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MITS Lightning Fund — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm

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MITS Lightning Fund is a Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A venture capital firm investing in Deep Tech, AI / ML. The firm has 12 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
12 companies on record
Partners
5 listed
AUM
$500M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors
Deep Tech, AI / ML
Check size
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-26

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A

AUM

$500M

Portfolio

12+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investment Thesis

U.S.-based early-stage fund backing Ukrainian defense-tech companies from pre-seed to Series A, focused on scalable solutions in defense and drone warfare components.

How MITS Lightning Fund invests

MITS Lightning Fund is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Deep Tech, AI / ML.

MITS Lightning Fund manages approximately $500M in assets. Our records include 1 fund raised by the firm.

MITS Lightning Fund has backed 12 companies in our records, including M-FLY, TENCORE, AEROMOTORS.

Partners & Team

HK

Hennadii Kornev

Executive Vice President

DG

Denys Gurak

Chief Operating Officer

AG

Ada Gurak

Vice President of Investment Banking

NK

Nadiia Klepinina

Project Manager

U

Unknown

GP

DefenseTech
Ukraine
Deep Tech

Industry Focus

Invests In

Deep Tech
AI / ML

Funds

MITS Lightning Fund

$250M2022
actively investing

Recent Activity

Raised MITS Lightning Fund ($250M)

2022 · fund records

Portfolio Companies (12)

Other

M-

M-FLY

MITS Lightning Fund

Laser-guided system developer

TE

TENCORE

MITS Lightning Fund

Unmanned ground vehicle maker

AE

AEROMOTORS

MITS Lightning Fund

Drone motor manufacturer

ST

STEALTH COMPANY

MITS Lightning Fund

Defense tech company

AN

ANGLER

MITS Lightning Fund

USV/UUV systems developer

VE

VERMEER

MITS Lightning Fund

Vision-based navigation solutions

TE

TELETACTICA

MITS Lightning Fund

Tactical communications hardware/software for defense use

NO

NORDA DYNAMICS

MITS Lightning Fund

Drone autonomy systems

OK

OKO CAMERA

MITS Lightning Fund

Thermal imaging technology for defense applications

SP

SPEYE

MITS Lightning Fund

Spatial vision technology

How to pitch MITS Lightning Fund
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Deep Tech, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Hennadii Kornev, Executive Vice President.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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