European defence tech has long been starved of homegrown capital — since 2019, the US captured roughly 85% of NATO…
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Rare-Earth-Free Magnets Could Break China’s 94% Market Stranglehold as Deeptech Startup Raises €8M to Rewrite 40-Year-Old Science
Munich and Coimbra-based deeptech startup alqem has secured €8 million in pre-seed funding, co-led by UVC Partners and Union Square…
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Former Special Forces Officer Builds 90-Person Drone Swarm Startup Before Taking a Single Institutional Dollar
Oslo-based Six Robotics, founded in 2023 by former Norwegian Special Forces officer Christian Fredrik Eggesbø, has raised €12 million in…
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UK Pours £2.2 Billion Into Defence Tech as Global Military Funding Shatters Records Five Months Into 2026
The UK Ministry of Defence has announced £580 million over four years for Dstl's Porton Down research site, including a…
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Stark Raised €500 Million After Its Drones Missed Every Target in Military Trials
Berlin-based autonomous drone startup Stark raised €500 million from Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, and the NATO Innovation Fund, valuing the…
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Rapido Hits $3 Billion Valuation After Beating Uber and Ola by Ignoring the Markets They Left Behind
Indian ride-hailing startup Rapido has raised $240 million in a funding round led by Dutch investor Prosus, valuing the Bengaluru-based…
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UK Startup Raises $18.5M to Launch Satellites Into an Altitude the Industry Avoided for 60 Years
UK startup NewOrbit has raised an oversubscribed $18.5 million Series A, led by Voyager Ventures, bringing total funding to $27.8…
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Britain Bets £2 Billion on Quantum Supremacy as Oxford Startup Raises Europe’s Largest Ever Private Quantum Round
Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC), founded in 2017 by Dr Peter Leek as a University of Oxford spinout, has closed a…
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Finland Bets €28.3 Million on ICEYE as the Satellite Maker Eyes a €5 Billion Valuation and One Rocket Launch Per Week
Finland's Business Finland has awarded ICEYE a €28.3 million R&D continuation grant to advance next-generation synthetic aperture radar technology and…
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