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European defence money went late-stage: $4.7B of a record $8.7B in 2025
Late-stage rounds tripled to $4.7 billion last year, more than half of all European defence funding. The fastest-growing early slice, counter-UAS and air defence, went from $5.1 million to nearly $250 million.
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