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# NanoXplore raises EUR 20 million from MBDA and Bpifrance for defence FPGAs
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-12-17-nanoxplore-mbda-bpifrance-funding/
- Published: 2025-12-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T12:01:57.000Z
- Description: NanoXplore raised EUR 20 million from MBDA and Bpifrance's Defense Innovation Fund to diversify its radiation hardened FPGA business into defence electronics and fund European acquisitions. The French chipmaker frames the round around building an ITAR free European supply chain.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [NanoXplore press release, 17 December 2025](https://nanoxplore.com/press-realease/nanoxplore-raises-e20-million-from-mbda-and-bpifrance-to-accelerate-its-diversification-into-defense-and-its-growth-in-support-of-european-strategic-sovereignty/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish that any specific acquisition or defence contract has yet been signed with the new capital.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

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