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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

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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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

John Thornhill

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