| Across 9 disclosed deals, HyImpulse Technologies led with €50M+. 7 companies are new to the map, alongside 8 investors — for the founders raising and the investors deploying. |
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This fortnight · 23 Aug – 6 Sept €83m are flowing into European defense-tech |
Across 9 disclosed deals, HyImpulse Technologies led with €50M+. 7 companies are new to the map, alongside 8 investors — for the founders raising and the investors deploying. |
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Deal of the fortnight |
HyImpulse Technologies — €50M+ HyImpulse Technologies, a German rocket manufacturer, closed a Series A Extension round exceeding €50 million led by JOIN Capital and Ace Capital Partners, with participation from North Ventures, BW-Capital, and Bayern Kapital. |
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Rounds, funds & grants |
Germany |
HyImpulse Technologies raises €50M+ to advance European sovereign spaceflight HyImpulse Technologies, a German rocket manufacturer, closed a Series A Extension round exceeding €50 million led by JOIN Capital and Ace Capital Partners, with participation from North Ventures, BW-Capital, and Bayern Kapital. Investors JOIN Capital · Ace Capital Partners · North Ventures · BW-Capital · Bayern Kapital |
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Inleap Photonics closes seed round for laser-based drone defense Inleap Photonics, a German deep-tech company, completed a seed round led by UVC Partners, bringing total funding to approximately €20 million for its laser-based counter-drone technology. Additional investors include HTGF, Balnord, Sentris, and Scale Capital. Investors UVC Partners · High-Tech Gründerfonds · Balnord · Sentris · Scale Capital |
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Skylance secures seed funding for drone defense system development Skylance, a German defense-tech company, raised over €1 million in a financing round led by NRW.BANK through its NRW.SeedCap program, alongside an entrepreneur and investor consortium, to develop DroneHammer, a compact hard-kill counter-drone system. Investors NRW.BANK |
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Nordics |
Redstone launches €10 million fund for deep tech, defense and energy in Finland Redstone has established a €10 million fund targeting deep technology, defense, and energy transition sectors in Finland. |
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Poland |
Polish defence technology company completes capital raise for counter-drone system development Defence.Hub, a Polish defense-tech company, raised PLN 8.01 million (approximately €1.9 million) through a share issue to fund development of its MACS counter-drone system. |
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Ukraine |
Ukrainian-American Auron Solutions raises round for AI counter-drone RF software Auron Solutions, a Ukrainian-American defense-tech startup building AI-native RF software that detects, classifies and selectively mitigates hostile drones while preserving friendly communications, raised a funding round led by Pravo Ventures, with Chevron Technology Ventures participating. Investors Pravo Ventures · Chevron Technology Ventures |
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Acquisitions |
STARK acquires Berlin electronic-warfare specialist Raydiant RF German defense company STARK acquired Raydiant RF, a Berlin-based electronic-warfare specialist working on antenna design, analogue electronics and software-defined radios that let systems keep operating in a contested frequency spectrum — strengthening the resilience of STARK's autonomous systems. The deal value was not disclosed. |
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Kongsberg completes acquisition of underwater acoustics firm Sonatech Norwegian defense company Kongsberg has finalized its acquisition of Sonatech, a specialist in underwater acoustics technology, to support its maritime capabilities expansion. |
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Tekever acquires Edinburgh propulsion firm Flowcopter to extend UAS payload and range European autonomous-systems provider Tekever acquired Flowcopter, an Edinburgh-based aerospace engineering company whose hydraulic-transmission propulsion lets unmanned aircraft carry at least 200kg over 500km. The two had already collaborated on Tekever's AR6 family, and the deal deepens Tekever's UK footprint under its £400M OVERMATCH sovereign-autonomy programme spanning logistics, rescue and military missions. The deal value was not disclosed. |
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New on the map |
Companies Raydiant RFSkylanceHyImpulse TechnologiesSonatechFlowcopterDefence.HubAuron SolutionsInvestors NRW.BANKAce Capital PartnersBW-CapitalUVC PartnersSentrisRedstonePravo VenturesChevron Technology Ventures |
Capabilities this fortnight |
Space drew the most capital this fortnight, ahead of Air & missile defense / C-UAS and AI & data. |
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| Air & missile defense / C-UAS — €23m · 4 deals | |
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| AI & data — €10m · 1 deal | |
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| Electronic warfare & secure comms — — · 1 deal | |
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| Maritime & land systems — — · 1 deal | |
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| Autonomy & uncrewed systems — — · 1 deal | |
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Defense Valley take |
€83m across nine deals — a quiet fortnight on paper. But look at what the money actually bought: counter-drone, in every flavour. Lasers (Inleap), RF and electronic warfare (Auron — and STARK buying Raydiant RF outright), acoustic and hard-kill interception (Skylance, Defence.Hub). Five of the nine point at the same problem: stopping cheap drones cheaply. That is not a coincidence — it is Europe finally paying for the layer it ignored while everyone chased shiny autonomous platforms. The one big cheque went to sovereign launch (HyImpulse, €50M+). Small numbers, sharp signal: if you are building counter-UAS, this is your moment — the primes have started acquiring, not just piloting. — Lorenz, Defense Valley |
Who's hiring |
121 open roles at 32 companies on the map — the startups that just raised are staffing up. |
• Buntar Aerospace — Embedded Engineer · Kyiv role ↗• Frontline — QA Engineer · Kyiv role ↗• Teletactica — IT Support Engineer (Internal Infrastructure & Helpdesk) · Kyiv role ↗• HIMERA — Head of Customer Excellence (Київ) · Kyiv role ↗• The Fourth Law — Security Officer · Івано-Франківськ, UA role ↗• Uforce — Staff AI Engineer · HQ - London role ↗See all 121 roles → |
Where to be |
• Latvian Dual-Use Export Forum 2026 — 6 Sept, Rēzekne details ↗• MSPO — International Defence Industry Exhibition — 8 Sept, Kielce details ↗• DVD 2026 — 16 Sept, Millbrook details ↗• Innovationstreiber KI und Unbemannte Systeme — 21 Sept, Dobbin-Linstow details ↗ |
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