Helsing Raised $1.8B at $18B, Europe's Biggest Defense-Startup Round
Helsing closed a $1.8 billion Series E at an $18 billion valuation, with Goldman, JPMorgan, and Canada's CPP among backers. Defense AI is now its own megaround category.
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Startups & Funding
Rounds, accelerators, exits, IPOs.
Startups & Funding covers the deal flow that actually moves the tech economy. Seed and Series A rounds where the thesis is interesting, growth-stage rounds where the price is interesting, accelerator cohorts worth watching, and the exits and IPO filings that close the loop.
We report on rounds with the operator's filter: who led, what the post-money implies, what the company sells and to whom, and whether the round buys runway or buys time. We don't do press-release rewrites. If a deal is interesting only because of the number, we'll say that too.
Jordan Beck runs point on this beat, with Sam Whitaker covering the late-stage and public-markets crossover. Expect coverage that respects your time: the round, the read, the next thing to watch.
