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Hypersonica raises €100M from Lightspeed and General Catalyst to build Europe’s hypersonic missiles
Hypersonica, a German-British defence startup based near Munich with a London office, closed a €100 million Series B.…
November 2, 2026
Gallium Defense lands €7.1M to build ‘Dacia of radar’
Gallium Defense emerged from stealth with a €7.1 million seed round led by Keen Venture Partners and 360…
November 2, 2026
Tekever nearly quintuples valuation to $6.4B with $580M round, fresh off £400M UK drone deal
TEKEVER, the Lisbon-based defence tech company, has now completed the first stage of a $580 million Series D…
September 23, 2026
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…
September 8, 2026
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…
August 27, 2026
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…
August 26, 2026
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…
August 25, 2026
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…
August 21, 2026
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…
August 17, 2026