Funding
- Raised
- $15.5B
- 2024–2026 · all rounds
- Rounds
- 133
- 117 with an amount
- Venture
- $13B
- 101 rounds · all rounds
133 rounds
Adjacent lines on charts
Money by segment
Venture rounds of the selection: Defense and security $13B · Drones $8.1B · Marine $5.4B
1–50 of 133 rounds
| Company | Amount | Date | Stage | Class | Segment | Investors | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shield AIUnited States | $2B | 26 Mar 2026 | Series D+ | Venture | Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Advent International, JPMorgan Chase +1 | |
| HelsingGermany | $1.8B | 13 Jul 2026 | Series D+ | Venture | Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Plural, Lightspeed Venture Partners +8 | |
| Saronic TechnologiesUnited States | $1.8B | 31 Mar 2026 | Series D | Venture | Marine, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Kleiner Perkins | |
| Quantum SystemsGermany | $1.2B | 2 Jul 2026 | Series D+ | Venture | Marine, Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Advent International, Airbus Defence & Space +8 | |
| HelsingGermany | $693M | 17 Jun 2025 | Series D+ | Venture | Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Prima Materia, Daniel Ek | |
| Mach IndustriesUnited States | $600M | Sep 2026 | Other | Other | Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | — | |
| Saronic TechnologiesUnited States | $600M | 18 Feb 2025 | Series C | Venture | Marine, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Elad Gil | |
| Shield AIUnited States | $592M | 1 May 2026 | Other | Other | Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | — | |
| STARKGermany | $570M | 23 Jun 2026 | Undisclosed series | Venture | Marine, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Founders Fund, Sequoia Capital +6 | |
| HelsingGermany | $487M | 11 Jul 2024 | Series C | Venture | Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | General Catalyst, Accel +5 | |
| Mach IndustriesUnited States | $300M | Jun 2026 | Series C | Venture | Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Infinite Capital, Ribbit Capital | |
| Shield AIUnited States | $281M | 8 Jan 2024 | Other | Other | Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | — | |
| HadrianUnited States | $260M | 17 Jul 2025 | Series C | Venture | Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | — | |
| Neros TechnologiesUnited States | $250M | 14 Aug 2026 | Series C | Venture | Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Sequoia Capital, American Strategic Technology Fund (ASTF) | |
| Shield AIUnited States | $250M | 26 Mar 2026 | Debt | Debt | Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Blackstone | |
| Shield AIUnited States | $240M | 10 Mar 2025 | Series D+ | Venture | Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Hanwha Aerospace, L3Harris Technologies | |
| Quantum SystemsGermany | $209M | 27 Nov 2025 | Series C | Venture | Marine, Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Balderton Capital | |
| Allen Control SystemsUnited States | $200M | 5 Jun 2026 | Series B | Venture | Service robots, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Smash Capital | |
| ForterraUnited States | $188M | 12 Nov 2025 | Series C | Venture | Mobile robots (AMR/AGV), Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Moore Strategic Ventures | |
| Quantum SystemsGermany | $181M | 6 May 2025 | Series C | Venture | Marine, Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Balderton Capital, Airbus Ventures +11 | |
| Quantum SystemsGermany | $178M | 12 Feb 2026 | Debt | Debt | Marine, Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | European Investment Bank, KfW +2 | |
| Saronic TechnologiesUnited States | $175M | 19 Jul 2024 | Series B | Venture | Marine, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Andreessen Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) | |
| Kraken Technology Group | $175M | 9 Jul 2026 | Series B | Venture | Marine, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | DTCP, Hico Ventures +6 | |
| Saronic TechnologiesUnited States | $150M | 1 Apr 2025 | Debt | Debt | Marine, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Hercules Capital | |
| NestAI | $115M | 20 Nov 2025 | Undisclosed series | Venture | Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Nokia, Tesi | |
| HavocAIUnited States | $100M | 12 May 2026 | Series A | Venture | Construction, Marine, Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Boardman Bay Capital Management, Cobalt Capital | |
| Scout AIUnited States | $100M | 29 Apr 2026 | Series A | Venture | Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Align Ventures, Draper Associates | |
| Overland AIUnited States | $100M | 4 Feb 2026 | Other | Other | Mobile robots (AMR/AGV), Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | 8VC | |
| Mach IndustriesUnited States | $100M | Jun 2025 | Series B | Venture | Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Khosla Ventures, Bedrock | |
| ForterraUnited States | $93.3M | 2 Apr 2025 | Other | Other | Mobile robots (AMR/AGV), Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | — | |
| Shield AIUnited States | $90M | 26 Jun 2026 | Series D+ | Venture | Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | — | |
| HavocAIUnited States | $85M | 9 Oct 2025 | Series A | Venture | Construction, Marine, Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | B Capital, IQT | |
| Neros TechnologiesUnited States | $75M | Nov 2025 | Series B | Venture | Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Sequoia Capital | |
| ForterraUnited States | $75M | 10 Sep 2024 | Series B | Venture | Mobile robots (AMR/AGV), Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Hedosophia, Moore Strategic Ventures +1 | |
| STARKGermany | $62M | 21 Aug 2025 | Undisclosed series | Venture | Marine, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Sequoia Capital | |
| Vatn SystemsUnited States | $60M | Dec 2025 | Series A | Venture | Marine, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | BVVC | |
| Milrem RoboticsEstonia | ≈$55M | 2 Jul 2025 | Other | Other | Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | European Defence Fund | |
| Terra IndustriesNigeria | $52M | 18 Sep 2026 | Seed | Venture | Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | — | |
| UFORCEUnited Kingdom | $50M | 5 Mar 2026 | Seed | Venture | Marine, Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Lakestar, Shield Capital | |
| ForterraUnited States | $50M | 12 Nov 2025 | Debt | Debt | Mobile robots (AMR/AGV), Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Crescent Cove Advisors | |
| Blue Water AutonomyUnited States | $50M | 26 Aug 2025 | Series A | Venture | Marine, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Google Ventures, GV | |
| Kraken Technology Group | $49M | 21 Nov 2025 | Grant | Grant | Marine, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | United States Special Operations Command | |
| ARX RoboticsGermany | $47.1M | 5 Oct 2026 | Series A | Venture | Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | — | |
| Quantum SystemsGermany | $40.7M | 24 Sep 2024 | Series B | Venture | Marine, Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Notion Capital, Porsche SE | |
| Bluewhite (Acquired by Elbit)Israel | $39M | 23 Jan 2024 | Series C | Venture | Mobile robots (AMR/AGV), Construction, Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Insight Partners | |
| ARX RoboticsGermany | $35.4M | 28 Apr 2025 | Series A | Venture | Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | HV Capital, Omnes Capital +2 | |
| Neros TechnologiesUnited States | $35M | Mar 2025 | Series A | Venture | Drones, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Vy Capital US | |
| Overland AIUnited States | $32M | 22 Jan 2025 | Series A | Venture | Mobile robots (AMR/AGV), Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | 8VC | |
| DarkhiveUnited States | $30M | 7 May 2026 | Series B | Venture | Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | RTX Ventures | |
| Allen Control SystemsUnited States | $30M | 27 Mar 2025 | Series A | Venture | Service robots, Defense and securityOutside the boundary: Defense and security | Craft Ventures |