Munich’s Quantum Systems has tripled its valuation and raised €180 million in a Series C Extension led by Balderton Capital in order to accelerate its AI, software, and hardware development across all domains – connected by the multi-domain mission software MOSAIC UXS.
This follows its €160 million Series C in May this year (as covered by EU-Startups), bringing the total amount secured in 2025 to €340 million, which marks the largest private capital raise in Europe’s dual-use sector. This puts the company’s valuation above €3 billion.
“Triple unicorn status is a testament to our team’s ability to build systems and a company that performs in the most demanding real-world conditions. We will now accelerate our development of hardware, software and AI to become the defining leader in multi-domain unmanned systems,” says Florian Seibel, Co-CEO and Co-founder, Quantum Systems.
European dual-use and unmanned-systems funding activity in 2025 shows a cluster of smaller but relevant rounds alongside Quantum Systems’ €340 million total raise this year.
Switzerland’s General Intuition secured €114 million to advance embodied-AI agents spanning gaming, robotics and drone applications, while Poland-based Orbotix closed €6.5 million to expand its autonomous defence-drone platform across Europe. Lithuania’s Monopulse obtained €1.12 million to extend production of NATO-grade UAVs, while Munich-based Project Q raised €7.5 million to build an open-source Internet-of-Defence platform, and France’s Rift secured €4.6 million to deploy an on-demand aerial-intelligence network.
Combined, these companies account for roughly €133 million in 2025, meaning Quantum Systems’ €340 million places it well above the rest of the European unmanned-systems landscape in scale.
It is operating within an ecosystem that is seeing sustained, distributed investment across aerial autonomy, defence AI, sensor-integration platforms and UAV manufacturing – including notable activity from another Munich-based startup, Project Q, within the same national context.
“We are building the powerhouse of intelligent unmanned systems. Quantum Systems will accelerate its global growth across countries and domains, to secure Europe, NATO and its allies,” adds Sven Kruck, Co-CEO, Quantum Systems.
Founded in 2015, Quantum Systems has emerged as Europe’s powerhouse for unmanned systems, and the new capital will fuel its multi-domain expansion across air, land, and maritime use cases.
Quantum Systems employs up to 1,000 people across Germany, Ukraine, the US, Australia, Romania the UK, and the Baltic states and continues its global growth in hardware, software, and AI across all domains.
Following an earlier €63.6 million Series B (as covered by EU-Startups) and this year’s earlier Series C financing, Quantum Systems has already acquired and integrated AirRobot, Nordic Unmanned, and Spleenlab.
The additional capital will also support strategic acquisitions specifically aimed at strengthening and expanding Quantum Systems’ multi-domain offerings.
“We are partnering with Quantum Systems to help them continue to fulfill the promise of European sovereignty in defence and dual-use technology. As geopolitical instability rises and security priorities shift, the need for home-grown, trusted European innovation has never been greater.
“The Quantum Systems team pairs technical excellence with operational discipline and has demonstrated the ambition required to lead this category globally. We are proud to stand by their side, as Quantum Systems enters its next phase of scale,” says Rana Yared, General Partner, Balderton Capital.
Quantum Systems’ platforms and software are deployed by NATO forces across Europe and the US, as well as in Australia, New Zealand, and most prominently in Ukraine, where its fleet has been operating since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022.
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