{"id":19568,"date":"2025-07-09T12:23:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T09:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scroll.media\/2025\/07\/09\/darkstar-launches-e25m-defense-vc-fund\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T01:21:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T22:21:22","slug":"darkstar-launches-e25m-defense-vc-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scroll.media\/en\/2025\/07\/09\/darkstar-launches-e25m-defense-vc-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Darkstar Launches \u20ac25M Defense Fund, Writing Checks of Up to \u20ac1M per Startup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Darkstar, a coalition of European founders helping Ukrainian defense startups scale and enter European markets, has announced the launch of a new pan-European venture capital fund focused on defense tech. The news was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7348624116205129728\/\">confirmed<\/a> by Darkstar co-founder Ragnar Saas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s Known<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The total size of the new VC fund will be \u20ac25 million, with \u20ac15 million already secured.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/07\/08\/european-vc-breaks-taboo-by-investing-in-pure-defense-tech-from-ukraines-war-zones\/\">According<\/a> to <em>TechCrunch<\/em>, Darkstar\u2019s fund will invest between \u20ac500,000 and \u20ac1 million per company at the pre-seed and seed stages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Darkstar plans to back startups working on autonomous systems, air defense, electromagnetic warfare, communications, cybersecurity, sensors, as well as surveillance and reconnaissance \u2014 including purely military products such as weapons and combat systems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each startup the fund backs will have its technology battle-tested by Ukrainian military units.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u00abWe are investing in combat-proven products & teams, that have the highest impact for Ukraine WIN & Re-Arm Europe,\u00bb said Ragnar Saas.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Saas says more than 30 founders and investors across Europe have already joined the initiative as limited partners (LPs). The largest LP is SmartCap, Estonia\u2019s sovereign defense investment arm.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Speaking to <em>DOU<\/em>, Saas <a href=\"https:\/\/dou.ua\/lenta\/news\/Darkstar-become-defensive-fund\/?from=tg&utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social\">added<\/a> that Darkstar plans to invest in 15\u201320 startups, with a clear focus on Ukrainian teams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u00abDarkstar is actively looking for new companies in Ukraine. We\u2019ve analyzed 300 companies across Europe and see that the best defense tech teams are in Ukraine. 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In September 2024, it <a href=\"https:\/\/scroll.media\/2024\/09\/20\/farsight-vision-zaluchyv-e600-000\/\">invested \u20ac600,000<\/a> in Ukrainian-Estonian situational awareness platform Farsight Vision, and in May 2025, another <a href=\"https:\/\/scroll.media\/en\/2025\/05\/22\/deftak-raises-e600k-from-darkstar-to-advance-drone-ammunition-tech\/\">\u20ac600,000 in Deftak<\/a>, a developer of drone munitions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u00abWe\u2019re not a typical venture capital firm. We\u2019re building a full defense tech ecosystem! Darkstar is run by founders who operate at \u2018war speed\u2019. 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