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NUNC Capital joins high tech start-up AnGard Microwave to strengthen Europe's High-Power Microwave capability

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NUNC Capital has acquired a strategic minority stake in AnGard Microwave as part of the company's seed round, supporting its next phase of growth and development. This investment brings NUNC alongside AnGard's founding team, as well as existing shareholders TNO and the University of Twente. With this investment, NUNC joins a strong Dutch research and defense innovation ecosystem to accelerate the development and deployment of High-Power Microwave technology for defense applications.

AnGard develops directed energy High-Power Microwave counter-robotic systems designed to neutralize a wide range of autonomous and robotic threats. Its technologies are built to disrupt, disable, or degrade electronic systems without physical interception, making them applicable across both defense and security contexts, including the protection of military assets, critical infrastructure, and sensitive locations.

The investment reflects NUNC Capital's long-term focus on building defense capacity through technologies that are operationally relevant, technically credible, and aligned with real procurement demand. "High-Power Microwave is a ‘need to have' technology within the defense and security domains," said Bram Oostvogel, Founding Partner at NUNC Capital. "We worked on this capability before, at a time when the technology was promising, but the market and ...