# Defence tech

Spacetech EnduroSat eyes $200m Series C months after last round, sources say

The company last raised $104m in October from the likes of Google Ventures and Lux Capital

Earlybird raising €500m defence fund with French investor AVP, sources say

It would be a rare joint venture in the European VC ecosystem

Strike drones startup Stark targeting blockbuster new funding round, sources say

The startup recently won a contract with the German armed forces to supply its kamikaze drones

Inside EQT’s plan for the EU’s €5bn superfund: ‘We have over 100 companies in the pipeline’

The Swedish firm beat out British VC Atomico to run the EU’s new €5bn Scaleup Europe Fund

Dutch dronemaker Destinus in €200m funding talks, reports say

Fast-growing defence startup said to have courted investors in recent weeks

Missile startups are ‘the new wave’ in European defence

Europe’s need for increased missile capabilities is spurring a new set of startups, VCs say

Inside European defence tech: 70+ companies mapped

Drones, robots, satellites: all the companies aiming to boost European security

15 hardware startups to watch in 2026, according to VCs

From orbital transfer vehicles to chemical recycling, these are the hardware startups VCs are eyeing this year

Kelluu raises €15m to secure Europe’s skies with autonomous airships

A small fleet of the startup’s aircraft can monitor an area the size of Belgium from a single base

14 Ukrainian defence techs to watch

Investors from Ukraine’s tech sector share their picks

Swiss spacetech Pave Space raises $40m seed round as concerns around space sovereignty heat up

Visionaries Club and Creandum co-led the deal

Can Ukrainian tech revitalise European defence?

Europe must adopt fast-evolving drone warfare, says Frontline Robotics’ Mykyta Rozhkov

Exclusive: Air defence startup Egide raises €8m seed round

The Paris-based startup is building software and hardware to intercept drones and plans to expand to other threats

French-Italian VC 360 Capital raises €85m for deeptech fund backed by European defence prime

The new fund will back up to 25 startups and spinouts in areas like semiconductors, cybersecurity, robotics and the energy transition

15 defence startups to watch in 2026, according to VCs

From hypersonic missiles to micro ocean robots, a host of defence startups are catching VCs’ eyes

Iran war puts Europe’s air defence startups in the spotlight: ‘The gap is impossible to ignore’

A number of European startups like Tytan Technologies, Cambridge Aerospace and Frankenburg Technologies are aiming to build cheaper air defence systems

UVC Partners raises €77m first close of new growth fund in ‘move into multi-stage investing’

The VC is planning to launch more, and larger, funds in the future

Middle East investors will remain ‘important’ source of capital, says top European LP

Iran war underscores the ‘urgency’ for Europe to build its defence capabilities, VCs say

“Iran, Israel and the US are using military technology that are still R&D-ing Series A startups in Europe,” says one VC

‘We can’t build it all ourselves’: Saab opens up to defence tech startups

Saab’s CTO on peace-time defence tech, increased budgets and its startup strategy to fill the prime’s capability gaps

Inside the Nordic defence tech spending spree: Record startup funding meets big prime partnerships

Four years into the Ukraine war, Nordic defence forces and primes are increasingly collaborating with startups

NATO tech accelerator's search for new chief drags on, sparking complaints

The accelerator has had three different managing directors in the last year

Air defence startups Frankenburg and Tytan raise €30m each from Plural, NATO Innovation Fund

Anti-drone startups announce funding rounds on fourth anniversary of Russian invasion of Ukraine

Quantum Systems founder sold stake in ARX Robotics prior to launch of similar product

The incident reveals a tangled web of investors and rivals in the new defence tech ecosystem