Nigerian defence-tech startup Terra Industries has secured an additional US$22 million in funding to strengthen its position as one of Africa’s most ambitious builders of autonomous security systems for critical infrastructure.
Founded in 2024 by Nathan Nwachuku and Maxwell Maduka, and headquartered in Abuja, Terra Industries designs and deploys multi-domain defence systems, spanning air, land, and, eventually, sea, to monitor, detect, and respond to threats such as terrorism, sabotage, and armed attacks on critical assets.
Disrupt Africa reported last month the company had raised a US$11.75 million funding round led by US venture capital firm 8VC, founded by Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, with participation from Valor Equity Partners, Lux Capital, SV Angel, Leblon Capital, Silent Ventures, Nova Global, and angel investor Micky Malka.
Terra Industries has now secured an additional US$22 million in funding, bringing its total raise to $34 million. The company has started expanding into additional African countries, with announcements expected later this year, and has also signed a partnership with AIC Steel to establish a joint manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia.
“Africa is industrialising rapider than any other region. But none of that progress will matter if we don’t solve the continent’s greatest Achilles’ heel – insecurity and terrorism,” declared Nwachuku.
“The priority is working with countries where terrorism and infrastructure security are major national concerns.”
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