Dealroom and NATO Innovation Fund: European defense, security, and resilience startup funding rose 55% YoY to a record $8.7B in 2025, with AI accounting for 44%
Dealroom and NATO Innovation Fund: European defense, security, and resilience startup funding rose 55% YoY to a record $8.7B in 2025, with AI accounting for 44%
Ahead of the big Munich Security Conference later this week, the analysts at Dealroom teamed up with the NATO Innovation Fund …
Dealroom: 76 European deep tech and life sciences companies spun out from universities reached $1B valuations or $100M in revenue in 2025, or both
Anna Heim / TechCrunch :
Dealroom: 230+ European defense tech startups have launched since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, driven by interest in drones, as investors foresee a shake-out
Sylvia Pfeifer / Financial Times :
Dealroom: European VC deals are set to rise 3-4% YoY in 2025 to $57B, about the same as in 2023, driven by rising startup valuations in AI, fintech, and defense
Interest in AI and defence tech start-ups has boosted investor activity after a prolonged slowdown
Dealroom: UK-based startups raised £16.2B in 2024, the lowest amount since 2020, as several consider moving their headquarters to the US in search of capital
Financial Times :
NATO Innovation Fund and Dealroom: investments in EU defense tech and related startups rose 24% in 2024 to $5.2B, outpacing AI VC growth over the past two years
Financial Times :
Dealroom: US VCs provided 65% of VC money for European defense startups in 2024, up from 18% in 2023, for $458M total YTD, or 3x+ more than in any prior year
Sylvia Pfeifer / Financial Times : X: @elenlazarou and @pluralplatform X: Elena Lazarou / @elenlazarou : “The US provided more than 65 per cent of venture capital defence tech investment in Europe so...
Accel and Dealroom: out of 221 generative AI startups in Europe and Israel, 27% were created in London, 13% in Tel Aviv, 12% in Berlin, and 10% in Paris
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Dealroom analysis of European startups: as of May 2024, the UK had 785 startups with at least $25M of annual revenue, France had 309, and Germany had 255
Parmy Olson / Bloomberg : X: @pauljdavies X: Paul Davies / @pauljdavies : Forget the Unicorns and Decacorns (FFS!) - investors should be all about the colts and thoroughbreds in the race for the next...