Terra Industries, a Nigeria-based defense technology company, raised an $11.75 million in funding led by Joe Lonsdale’s 8VC [Lonsdale is also co-founder of companies including Palantir Technologies, Addepar, and OpenGov], as it emerged from stealth, according to TechCrunch. The round included Valor Equity Partners, Lux Capital, SV Angel, and Nova Global. Terra previously raised an $800,000 pre-seed round. The company said African investors in the round included Tofino Capital, Kaleo Ventures, and DFS Lab. Terra, founded by CEO Nathan Nwachuku, 22, and CTO Maxwell Maduka, 24, builds autonomous systems to