Terra Industries Secures $22M Engineering Africa First Defense Powerhouse

🛡️ Meet Terra!

Terra Industries is a Nigerian defense tech company. They build autonomous security systems to protect power plants, mines, and refineries across Africa.
And now, they’ve just raised a $22M seed extension. This brings their total seed funding to $34M.
Investor check. Lux Capital led the round, with 8VC and several high-profile angels like Jared Leto joining in.

African nations often face threats from sabotage and terrorism targeting critical infrastructure.
Terra says that security is a necessary first step for any country to grow its economy or industry. By protecting these assets, they help ensure energy and resources keep moving.

Terra has its own software called ArtemisOS. It coordinates a fleet of drones, ground vehicles, and sentry towers to respond to threats in real-time.
This isn't just a prototype. They have already deployed systems protecting approximately $11B of assets and have secured millions in contracts handling some high-profile contracts.
Supply chain check. The team manufactures their hardware in Abuja, and has planned to expands drone production in Ghana.

To becoming Africa's first homegrown defense giant, they want to produce thousands of autonomous devices and grow their engineering team.
The new capital will help Terra expand their manufacturing capacity, accelerate deployments across Nigeria and allied African countries.