BOOTSTRAPPED DEEP-TECH HOLDING COMPANY

Forneus Technologies

A Poznan, Poland-based, founder-funded deep-tech company building sovereign AI, post-quantum security, legal/GRC workflow infrastructure, and controlled autonomy products from a shared technical core. The investment case is deliberately staged: VASSAGO and GARM move first, while the remaining products are treated as option value until evidence, partners, audits, or grants justify more capital.

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$199BMapped Option Markets
Founder-fundedPre-Institutional Stage
2Lead Commercial Tracks
Autumn 2026Target Funding Start
TRUST COREPQC / local AI / identity
GARM PHANES VASSAGO MORRA
Access layerPublic proof → controlled diligence
Launch sequenceVASSAGO / GARM first
Strategic patternOne core, multiple regulated markets
// Honest Stage

Pre-institutional, not over-marketed.

No priced institutional round has been announced. The investable asset is the combination of technical architecture, MVP/proof assets, public founder footprint, market timing, and founder velocity. That honesty matters: institutional investors do not need inflated traction; they need a clear path from founder-funded execution to measurable commercial evidence.

// Why It Can Become Large

One core, multiple regulated markets.

Post-quantum cryptography, local-first AI, hardware-bound identity, auditability, and sovereign deployment patterns repeat across the portfolio. This creates capital efficiency: the same trust layer can support finance, defense, legal, demining, drone operations, and identity products.

// Operating Signals

Early validation, without overstating traction.

Early diligence signals include Pazuzu reaching Brave1 / MineSight semi-finalist review, GARM appearing in the European Economic Congress 2026 Top-80 context, NVIDIA Inception Program alignment, and an internal LOI Pack v3 across five product lines. These are not revenue, certification, or acceptance claims; they are proof points to verify inside staged investor diligence.

// Public Footprint

Founder and company diligence channels

Public LinkedIn and YouTube links are presented as diligence surfaces, not as inflated traction claims. Investor trust is built by making the team, product evidence, and technical narrative easy to verify.

// Investor Diligence Pack

What qualified investors should verify next

The public site shows the thesis and operating logic. The controlled diligence path should carry the evidence: product assets, architecture notes, founder proof, partner context, and a clear list of what remains unproven.

Public proof

Founder profiles, product pages, recognition signals, roadmap logic, and source-backed market context.

NDA review

LOI Pack v3, MVP material, architecture notes, threat models, screenshots, and partner correspondence where shareable.

Still to prove

Paid pilots, customer conversion, external security review, certifications, grant outcomes, and repeatable sales motion.

$199B

mapped option-market exposure; not a near-term revenue forecast

Founder-funded

pre-institutional, first priced round target

2

lead fundable tracks: VASSAGO revenue path and GARM trust layer

18

NIS2 critical sectors create compliance pull

Poznan

EU operating base in Poland with NATO-adjacent market proximity

LOI v3

NDA-controlled diligence pack prepared for qualified review

// Interactive Briefing

Explore Forneus like an operating model

A static company page does not hold attention. These lightweight tools let visitors test the portfolio sequence, see why VASSAGO/GARM lead, and understand the tradeoffs behind the roadmap.

Product priority calculator

Move the sliders to see which product track should receive the next milestone budget under different investor or grant scenarios.

Launch sequence explorer

Pick a track to see the professional rationale for its place in the roadmap.

VASSAGO

Best first commercial push: package paid legal-tech workflows, gather jurisdiction feedback, and convert pilots into revenue evidence.

Recognition

GARM: EEC 2026 Top 80 context

Positioned as a visible cybersecurity proof point for the European Economic Congress 2026 Top-80 context and investor diligence.

Public proof asset
Recognition

PAZUZU: Brave1 / MineSight semi-finalist review

Humanitarian demining concept with partner-track validation context alongside the second company involved in the Brave1/MineSight path.

Semi-finalist context
Company Updates

Forneus updates hub

Important company updates live on a dedicated page with direct LinkedIn access and clean public notes instead of fragile scraping.

Open Updates
// Company Relevance

Why the timing is credible

The thesis is anchored in regulation, security migration, public-safety demand, and controlled defense-adjacent procurement, not marketing language.

Cybersecurity becomes board-level liability

NIS2 extends EU cybersecurity obligations across 18 critical sectors, while DORA applies to financial ICT risk from 17 January 2025. GARM and Authenticator sit directly in that compliance pressure.

Post-quantum migration has started

NIST finalized the first three post-quantum encryption standards in August 2024. PHANES, GARM, and Authenticator are designed around the migration window before legacy RSA/ECC risk becomes procurement-critical.

Defense budgets are expanding

SIPRI reported global military expenditure of about $2.7T in 2024, up 9.4% in real terms. ELIGOS, MORRA, and PAZUZU target narrow defense-adjacent and humanitarian niches, not the whole defense market.

Non-dilutive capital paths are relevant

The non-dilutive roadmap maps EU, Polish, cloud-credit, humanitarian, and controlled public-sector innovation routes. The professional case is not guaranteed grant capture; it is that several products can be financed through milestone-specific applications.

// Portfolio Map

Eight product options, one company thesis

The homepage shows the portfolio map only: civil security, legal-tech, sovereign communications, robotics, and controlled autonomy. Detailed TAM/SAM/SOM and milestones live on each project page.

ProductStageTAMFirst target raiseDetails
GARMCybersecurity MVP $28.7B $150K-$250K Brief
KAIROSFinTech / Quant In development $14.1B $80K-$150K Brief
PHANESSovereign Comms In development $8.5B $80K-$140K Brief
ELIGOSControlled C4ISR In development $34B $250K-$450K Brief
VASSAGOLegalTech / GRC MVP $35B $80K-$150K Brief
MORRADrone Runtime In development $40B $120K-$220K Brief
PAZUZUDemining / EOD Semi-finalist - Brave1 / MineSight $9B $180K-$320K Brief
AUTHENTICATORIdentity / Zero Trust In development $30B $100K-$180K Brief
// Company Diagrams

How the portfolio connects

A clearer homepage needs diagrams, not only prose. These views show the shared core, capital sequence, readiness profile, and market exposure.

Shared Core Graph

One trust layer, eight product options

GARM / Auth / PHANES Trust Core
VASSAGO
regulated legal workflows
KAIROS
audit-ready finance systems
MORRA
edge autonomy runtime
ELIGOS
controlled C4ISR surface
PAZUZU
demining safety stack
Founder evidence
certificates and proofs
Capital Waterfall

Sequential financing, not simultaneous launches

01 VASSAGOfirst revenue path
02 GARMsecurity leverage
03 MORRAfield autonomy
04 PHANESsovereign comms
05 ELIGOScontrolled partners
06 KAIROSregulated finance
07 PAZUZUgrant-led hardware
Readiness Matrix

MVPs first, development tracks staged

VASSAGO
MVP led
GARM
MVP/proof
MORRA
development
PHANES
development
ELIGOS
restricted
KAIROS
development
PAZUZU
semi-finalist
Market Exposure

$199B mapped TAM composition

Legal-tech and GRC: VASSAGO Cybersecurity and identity: GARM/Auth Sovereign communications: PHANES Controlled autonomy and public safety: MORRA/ELIGOS/PAZUZU Finance infrastructure: KAIROS
// Live Radar

Auto-updating market and incident radar

No manual posts required: public no-key feeds refresh the page with security, AI, resilience-tech, and incident signals that connect directly to the Forneus portfolio thesis.

Engineering Feed

Hacker News security and AI signals

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Incident Feed

Global cyber and resilience news

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// Portfolio Intelligence

Portfolio Evidence Architecture

Compact visual models for funding logic, product dependencies, audience fit, and evidence maturity.

Dependency Map

What each product needs before scale

VASSAGOjurisdiction workflows + pilots
GARMsecurity review + enterprise pack
PHANESidentity assumptions + PQC review
MORRAsimulator + partner demos
ELIGOSNDA channels + export review
PAZUZUgrant + safety case + field validation
Audience Fit

Who each track should speak to first

SMB / LegalVASSAGO
Enterprise SecurityGARM / Auth
Strategic PartnersMORRA / PHANES
Grant ReviewersPAZUZU / ELIGOS
Evidence Stack

Proof layers investors can request

Founder certificates
Product proof assets
Architecture and threat models
Pilot security packs
External audits and partner reviews
Funding Mix

Recommended capital sources

Commercial pilots
Strategic angels
EU / Polish grants
Defense innovation routes
Cloud / startup credits
// Operating Sequence

How Forneus should be financed

The launch plan is deliberately sequential. VASSAGO and GARM move first because they are the most ready and can create the earliest commercial/security evidence. The order after that remains adjustable based on customer demand, grant outcomes, partner access, regulatory timing, and the geopolitical environment.

01VASSAGO

First launch candidate: legal-tech/GRC workflows have the clearest path to paid pilots, localized service packaging, and near-term revenue evidence.

02GARM

Second launch candidate: security MVP/proof assets can strengthen enterprise trust, protect the broader stack, and support audit-ready diligence.

03MORRA

Next staged development track: edge autonomy should progress through simulator evidence, UAV operator context, and carefully scoped partner demonstrations.

04PHANES

Sovereign communications protocol work follows once security architecture, identity assumptions, and partner use cases are clearer.

05ELIGOS

Controlled defense-adjacent development should be partner-led and disclosure-limited, with export/legal review before any public technical expansion.

06KAIROS

Finance infrastructure advances after stronger compliance controls, model-risk documentation, and secure deployment assumptions are in place.

07PAZUZU

Hardware-heavy demining work is best financed through grants, humanitarian partners, and staged field validation rather than early unrestricted burn.

VASSAGO
GARM
MORRA/PHANES
ELIGOS/PAZUZU
Entry logic$8M-$14M

Reasonable pre-institutional valuation range if investor gets information rights, milestone tranches and priority on VASSAGO/GARM evidence.

Seed evidence$25M-$55M

Credible if VASSAGO converts paid pilots, GARM passes external security review and at least one non-dilutive grant route advances.

Series A case$120M-$250M

Requires $2M-$5M ARR or signed sovereign/enterprise contracts, plus proof that shared security components lower build cost across products.

Venture-scale path$1B+

Only realistic if 2-3 product lines become independent revenue engines while GARM/Auth/PHANES act as defensible trust infrastructure.

// Company Roadmap

Company milestones from autumn 2026 to 2029

A realistic deep-tech portfolio does not scale as one giant launch. It moves through evidence, security controls, pilots, partner review, audits, and only then larger capital.

Q3 2026Public readiness

Website, proof library, and analytics

Finalize public positioning, trust center, founder certificates, proof galleries, analytics, access forms, and the investor-ready evidence index.

Q4 2026Data room v1

Diligence structure

Prepare architecture briefs, risk registers, product one-pagers, TAM logic, founder background, capitalization assumptions, and controlled NDA materials.

Q4 2026VASSAGO alpha

Workflow packaging

Lock first legal/GRC workflows, define pricing units, draft service boundaries, prepare onboarding scripts, and choose first jurisdiction-specific pilot flows.

Q1 2027GARM hardening

Security evidence

Document threat model, control assumptions, logging, incident workflow, secrets handling, dependency review, hardware assumptions, and external review scope.

Q1 2027Design partners

First customer discovery loop

Run structured interviews, qualify paid pilot candidates, define success metrics, collect objections, and prioritize only use cases that can convert.

Q2 2027Pilot delivery

Controlled pilots

Deliver VASSAGO/GARM pilot workflows, measure activation, completion time, risk reduction, conversion intent, support burden, and willingness to pay.

Q2-Q3 2027Security baseline

Trust controls before scale

Implement policy set, admin roles, retention rules, backup tests, vulnerability workflow, pilot security questionnaire, and product-specific DPIA templates.

Q3 2027Grant routes

Non-dilutive applications

Prepare EU, Polish, humanitarian demining, startup credit, and controlled public-sector innovation submissions tied to specific deliverables.

Q4 2027External review

Audit and partner validation

Use pilot evidence to fund penetration testing, architecture review, legal localization review, and partner-controlled technical demos for second-wave products.

H1 2028Seed focus

Double down by evidence

Fund only products with revenue, strong partner access, grant progress, or credible procurement pull; pause or license tracks that do not earn continued burn.

H2 2028Compliance track

Certification readiness

Decide ISO/SOC/audit routes around the product with commercial traction, not around abstract portfolio ambition.

2029Series A option

Revenue-backed expansion

Scale only around ARR, signed strategic contracts, government/prime pathways, or repeatable product-led growth evidence.

// Investor Takeaway

The opportunity is asymmetric, not risk-free.

Forneus should attract investors because the downside can be managed with staged capital and the upside spans several markets where regulation, security spending, public-safety demand, and post-quantum migration are already forcing budgets. That is the professional case for a venture-scale outcome.

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