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Helsing funding, valuation and investors
European defense-AI company building autonomous systems, drones, and sovereign defense software.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Series D
€600M · June 2025
Latest known valuation
Not publicly disclosed
Total disclosed equity funding
Not publicly disclosed
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
growth · Munich, Germany
Investors in latest funding
Lead: Prima Materia
Overview
Helsing is a Munich-based defense-AI company building software-defined military systems including HX-2 drones, CA-1 Europa fighter programs with HENSOLDT, and acquisitions of Grob Aircraft and Keybotic. The company raised €600M Series D in June 2025 led by Prima Materia, reaching roughly $1.51B total funding. 2026 activity includes HX-2 production at 1,000 units/month and a Kongsberg defense space joint venture.
Why Helsing is interesting
Helsing's €600M Series D and HX-2 production ramp show Europe building its own defense-industrial base — production throughput, not R&D prototypes, is the 2026 constraint.
Product & use cases
AI software and autonomous defense systems — drones, fighter programs, and production-scale defense platforms for European NATO customers.
- Autonomous drone production for European defense customers
- AI-enabled fighter and sensor programs with industrial partners
- Sovereign European defense-tech manufacturing scale-up
Key facts
- Series D (Jun 2025): €600M led by Prima Materia
- Total funding ~$1.51B per PitchBook coverage
- HX-2 drone production targeting 1,000 units/month
- Kongsberg defense space JV; Grob Aircraft acquisition
Funding history (newest first)
Competitive landscape
Edge: European sovereign defense positioning with production throughput focus vs. US-centric defense startups.
European defense budgets and sovereignty priorities favor local primes and startups. Helsing wins on software speed and production partnerships; geopolitics and export controls shape addressable market.
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Anduril direct
US software-defined defense at scale; Helsing is European counterpart.
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Shield AI adjacent
Autonomy stack; different geographic and product focus.
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Rheinmetall incumbent
European defense incumbent; slower software-native iteration.
Notable stories
- Europe treating defense-tech sovereignty as industrial policy, not venture novelty.
- Production throughput — not prototypes — is Helsing's 2026 narrative.
Industries
Market / IPO context
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