Helsing, Gauntlet and Drug Farm's rounds this week are early evidence that H1 2026's concentration pattern -- record capital, AI capturing 86%, the top five managers taking 73.1% -- is continuing into Q3, not reversing.
Jul 14, 2026Helsing's $1.8 billion round at an $18 billion valuation puts a concrete number on how fast European defense-tech financing is closing the gap with a US market that produced four separate billion-dollar-plus rounds this year alone.
Jul 14, 2026Nvidia has shed roughly $1 trillion in value since May even as Meta's data center costs balloon past $50 billion and Helsing raises Europe's biggest-ever defense round -- capex is up, but the margin is shifting away from the chip seller.
Jul 14, 2026Munich-based Helsing closed a $1.8 billion Series E at an $18 billion valuation, Europe's biggest-ever defense-tech round, with Goldman Sachs Alternatives, CPPIB and JPMorgan joining as new investors amid oversubscribed demand.
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