Analysis

September 21, 2022

Hoping to build an army of Hulks? Nato’s new €1bn venture fund may be interested

Autonomous vehicles, quantum technology and biological enhancements are some of the technologies of interest


David van Weel

Defence used to be a dirty word for European tech investors. But China’s crackdown in Hong Kong and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have transformed the debate.

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