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# Germany's INLEAP Photonics raises EUR 20 million seed round for laser drone defence
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-09-01-inleap-photonics-seed-round/
- Published: 2026-09-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-02T10:38:47.000Z
- Description: German deep-tech firm INLEAP Photonics, a Laser Zentrum Hannover spin-off, closed a EUR 20 million seed round led by UVC Partners, with HTGF, Balnord, Sentris and Scale Capital, to scale manufacturing of its laser-based counter-drone systems.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Industry, investment and R&D, Defence and space, #news, #verified

Verified [HTGF press release, 1 September 2026](https://www.htgf.de/en/inleap-photonics-financing/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This funding round does not itself establish a government contract, order or field deployment of the technology.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Seed funding only, no deployment or contract; explicitly excludes field use. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)