The London-based startup says the funding will speed rollout of sovereign infrastructure for enterprise AI and defense workloads, taking total funding to $70 million in NEA’s first European defense and dual-use deal.
Valarian has raised a $50 million Series A led by New Enterprise Associates, bringing total funding to $70 million as the London-based company pushes software and infrastructure controls for AI systems and other high-consequence workloads across enterprise and government environments. The round marks NEA’s first defense and dual-use investment in Europe, with Lightbank, XTX Markets, Sequel, LitVC, and angel investors Gokul Rajaram and Nikesh Arora also participating. Valarian says its platform provides workload-level governance over how critical applications, AI systems and operational workloads communicate, access data and operate, with controls enforced at the infrastructure layer rather than added later. The company said the new capital will accelerate two deployment tracks, Valarian Enterprise and Valarian Defence, as demand for sovereign control over AI infrastructure rises alongside higher defense spending and wider concern over dependence on a small group of providers.