Earlybird and AVP have launched E2D, a new growth fund focused on defence and dual-use technologies, aiming to provide European startups with the capital and support needed to scale within the region.
Earlybird
and AVP have announced the launch of E2D, a €500 million growth-stage fund
focused on defence and dual-use technologies. The fund will invest in European
defence and deeptech companies and represents a collaboration between the two
firms. Its limited partners include major financial institutions and
Europe's defence startups kept running to US VCs to scale. This €500M Franco-German fund wants to end that — TFN
BAE Systems puts €50M into Europe's defence-tech startups
Verteidigung: Eine halbe Milliarde Euro für Europas Rüstungs-Start-ups
UK defence prime BAE Systems invests €50m in VCs Lakestar, Expeditions
The man who backed Spotify and Revolut is now betting on European defence, and BAE Systems just gave him €25M to do it — TFN
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AVP and Earlybird have launched E2D, a €500M growth fund focused on European defence and dual-use tech companies. The fund aims…
It would be a rare joint venture in the European VC ecosystem
Backing funds managed by Lakestar and Expeditions, the initiative seeks to help founders bring advanced defence technologies to…
BAE Systems is committing €50M to VC funds backing European defence-tech startups, €25M of it into Lakestar- and Expeditions-led…
Der deutsche Investor Earlybird legt zusammen mit dem Finanzarm von Axa einen neuen Verteidigungsfonds auf. Für Deutschland und…
It comes as the defence prime is more actively investing in defence startups via an incubator programme
