Analysis

September 11, 2024

Europe's defence tech talent crunch looks set to worsen

It's hard for European defence tech startups to find top talent — and it's not going to get any easier anytime soon, say VCs and recruiters

Anne Sraders

6 min read

Hiring the right people is always a challenge for startups — particularly in areas like artificial intelligence and deeptech, where there’s widely considered to be a shortage of qualified talent in Europe. But add to that the complexity of needing to hire someone with experience working with government or in legally complex fields — as many defence tech startups require — and it can be particularly thorny.

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Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the venture capital industry and deeptech startups, including robotics, spacetech and defence tech. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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