Securing the Foundations of Compute: Coalition invests in Fortaegis $50m Series A
Quantum computers will eventually break most of today's encryption. Most infrastructure isn't built for that day. Fortaegis is.
They just closed an oversubscribed $50M Series A, led by Serendipity Capital, to scale their Secure Compute architecture: security rooted in silicon itself, not bolted on after the fact. Quantum-safe by design. Already deployed with 25+ enterprises and governments across defence, AI infrastructure and critical industries. Coalition Capital is proud to back this round.
Boudewijn Wijnands and team built something rare: hardware, firmware and cryptography as one stack, fast enough (200x conventional approaches in their own testing) to actually ship, not just demo. The board is stacked with people who've spent careers thinking about compute and power, including Ilyas Khan (Quantinuum) and Chris Miller (author of Chip War).
Europe keeps talking about digital sovereignty. Here's a Dutch company doing the unglamorous part: building the security layer under the compute everyone else depends on, instead of just importing it.
Control over compute is becoming a strategic question, not just a technical one.
About Fortaegis
Fortaegis is building a full-stack Secure Compute architecture for the era of AI and quantum computing. Delivered through the Fortaegis Silicon Platform, spanning hardware, firmware, cryptography and software, the technology roots trust in the physical properties of silicon itself, extending identity, security, policy and orchestration across every connected node.
As AI accelerates the pace and autonomy of computing, and quantum computing challenges the cryptographic foundations systems have relied on for decades, control over compute, data and critical infrastructure has become a strategic imperative for governments and industry alike. Fortaegis is designed to meet that moment: trust established at machine speed, across millions of devices and agents, and quantum-safe by design.
Founded in October 2023, Fortaegis now works with more than 25 enterprises and governments across AI infrastructure, defence and autonomous systems, advanced manufacturing, telecommunications, critical infrastructure and automotive, with operations spanning Europe, the United States and Asia.