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December 27, 2024

What’s in store for Europe’s growing defence tech sector in 2025?

Defence tech industry insiders share their predictions

Anne Sraders

4 min read

As war rages on in Ukraine and geopolitical tensions continue to ratchet up, defence tech is set for a big year ahead. The industry – which, from an investor perspective, includes startups building things like drones and robots as well as battlefield software — has become a more popular space to invest capital in recent years following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. 

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Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the VC industry and deeptech startups. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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