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€49.8B
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1,840 startups found · Newest Most raised A–Z
Quantum Systems
Gilching, Germany

Electric VTOL drones and aerial intelligence software for public agencies

#Gov Tech Growth
€1,000,000,000Total raised
-Team member
Helsing
Munich, Germany

AI software and autonomous systems for air, land, sea and electromagnetic warfare

#Defence AI Series D+
€1,581,300,000Total raised
-Team member
Fractile
London, United Kingdom

Compute-in-memory AI inference chips for edge and defence workloads

#Defence AI Series B
€188,000,000Total raised
-Team member
Hadean
London, United Kingdom

Distributed computing for large-scale battlefield simulation and synthetic environments

#Defence Tech Seed
-Total raised
-Team member
Uforce
London, United Kingdom

Battlefield-proven unmanned systems for sea, air and land

#Autonomous Systems Seed
€42,400,000Total raised
-Team member
Vizgard
London, United Kingdom

Edge AI video autonomy software for security, counter-drone and surveillance

#Gov Tech Seed
€1,810,000Total raised
-Team member
Space Forge
Cardiff, United Kingdom

Returnable satellites manufacturing semiconductor materials in orbit

#Defence Tech Series A
€26,500,000Total raised
-Team member
Aquark Technologies
Southampton, United Kingdom

Cold-atom quantum sensors for GPS-free navigation and timing

#Defence Tech Seed
€5,000,000Total raised
-Team member
Occam
London, United Kingdom

GPS-independent autonomy software for unmanned systems on the front line

#Autonomous Systems Pre-seed
€3,000,000Total raised
-Team member
Mutable Tactics
Cambridge, United Kingdom

AI-driven autonomy software for defence operations

#Autonomous Systems Pre-seed
€1,800,000Total raised
-Team member
Online Oceans
London, United Kingdom

Autonomous surface vessel fleets for maritime security and monitoring

#Defence Tech Seed
€4,590,000Total raised
-Team member
SatVu
London, United Kingdom

Thermal-infrared satellite imaging for activity and infrastructure intelligence

#Defence Tech Series A
€34,600,000Total raised
-Team member
StirlingX
London, United Kingdom

Sovereign data intelligence platform for defence and national security users

#Defence AI Series A
€17,600,000Total raised
-Team member
Valarian
London, United Kingdom

Sovereign infrastructure and secure communications for high-consequence government operations

#Defence Tech Series A
€43,900,000Total raised
-Team member
Agon
London, United Kingdom

Virtual battlefield simulation to train and test counter-drone systems

#Defence Tech Seed
€26,400,000Total raised
-Team member
Rowden Technologies
Bristol, United Kingdom

Rapid development of mission-critical defence systems using commercial technology

#Defence Engineering Growth
€28,800,000Total raised
-Team member
Skyral
London, United Kingdom

AI-powered digital twins and simulation for defence decision-making

#Defence Tech Series A
€17,600,000Total raised
-Team member
Arondite
London, United Kingdom

AI software platform connecting autonomous defence systems from different manufacturers

#Autonomous Systems Seed
€10,500,000Total raised
-Team member
Kraken Technology Group
Portsmouth, United Kingdom

High-speed uncrewed surface vessels for navies and maritime security

#Defence Tech Series B
€153,700,000Total raised
-Team member
Cambridge Aerospace
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Low-cost interceptor missiles for air defence against drones and cruise threats

#Counter-UAS Series C
€261,200,000Total raised
-Team member
mirSense
Palaiseau, France

Quantum cascade lasers for infrared countermeasures and gas detection

#Defence Tech Series A
-Total raised
-Team member
Vizzia
Paris, France

AI video-surveillance analytics for public security and critical sites

#Defence Tech Series B
€16,000,000Total raised
-Team member
NEXSTUN
Mauguio, France

Non-lethal electric-impulse devices for security forces and defence

#Defence Tech Series A
€45,000,000Total raised
-Team member
Shark Robotics
La Rochelle, France

Unmanned ground vehicles for firefighting, CBRN and military operations

#Autonomous Systems Series A
€10,000,000Total raised
-Team member

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