stanislaw kastoryStanislaw Kastory co-founded Expedition 5 years ago with Mikolaj Firlej. They started as first-time GPs raising a friends-and-family Fund I, then raised a €197M Fund II from 128 private investors and 6 institutions. He leads investment sourcing through outbound networks and focuses on defense tech, quantum, and cybersecurity.
mikolaj firlejMikolaj Firlej co-founded Expedition and led the Fund II raise, navigating institutional restrictions on defense investing. He directs research on European capability gaps (interviewing 50+ stakeholders), portfolio support for government go-to-market, and the firm's thesis on sovereign supply chains and the two-wave defense tech investment cycle.
seb johnsonSeb Johnson hosts the Scaling Europe podcast, interviewing European tech founders and investors at events like Slush in Helsinki.