Stendr secures $5.4M pre-seed to develop AI-driven defence systems

Stendr, a Norwegian defence technology company,has raised $5.4 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round to advanceits AI-native platform. The round was co-led by RainFall, ACME, and SkyFall…

Cooling becomes strategic: Calyos brings passive thermal tech to Europe’s defence stack

Europe’s push for technological sovereignty is reshaping even the most overlooked parts of the stack—including how systems are cooled. Data centres and compute platforms are essential infrastructure …

Europe ramps up autonomous warfare capabilities with German–Ukrainian drone production pact

Today Germany signed a cooperation agreement with Ukraine to enable the Auterion Airlogix Joint Venture GmbH to execute its first production contract for thousands of mid-range, heavy AI-guided autono…

STV Group and Post-Quantum unveil quantum-safe drones ready for battlefield deployment

Czech defencetech STV Group and UK cybersecurity company Post-Quantum today announced the successful testing of the world’s first quantum-safe drones for active deployment across allied theatres. As a…

EGIDE raises €8M Seed to build affordable interceptor systems for modern warfare

French defencetech EGIDE has raised an €8 million seed round. The round was co-led by Expeditions, Eurazeo, and Heartcore Capital, with participation from Galion.exe and Kima Ventures. Founded in 20…

Alpine Eagle scales Sentinel production with new Munich facility and European expansion

Today, counter-drone defence technology company Alpine Eagle announced it is scaling production of its Sentinel system. Alpine Eagle develops counter-drone (counter-UAS) systems designed to detect, tr…

Ukraine launches world-first programme giving startups access to real war data for AI training

Ukraine is opening partner access to train AI models using real battlefield data — the first initiative of its kind in the world. According to Mykhailo Fedorov, the Minister of Defence of Ukraine, th…

Ukrainian-Estonian Defencetech Black Forest Systems raises $400K to scale infantry drone platform

Kyiv-based company Black Forest Systems has received $400,000 in investment from Front Ventures and Hede Capital Partners AB. Founded in 2024, Black Forest Systems develops vertically integrated unm…

Mirai Robotics raises $4.2M Pre-Seed to build autonomous dual defence maritime systems
Mirai Robotics raises $4.2M Pre-Seed to build autonomous dual defence maritime systems

Mirai Robotics has raised $4.2 million Pre-Seed, one of the largest in Italy in the robotics and deep-tech sector, to build autonomous and intelligent maritime systems to master every sea. Primo Ventu…

EIF makes largest defence investment yet with €50M backing for Join Capital

The European Investment Fund (EIF), part of the EIB Group, today announced a €50 million commitment to Join Capital’s third fund as Europe moves from defence spending announcements to rebuilding indus…