The Australian Defence Investors Network (ADIN) is an informal like-minded individuals who started meeting on a regular basis in mid 2021.

Meeting every other month, the group is comprised of investors and thought leaders committed to the ideal that the use of capital is a national service that contributes to our collective wealth, prosperity, and security.

The meetings follow a sequence of two meetings centred on presentations by national security industry experts speaking followed by one meeting of emerging companies pitching. The group abides by Chatham House Rules where participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.

ADIN is a voluntary effort and is administered by our coordination team (see below).

ADIN is closely affiliated with the US Chapter of the Defense Investor Network (DIN) that is made up of over 120 top tier / national security-focused investors and engages with high level government officials to enable ongoing and coordinated conversation between the national security and private capital sectors to better enable rapid innovation with clean capital.

Now, more than ever, efforts to more closely couple commercial companies, venture capital / private equity, and Defence are of the highest priority.