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January 23, 2025

The European defence techs working with governments

Though still early innings for Europe’s defence techs, governments from the US to Latvia are partnering up with startups


Anne Sraders

7 min read

Courtesy of ARX Robotics

For a defence tech startup, securing a government or ministry of defence (MoD) contract to supply their products or services is the holy grail. But it’s not easy: founders say the process of actually winning those contracts is mired in bureaucracy, slow-moving procedures and less-innovative-minded decision makers.

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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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