Stark €500m Series C, Jun 2026
Stark, the Berlin maker of loitering munitions and strike drones, raised €500m to scale production and build electronic warfare research facilities.
- Company
- Stark Defence
- Type
- Venture round
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 23 Jun 2026
- Value
- €500m
- US$ equivalent
- US$580m
- Value basis
- €500m at a valuation above €3.5bn
- Region
- Europe
- Segment
- Drones and autonomy
Parties
- Stark Defence issuer
- Sequoia Capital co-lead
- Founders Fund co-lead
- NATO Innovation Fund investor
Key terms
- Valuation
- Above €3.5bn
- Co-leads
- Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund
- Also investing
- NATO Innovation Fund, Project A, Air Street Capital, 201 Ventures, Döpfner Capital
- Previous round
- US$62m growth round led by Sequoia, Aug 2025
- Use of proceeds
- Manufacturing expansion and electronic warfare research facilities
Sources
- Tech.eu: Stark bags €500m in new funding tech.eu · 23 Jun 2026
- The Next Web: Stark Defence raises €500m led by Sequoia and Founders Fund thenextweb.com · Jun 2026
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Record DEF-INV-2026-0037. Investments are kept apart from the financings register and never counted in debt totals.