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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 venture capital industry and deeptech startups, including robotics, spacetech and defence tech. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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