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Defence AI firm Helsing raises EUR 450m led by General Catalyst

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Source: HelsingAlso reported by Tech.eu

Helsing, a defence AI company working from Munich, London and Paris, announced a EUR 450 million Series C on 11 July 2024 led by General Catalyst, with Accel, Saab, Lightspeed, Plural, Greenoaks and Elad Gil. It said the money would go to product development focused on European sovereignty and NATO’s eastern flank, and listed work on a German Eurofighter electronic-warfare upgrade with Saab and on Ukraine since 2022.

Why it matters

The round made a European startup one of the best-funded defence AI vendors, giving European ministries a home-grown supplier for AI in sensors, aircraft and drones.

When
11 Jul 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0109
Who
Helsing, General Catalyst, Saab

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Helsing and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at Helsing

Source copy: download the page text as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2024-0109: “Defence AI firm Helsing raises EUR 450m led by General Catalyst.” wheresthe.ai, 11 Jul 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/de-helsing-series-c-450m-2024-07/ (source: Helsing).

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