Airbus Defence and Space becomes anchor LP in Earlybird and AVP's €500M E2D fund
Airbus Defence and Space joins Earlybird and AVP’s €500M E2D fund as anchor LP, while Alta Ares becomes the fund’s first investment in defence technology.
Resist.UA launches €50M fund to scale Ukraine’s battlefield-proven defence technologies
Resist.UA launches Resist 2.0 to connect global capital with Ukraine’s defence tech sector and scale battlefield-tested innovations.
Startups of the month — July 2026
Meet Azta, Everbot, Haip, Shen.AI, Obstruo.ai, Prosoma, Veridical.dev, Pandatron, Luna Robotics, and Vidar Systems in the latest series of Startups of the month.
Primo Capital launches €120M fund to back European spacetech
The new fund was supported by Italian and European institutional investors, including the European Investment Fund (EIF).
Expeditions closes €197M Fund II to back Europe's defence tech startups
Since the first close in October 2025, Expeditions has nearly doubled the fund's size, exceeding its original fundraising target.
Orbit Capital raises €107M for its growth debt fund. PFR Ventures joins as LP
PFR Ventures, Poland's state-backed fund of funds, committed €10 million, making its first venture debt investment.
Nucleo Ventures launches a €34M fund to back startups across CEE
The fund plans to invest in around 46 companies over the next four years, focusing on startups from Romania and the wider CEE region.
Tapestry VC closes $80M fund to back Europe's repeat founders
Tapestry VC aims to make around a dozen investments annually across software, AI, cybersecurity, fintech, autonomy, and deeptech startups.
VC funds raised in Q2 2026 to invest in Europe
Q2 was intense in terms of AI and defence VC fundraising across Europe. We mapped all the funds announced during the second quarter.