Big Defense Money Now Flows Privately

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    "title": "Big Defense Money Now Flows Privately - Finanzblatt",
    "excerpt": "The Munich-based defense AI company Helsing has raised 1.8 billion dollars in fresh capital. Its valuation rises to 18 billion dollars. For investors, the financing round is an important signal: the armaments boom is shifting from classic tank and ammunition stocks to private AI and software companies.The new star of European defense financing, Helsing, is not publicly listed. Nevertheless, the new financing round is a stock market topic. The Munich-based company has raised 1.8 billion dollars in a Series E round. This increases its valuation to 18 billion dollars. For a European company founded in 2021, this is an extraordinary magnitude. According to Bayerischer Rundfunk, the round is one of the largest financings for European start-ups ever. Even more striking is the demand. Helsing stated that investor interest significantly exceeded the available volume. In May, the \"Financial Times\" still spoke of a possible round of 1.2 billion dollars. In the end, it became 1.8 billion dollars. This is more than a success for a single company. It shows how strongly capital providers are now betting on Defence Tech – and how much the armaments market is changing.Not Tanks, but Platforms Helsing stands for a new generation of defense companies. The company no longer describes itself as a classic start-up, but as a \"Neo Prime\". This refers to young, software-centric providers that are...",
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