Hamburg-based growth investment firm DTCP is launching a €500m defence fund to back startups, having raised €300m so far — which the firm says would be the largest such defence-focused fund in Europe.
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January 16, 2026
German growth investor DTCP raises €300m for new defence fund — which it hopes will be Europe’s largest
The firm is targeting a final close of €500m
Anne Sraders and John Thornhill
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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
John Thornhill is Sifted’s founder and innovation editor of the Financial Times. He tweets from @johnthornhillft

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