1、Defence,Security and Resilience in Europe The state of startups and venture capital February 2025Page/2 Direct investmentsGlobal startup&venture capital intelligence platform.Dealroom.co is a global intelligence platform for discovering and tracking the most promising companies,technologies and ecos

2、ystems.Clients include many of the worlds foremost organizations such as Sequoia,Accel,Index Ventures,NATO Innovation Fund,NATO Diana,European Defence Fund,ESA,McKinsey,BCG,Deloitte,Google,AWS,Microsoft,Stripe.Dealroom partners closely with local tech ecosystem development agencies and enablers,to c

3、reate a comprehensive multi-dimensional blueprint of the tech ecosystem,including capital,talent,innovation,entrepreneurship and overall economic dynamism.Leading$1B+fund investing in Deep Tech for Defence,Security,Resilience.A standalone venture capital fund backed by 24 NATO allies deploying 1+bil

4、lion in deep tech.The NATO Innovation Fund empowers founders to address challenges in Defence,Security,and Resilience,and secure the future of the Alliances citizens.It focuses both on direct investments in startups and fund investments.Key focus areasThe NATO Innovation Fund invests in emerging dis

5、ruptive technology areas including artificial intelligence(AI),autonomy,quantum,biotechnology,hypersonic systems,space,novel materials and manufacturing,energy and propulsion,and next-generation communications.Funds supportedPage/3 Key TakeawaysSource:Dealroom.co.Defence drove most of the growth in

6、the sector,but growth also in segments of security and resilience.Most of the growth has come from startups focusing on addressing challenges in Defence,such as Awareness,Understanding and Decision Making.VC funding in this sub-area reached a record$1B in 2024,up 5x since 2020 and nearly 2x from las