Startup · United Kingdom
Labrys Technologies
Updated HQ London, United KingdomFounded 202011-50 employees
Labrys builds digital verification infrastructure for contested environments. Axiom provides cryptographic trust, secure command and control, and compliant payments — from the frontline to the headquarters.
Funding2 rounds · $25.5M
- Equity raised
- $25.5M
- Latest
- $20.0MSeries A · May 29, 2025
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2025 | Series A | $20.0M | — | Plural | Expeditions, Marque Ventures, MD ONE Ventures, Project A, Superangel | Reported |
| Dec 23, 2023 | Seed | $5.5M | — | Project A | Expeditions, Marque Ventures, MD ONE Ventures | Reported |
- $20.0MMay 29, 2025
- $5.5MDec 23, 2023
Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.
Systems1
- AxiomMobile command-and-control platform in prelaunch development for team coordination, authenticated media and payments.
Newest unveiled first. Systems that belong to a government program link to the program page, where variants, costs and contracts are.
Capabilities2
| Technology | Role | Maturity | TRL | Notes | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Command, control and communications | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Secure command and control for contested environments 'from the frontline to the headquarters' indicates military customers, though none is named. | Reported |
| Information management and cybersecurity | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Secure command and control for contested environments 'from the frontline to the headquarters' indicates military customers, though none is named. | Reported |
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Secure command and control for contested environments 'from the frontline to the headquarters' indicates military customers, though none is named.—Reported
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Secure command and control for contested environments 'from the frontline to the headquarters' indicates military customers, though none is named.—Reported
Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.
People2
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Luke Wattam | COO & Co-Founder |
| August Lersten | CEO |
Sources8
Profile3
- 1
PitchBook · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · linkedin url
“employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 42)”
- 2
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind
“{"country": "UK", "hq_iso2": "GB", "id": "d06b4c17-edfa-49e0-8a1c-2cdd0129bfd2"}”
- 3
Labrys Technologies · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website
“Labrys builds digital verification infrastructure for contested environments. Axiom provides cryptographic trust, secure command and control, and compliant payments — from the frontline to the headquarters.”
Systems1
- 4
Labrys Technologies · Supports System
“## Axiom: Cryptographic Trust and Secure Command & Control A single mobile platform that verifies users and media at the point of capture, coordinates distributed teams in real time, and enables secure payments from the frontline to the headquarters. ”
Funding2
- 5
Nordic9 · May 29, 2025 · Supports Funding round, Organization · ownership
“Labrys raised $20m in Series A funding led by Plural”
- 6
FinSMEs · Dec 23, 2023 · Supports Funding round
“raised $5.5M in Seed funding”
People2
- 7
sceptre.org.uk · Supports Role
“Commenting on the announcement, August Lersten, CEO of Labrys Technologies, said “The SCEPTRE consortium represents exactly the kind of approach the UK needs — proven sovereign technology companies working together to deliver capability that those on the front line can actually use, at a pace that m”
- 8
LinkedIn · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · linkedin url, Role
“employee_range: 11-50 (profile: 11-50 employees)”
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