A European defense-tech decade, now a category in its own right.
We back founders building the sensors, autonomy, situation pictures, secure comms and dual-use software that European forces, NATO operators and critical-infrastructure bodies will procure this decade.
Three focal points in this sector.
Sensors & autonomy
UAV, counter-UAV and maritime autonomy platforms — built on European compute and European ground stations.
Situation pictures & OSINT
Operational views fusing sensor data, satellite imagery and open-source intelligence for defense and critical-infrastructure operators.
Dual-use software
Cyber, secure comms and AI-infrastructure plays that serve defense, critical-infrastructure and commercial buyers from the same stack.
Defence-tech and sovereign-security signal.
Latest from NATO, European Defence Fund, defense-tech funding and dual-use deployments.
Opening NATO’s Investor Network to Indo-Pacific Partners Can Crowd Out Risky Capital – NAOC - NATO Association
Latvian companies to get 4 million euros for European Defence Fund projects / Article - LSM
Europe’s Defense Tech Boom: Investment, Gaps - The Recursive
Watch European Defense Tech on Autonomous Systems - Bloomberg.com
How a Defense Tech Firm Could Make Fixed-Wing Drones Jam-Proof - Streetwise Reports
Canada’s EU Defence Procurement Access Could Create New Opportunities for Local Industry - kalkine.ca
Building something European worth backing?
Founders Capital backs founders operating in the European public interest — sovereign AI, defense, health, energy. Pre-seed to Series A. Tell us what you're building.