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# Dealroom and Resilience Media report: European defence tech funding set to hit USD 10.5 billion
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-10-05-dealroom-defence-tech-funding-record/
- Published: 2026-10-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T10:54:55.000Z
- Description: Dealroom and Resilience Media's State of Defence Tech 2026 report finds European defence startups raised USD 7.4 billion in 2026, projected to reach USD 10.5 billion by year end. That is nearly four times 2025's USD 2.6 billion total, with mega rounds over 85 percent of funding.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Industry, investment and R&D, Defence and space, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [Dealroom and Resilience Media, "The State of Defence Tech 2026" report, 5 October 2026](https://dealroom.co/reports/the-state-of-defence-tech-2026/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish how much of the funding converts into fielded European defence capability or how much of it comes from European rather than US investors.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Funding report/projection only; no ownership, operation, law or parts change stated. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)