June 29, 2025June 29, 2025 2 min reading Ecosystem, Investments Ukrainian dual-use companies to receive up to €500,000 under new EU program Ukrainian companies do not have access to direct grants from the European Defense Fund, except in some areas
June 18, 2025June 26, 2025 9 min reading Insights Defence tech in Central and Eastern Europe: The Recursive research supported by Defender Media Key findings from the study, along with an overview of the Ukrainian defence tech ecosystem
May 27, 2025May 27, 2025 2 min reading Investments, State Sweden to finance development and production of Ukrainian deep strike weapons More than 50% of deep strike drones are already being developed and produced domestically in Ukraine
May 21, 2025September 4, 2025 2 min reading Innovation, Investments Darkstar invests €600,000 in Ukrainian startup Deftak, which develops innovative drone munitions Deftak’s technologies can turn even reconnaissance UAVs into carriers of precision-guided weapons
May 15, 2025November 21, 2025 2 min reading Investments, Startups Ukrainian defence tech startups HIMERA and Zvook to receive grants of up to $100,000 from Google Among the 30 projects receiving funding from the Google for Startups Ukraine Support Fund are three defence tech startups
May 6, 2025September 3, 2025 8 min reading Ecosystem, Investments D3 comes out of the shadows: inside the fund’s 16-startup portfolio At least half of the portfolio consists of Ukrainian companies that have received a total of $1.5 million in funding from D3
April 29, 2025November 18, 2025 8 min reading Insights Ukrainian defence tech innovators tap into western dual-use markets Key takeaways from the Dual-Use Invest Demo Day in Kyiv
April 20, 2025September 2, 2025 2 min reading Ecosystem, Investments Defence Industry Data: Ukrainian defence tech sees investment boom, but there’s a catch The market lacks structured mechanisms to support startup scaling
