArtemisOS, Terra’s proprietary software platform that enables real-time threat detection, autonomous mission planning, and coordinated response across vast and difficult environments.
About Terra Industries
Terra Industries is a multi-domain systems and data intelligence company building the defense prime for Africa and the Global South. The company serves critical sectors including energy, mineral resources, urban infrastructure, maritime assets, border security, and counterterrorism operations.
Founded in 2024, Terra develops integrated air, land, and maritime systems powered by ArtemisOS, its unified software platform for large-scale security operations. Terra’s mission is to give the Global South the technological edge needed to secure its future.
Terra Industries works with governments, infrastructure operators, and strategic partners across Africa and internationally. For more information, visit www.terraindustries.co. Follow Terra Industries on LinkedIn, X and YouTube.