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Terra Industries
Builds autonomous aerial drones and mine-detecting ground vehicles for government security and critical-infrastructure protection in the Global South. Operates a manufacturing facility in Ghana and plans London, San Francisco and Washington offices. Reports contracts pipeline but names no customers or deployments in cited press.
HeadquartersLagos, NG
Founded2024
Defense funding$52M
TeamNot listed
Deployments0
Open roles0
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Company overview
Identity and operating footprint
Company typeRobot maker
Market segmentDefense
StageSeed
FoundersNathan Nwachuku (Co-founder), Maxwell Maduka (Co-founder)
Regions servedNG, GH
Countries deployedNot listed
Service footprintNot listed
Last reviewed2026-10-13
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XNot listed
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Funding history
Publicly announced rounds
Seed (extended)
8VC, Silent Ventures, Nova Global, Belief Capital, SV Angel, Norleo Space Investments
Round sourceSeed extension
Lux Capital, Nova Global, Resilience17 Capital
Round sourceSeed
8VC, Valor Equity Partners, Lux Capital, SV Angel, Leblon Capital, Silent Ventures, Nova Global, Micky Malka
Round sourceInvestors on record8VCSilent VenturesNova GlobalBelief CapitalSV AngelNorleo Space Investments
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Company timeline
Milestones and announcements
2026-08-17Closed $52M seed round to build autonomous defense infrastructure for the Global SouthTechCrunch
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Source ledger
3 unique public sources
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Terra Industries closes $52M seed roundTechCrunch · retrieved 2026-10-13
02After $11.75m 8VC round, Terra closes $22m extension to expand into Sahel security marketsBusinessDay · retrieved 2026-10-13
03Nigeria's Terra Industries raises $11.75 million for drone and defence systemsEcofin Agency · retrieved 2026-10-13