Kraken becomes the UK’s newest defence tech unicorn with a fresh $175M raise
Kraken has been one of the more visible UK defence tech startups to make waves around the world with its distinctive uncrewed surface vessels, and now the company is capitalising on that activity with a large fundraise. Today Kraken confirmed that it has raised $175 million, a Series B values...
Project Q unveils open source defence integration platform HYDRIS
European defence technology company Project Q has launched HYDRIS, an open source integration and orchestration platform designed to connect sensors,...
Read moreDetailsKraken becomes the UK’s newest defence tech unicorn with a fresh $175M raise
Kraken has been one of the more visible UK defence tech startups to make waves around the world with its...
Read moreDetailsDanish-Ukrainian defence tech axis deepens as MITS Capital invests in Dropla Tech
MITS Capital, the Kyiv-based defence tech VC, has made an investment in Dropla Tech. The Danish-Ukrainian startup develops edge-AI explosive...
Read moreDetailsUkraine 2025 defence tech investment topped $57.2M, but the ‘funded market’ is $6.8B says PitchBook
Ukraine's defense tech sector has proven its products on the battlefield. But the question for investors is whether any of...
Read moreDetailsQuantum Systems Co-CEO Sven Kruck to Speak at Resilience Conference London
We are pleased to announce that Sven Kruck, Co-CEO of Quantum Systems, will join this year's speaker lineup. As one...
Read moreDetailsIQM becomes first European quantum computing company to list on NASDAQ
Finland's IQM Quantum Computers, a manufacturer of quantum computers, went public on the NASDAQ on July 2 under the stock...
Read moreDetailsProxima Fusion raises €411m to accelerate Europe’s fusion power ambitions
Europe's bid to commercialise fusion energy received a major boost on Tuesday after German startup Proxima Fusion announced a €411...
Read moreDetailsExpeditions closes its latest fund at €197M, smashing through its original target
The war in Ukraine has put a spotlight on innovation in defence, not just how it can be used to...
Read moreDetailsTrinity Robotics raises more than €500,000 to expand production of autonomous combat vehicles
In Ukrainian, Konyk means “horse," and that's exactly what Kyiv-based Trinity Robotics has built: an autonomous pack vehicle to support...
Read moreDetailsNordic Air Defence demonstrates a super-fast, super-light drone designed to destroy other drones
Swedish aerospace startup Nordic Air Defence has publicly demonstrated its K100XR counter-drone interceptor for the first time, showing the system...
Read moreDetailsHow Touchwaves moved from academia into the cockpit
Touchwaves, a Dutch company building wearable haptic systems for aerospace and defence, has been selected by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems...
Read moreDetailsSoftware before drones: Dutch defence ministry bets on interoperability
Most militaries buy hardware first and work out how to make it talk to everything else afterwards. The Dutch Ministry...
Read moreDetailsLeading Defence Investors Join Resilience Conference London
Capital is as critical to the future of defence as technology. Resilience Conference London is pleased to welcome three leading...
Read moreDetailsSix Robotics raises €12M to help individual drones work as a team
Coordinating a swarm of drones to operate as a single force is one of the harder problems in modern unmanned...
Read moreDetailsUkraine opens controlled exports for domestic defense tech
The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers has officially approved the "first transparent mechanism for exporting domestically produced defense technologies." The plan,...
Read moreDetailsQuantum Systems valued at $8bn after landmark $1.2bn funding round
German defence technology company Quantum Systems has raised $1.2 billion (£880 million) to accelerate its ambition of becoming one of...
Read moreDetailsThe UK DIP Shows why the tech sector matters
The long-awaited UK Defence Investment Plan (DIP) was announced yesterday morning at a drone manufacturing centre in Swindon. Keir Starmer's...
Read moreDetailsJLR hack attribution turns spotlight on Britain’s offensive cyber capability
The UK has quietly mounted offensive cyber operations against Russia, according to former British and American intelligence officials cited by...
Read moreDetailsBuilding Network Resilience in Defence
Social Network Theory describes the sort of network structures that support innovation. The tech sector does this naturally but other...
Read moreDetailsIsrael says Iranian cyberattacks triple as hacking groups unite
Iranian cyberattacks against Israel have tripled since last year, according to the country's cyber chief, who says Tehran has turned...
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