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Autonomous drone startup Quantum Systems has closed a $1.2 billion funding round, joining a wave of defense technology companies pulling in record capital on both sides of the Atlantic.
The raise underscores how investor appetite for defense tech has moved from a niche bet to a mainstream allocation in a remarkably short window.
The Size of the Shift The Quantum Systems round is a marker of just how far sentiment has moved in the defense startup sector.
What was once a funding category viewed with ambivalence — particularly among European venture investors who historically kept distance from military applications — is now generating nine-figure and ten-figure rounds at a pace that would have seemed implausible a few years ago.
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