In Europe, the drone startup landscape has exploded in recent years, with dozens of players including Germany’s Helsing and Quantum Systems and Ukraine’s Swarmer raising $100ms in VC funding in the last few months. But according to Lorenz Meier, cofounder and CEO of US- and Germany-based drone software startup Auterion, there isn’t space for multiple champions.
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