Terra Industries Secures $52 Million Seed Funding and Expands Globally
Terra Industries has successfully closed a $52 million seed funding round, adding $18 million in the last eight months. The company will open its first international office in London, while maintaining its manufacturing facilities in Ghana and Nigeria.
Founded in 2024, Terra Industries specializes in developing hardware with attached subscriptions, including autonomous drones, interceptor drones, sentry towers, and unmanned ground vehicles powered by ArtemisOS, their proprietary software. Their unique selling point is the focus on African-built technology for sovereignty, with data processed locally rather than sent abroad.
The company aims to achieve over $100 million in contract bookings this year, a significant leap from its previous revenue of approximately $2.5 million, primarily from industrial site security. Terra’s manufacturing capabilities are set to expand with a 34,000-square-foot plant in Ghana scheduled to open in the fourth quarter, targeting 50,000 units annually by 2028.
CEO Nathan Nwachuku highlighted the office’s strategic value: "The money lets us scale that work and deepen our manufacturing base… it also puts us in the rooms where global defense decisions are made."
This rapid growth is notable, given that Terra Industries entered stealth mode in January 2026 with $11.75 million led by 8VC, followed by a $22 million extension in February led by Lux Capital, valuing the company in the nine-figure range.
The opening of the London office signals Terra’s ambition to engage with European defense institutions, despite the substantial valuation gap compared to other European and US defense tech startups.