Former Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces, General Riho Terras, joins the advisory board of the Estonian defence-tech company SensusQ. In his new role, general Terras will advise the company’s management and support SensusQ’s continued growth and expansion with his extensive international experience and expertise.
“Defence requires balanced investments – there is a need for munitions and equipment, but with ever more complex situations arising, the clearer the need for everything digital becomes. SensusQ’s system, based on artificial intelligence, helps to synthesise information from multiple sources into comprehensive intelligence, and solutions like these are becoming more important with each passing day,” said Riho Terras.
Riho Terras was the permanent secretary of Estonia’s Ministry of Defence from 2008-2010, Commander of the Defence Forces from 2011-2018, and has been elected as a Member of the European Parliament several times. In the course of his career, he has also served as Chief of Staff of the Estonian Defence League, Estonian Defence Attaché in Germany and Poland, Chief of the Analysis and Planning Department of Estonian Defence Forces, and Chief of Staff of the Joint Headquarters.
The former general supports SensusQ´s ambition
“Riho Terras has worked at the highest level in the defence field and has seen first-hand how allied governments make decisions. As a defence company actively growing in the international market, this knowledge and experience will support our ambitions and help our technology reach the right hands,” said Marko Kaseleht, co-founder and CEO of SensusQ.
SensusQ recently also raised €3.8M from US-based New North Ventures and angel investors. This funding will allow SensusQ to grow its team and more effectively cater to market demand while also gaining access to expertise, strategic backing, and an extensive global network through its latest partners.
SensusQ provides an AI-powered on-premise system that can fuse data from multiple sources and sensors, such as UAVs, cyber events, open source intelligence, and human intelligence, into a single picture combining all domains. The system accelerates information exchange on the battlefield, and enables decision advantage and more rapid targeting and time to action than adversaries. The startup’s technology has already been delivered to NATO and Ukraine.
In the near future, SensusQ also aims to provide a solution for other civilian sectors that work with large amounts of data.
The company was founded by Marko Kaseleht (a veteran of 6 combat tours) and Villiko Nurmoja in 2020.
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