DefenseTech
Ground A Raises €9.1M to Make Counter-Drone Defense Cheaper Than the Threat
A low-cost FPV drone can create a defence problem worth many times its own price. That imbalance has become one of the defining challenges in modern counter-drone defense. Drones are getting cheaper, more autonomous and easier to deploy at scale, while many interception systems still rely on expensive ammunition or infrastructure. Ground A was founded […]
Biggest Tech Funding Rounds This Week: AI, Defense and DeepTech
From billion-dollar defense rounds to AI infrastructure, healthcare, robotics and fintech, capital moved across the technology stack this week. 🤖 AI & AI Infrastructure Neuromorphic Labs raises $5.1M for verifiable trust infrastructure across production AI systems. OpenRouter joins Stripe, combining AI model routing with global payments infrastructure. Wispr raises $280M to turn voice into a […]
Oshen Raises €4.27M to Scale Autonomous Ocean Robot Swarms
Oshen is building for one of the planet’s largest blind spots. Oceans cover most of Earth, yet vast areas are still observed only intermittently because ships, buoys, satellites, and crewed missions cannot provide persistent coverage everywhere. The Plymouth-based company is trying to change that with fleets of small autonomous robots that can stay at sea […]
Castelion Raises $1B to Scale Low-Cost Hypersonic Production
Castelion started with an unusually ambitious premise: advanced defense hardware should move from design to production with the speed associated with modern technology companies. Less than four years later, the California company has pushed Blackbeard from a clean-sheet concept toward military production, built its own manufacturing infrastructure, and secured more than $500 million in U.S. […]
Cambridge Aerospace Raises $300M at $3.4B Valuation
Low-cost attack drones have exposed an expensive problem for air defense: governments need enough interception capacity to respond at scale without relying only on significantly more expensive weapons. UK-based Cambridge Aerospace has raised $300 million in Series C funding at a $3.4 billion valuation, led by DFJ Growth. Lux, Accel, Lakestar, Never Lift, Ora Global […]