European VC breaks taboo by investing in pure defense tech from Ukraines war zones | TechCrunch

Image for article European VC breaks taboo by investing in pure defense tech from Ukraines war zones | TechCrunch
News Source : TechCrunch

News Summary

  • Defense tech has gone from a no-go zone for VCs to a hot investment sector.
  • Estonian VC firm Darkstar breaks from this trend by investing in purely military applications.
  • It has already made two investments: in Ukrainian-Estonian startups Farsight Vision, and Deftak, which develops ammunition for drones.
  • Darkstar just completed a first close of €15 million (approximately $17.5 million) backed by European entrepreneurs, family offices, and Estonian state-backed LP SmartCap.
Defense tech has gone from a nogo zone for VCs to a hot investment sector. However, dual use meaning that the technology must also have civilian applications is still a requirement for most of them, [+7817 chars]

Must read Articles

News image for article European VC breaks taboo by investing in pure defense tech from Ukraines war zones | TechCrunch

Its something thats never been done Will the Big Dumper make the Derby his next big moment?

News Source : By Jeff Passan from ESPN

News image for article European VC breaks taboo by investing in pure defense tech from Ukraines war zones | TechCrunch

Sensex falls! But these stocks rallied over 15% on BSE in todays trade

News Source : By ETMarkets.com from The Times of India

News image for article European VC breaks taboo by investing in pure defense tech from Ukraines war zones | TechCrunch

Travis and Jason Kelce round off golf weekend with latenight trip to casino

News Source : By sam from Marca

News image for article European VC breaks taboo by investing in pure defense tech from Ukraines war zones | TechCrunch

Planning contract awarded for Perth Entertainment and Sporting Precinct in WA

News Source : By GlobalData from Worldconstructionnetwork.com

News image for article European VC breaks taboo by investing in pure defense tech from Ukraines war zones | TechCrunch

I Travel 100+ Days A Year. Heres What I Pack For Every Flight.

News Source : By James Barrett from HuffPost

News image for article European VC breaks taboo by investing in pure defense tech from Ukraines war zones | TechCrunch

Is tvOS 26 Beta 3 Worth It? New Features You Need To Know

News Source : By Roland Hutchinson from Geeky Gadgets

News image for article European VC breaks taboo by investing in pure defense tech from Ukraines war zones | TechCrunch

Podcast How Men Can Combat the Friendship Famine (Drew Hunter)

News Source : By Crossway from Crossway.org

News image for article European VC breaks taboo by investing in pure defense tech from Ukraines war zones | TechCrunch

Sexting With Gemini

News Source : By Lila Shroff from The Atlantic

News image for article European VC breaks taboo by investing in pure defense tech from Ukraines war zones | TechCrunch

This deal gets you a lifetime of documentaries, deep dives, and dino facts

News Source : By Stack Commerce from Popular Science

News image for article European VC breaks taboo by investing in pure defense tech from Ukraines war zones | TechCrunch

Sensex falls! But these stocks gained over 10% on BSE

News Source : By ETMarkets.com from The Times of India

News image for article European VC breaks taboo by investing in pure defense tech from Ukraines war zones | TechCrunch

Trumps whirlwind week ahead to include major announcement on Russia and more top headlines

News Source : By Fox News from Fox News

News image for article European VC breaks taboo by investing in pure defense tech from Ukraines war zones | TechCrunch

Data center firm proposes 615acre campus in northern Dane County

News Source : By Shun Graves from Madison.com

News image for article European VC breaks taboo by investing in pure defense tech from Ukraines war zones | TechCrunch

FanCode renews digital partnership with World Championship of Legends, tournament to feature AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle and Yuvraj Singh

News Source : By ET Online from The Times of India

News image for article European VC breaks taboo by investing in pure defense tech from Ukraines war zones | TechCrunch

Fifa hailing of Club World Cup a fiction says player union

News Source : By Dan Roan from BBC News

News image for article European VC breaks taboo by investing in pure defense tech from Ukraines war zones | TechCrunch

Oga Obinna discloses he pays employees over KSh 1m monthly Ive employed 34 people

News Source : By Brian Ajon from Breaking NEWS in KENYA for Today Right Now & Kenyan News | TUKO