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June 17, 2025

Defence unicorn Helsing raises €600m led by Daniel Ek’s Prima Materia

The raise comes as fellow drone makers Quantum Systems and Tekever recently became unicorns

Anne Sraders

2 min read

Munich-based defence startup Helsing has raised €600m in Series D funding led by Spotify cofounder Daniel Ek’s investment firm Prima Materia. The new raise values the startup at €12bn, reported by the Financial Times and confirmed by Sifted, making it among Europe’s most valuable startups and more than doubling its previous valuation.

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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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