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Valarian
Sovereign infrastructure control layer for high-consequence operations and AI
About Valarian
Valarian is a London sovereign-infrastructure company founded by Max Buchan and Josh McLaughlin that builds the control layer for high-consequence operations and AI-driven systems. Its platform provides workload-level governance across environments running critical applications and AI, so organisations retain control over how those systems communicate, access data and operate, with governance enforced at the infrastructure layer. Valarian serves enterprise and defence customers through Valarian Enterprise and Valarian Defence tracks. Formerly known as Worldr, the company focuses on data sovereignty, compartmentalisation and operational resilience for regulated and government users. In July 2026 Valarian raised a $50 million Series A led by NEA — NEA’s first defence and dual-use investment in Europe — with Lightbank, XTX Ventures, Litquidity Ventures, Sequel and angels including Gokul Rajaram and Nikesh Arora, bringing total funding to about $70 million. Sources: Fortune 13 Jul 2026; The AI Insider 21 Jul 2026.
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- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2019
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdom
- Employees
- 32
- Open positions
- None listed
- Dealroom signal
- 80.2/100
- Industry
- Legal, Security
- Sub-industry
- Data protection
- Sector
- Defence, Privacy Protection, Defence Applications, Cybersecurity, Dual-Use Tech, uk is8 digital and technologies, uk is8 professional business services
- Business model
- Marketplace & ecommerce
- Client focus
- b2b
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERIES AOther financing | Jul 2026 | $50M | $200M | NEA | ↗ |
| EARLY VCOther financing | May 2025 | $7M | $40M | Scout Ventures · Molten Ventures · IQ Capital · MD ONE Ventures | ↗ |
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Seed12 investors entered at this stage
IQ Capital
Playfair Capital
Andreas Wuchner
John Taysom
CyLon
Molten Ventures
MD ONE Ventures- JTJohn Theroux
Alexander Walsh
Navigate Ventures
Pretiosum Ventures
Hussain Baig
Series A4 investors entered at this stage
Scout Ventures
Artis Ventures
Gokul Rajaram
NEA
Other known investors5 additional known investors
Tech Nation
3Ventures
Chris Smith
Founders Factory
Marcus Exall
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