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Defence Tech
MIT dropout’s Mach Industries doubles valuation to $3.7B in three months with fresh $600M round
Mach Industries has made its own funding round look cheap. Three months after Ethan Thornton, the 22-year-old founder…
Ground A raises €9.1M pre-seed from Vsquared and Quantum Systems to scale laser drone defence
The German startup Ground A, which specialises in laser-based defence technology, has raised €9.1 million euros in pre-seed…
INLEAP Photonics raises €20M in funding as UVC Partners backs its eye-safe anti-drone lasers
INLEAP Photonics, a German startup that produces lasers capable of stopping drones without putting anybody in danger, raised…
Two MIT engineers who quit Boeing just raised $240M for their flying boat startup
REGENT Craft has raised $ 240 million in its Series B round, with the funds split equally between…
Mara raises $7M from Khosla Ventures and a16z to build a cheaper defence against FPV drone swarms
Mara, a US-based defence tech startup, has raised a $7 million pre-seed round, led by Khosla Ventures, with…
The Transatlantic Brief: European VC intelligence for American investors
What you need to know about European startup funding, written for the US investor who doesn't have time…
Former SpaceX engineers’ Castelion raises $1B at $13B valuation to mass-produce hypersonic weapons
Castelion, a Torrance, California-based company, has closed a $1 billion Series C, split between $800 million in equity…
Gen Z-founded Terra Industries extends seed round to $52M, opens London office
Terra Industries has added $18 million to its seed round, pushing the total raised at the seed stage…
7 European defence tech startups to watch, according to top VCs
Europe's defence funding is increasingly concentrated in late-stage rounds: late-stage investment tripled to $4.7 billion in 2025, making…
