Hacker News: defencetechhn

UCP Protocol: The Internet Has 100M Shops and No Front Door

defencetechhn — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 09:54:40 +0000

Article URL: https://askucp.com/blog

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47375008

Points: 15

# Comments: 11

New comment by defencetechhn in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)"

defencetechhn — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:42:23 +0000

Micropay - Stripe for the next billion people (https://micropay.dev/)

Hi HN, I built this because I got tired of fighting with integrating payments in Africa.

M-Pesa processes over $300B annually, it's how 50+ million people in Kenya pay for everything from groceries to rent. People don't have bank accounts, but rather pay straight from their cell phone nummber. But integrating it into your app? That's a different story. Most developers spend weeks on what should take hours, it's almost impossible. And existing solutions for Mastercard, Paypal, Apple Pay etc are useless because most don't have bank accounts.

Micropay is essentially what Stripe did for credit cards, but for mobile money.

New comment by defencetechhn in "VoxOps: Natural Voice Alerts for DevOps"

defencetechhn — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:21:06 +0000

Appreciate any feedback - care to elaborate on your point?

VoxOps: Natural Voice Alerts for DevOps

defencetechhn — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:58:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.voxops.dev/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43652835

Points: 1

# Comments: 2

New comment by defencetechhn in "Show HN: Cujobay – A Modern Alternative to Crunchbase"

defencetechhn — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 14:00:18 +0000

E.g, defence tech seems quite sparse

New comment by defencetechhn in "Show HN: Cujobay – A Modern Alternative to Crunchbase"

defencetechhn — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 14:00:06 +0000

How can you add/suggest new startups?

European Acceleration (EU/Acc)

defencetechhn — Sat, 25 Nov 2023 10:01:49 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@ErikKannike/european-acceleration-eu-acc-3340f6193725

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38412515

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Ask HN: Who is working on defence sector startups?

defencetechhn — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 14:24:28 +0000

Hey HN!

Asking around, would be really interesting to talk to some other founders working in the defence innovation space. Especially regarding fundraising, the NATO Investment Fund and the DIANA initiative (a NATO version of DARPA).

On my personal experience in the market I'm currently fundraising for a seed round in an and we're finding it very hard to get any VCs to commit to being lead investors. VCs are super excited/optimistic about our company and willing to immediately jump on board as soon as a term sheet is signed by a lead investor.

Trouble is that absolutely everyone is taking that position - leaving us in quite a pickle. I've gone through fundraising cycles before and never encountered something like this before, hearing the same from a bunch of other companies as well. I understand that the macroeconomic situation has made many more cautions, but this is just odd.

Would really appreciate insight from both defence sector VCs and/or other founders currently raising.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37209966

Points: 17

# Comments: 10

Ask HN: Anyone else finding it impossible to find a lead investor?

defencetechhn — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 20:10:39 +0000

Hey HN! This might be somewhat EU-specific, but I feel like I'm going insane here. Currently fundraising for a seed round in an "attractive" sector (defence and AI) and we're finding it very hard to get any VCs to commit to being lead investors. VCs are super excited/optimistic about our company and willing to immediately jump on board as soon as a term sheet is signed by a lead investor.

Trouble is that absolutely everyone is taking that position - leaving us in quite a pickle. I've gone through fundraising cycles before and never encountered something like this before, hearing the same from a bunch of other companies as well. I understand that the macroeconomic situation has made many more cautions, but this is just odd.

Would really appreciate insight from both VCs and/or other founders currently raising.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37181429

Points: 5

# Comments: 2