February 12, 2026February 23, 2026 5 min reading Investments Exclusive: Farsight Vision raises €7.2M – who invested and what’s next for the team The seed round led by Axon Enterprise and SmartCap will help Ukrainian startup build software and hardware autonomy stack for UAVs
October 9, 2025November 18, 2025 2 min reading Ecosystem, Startups Where defence startups can apply right now: Darkstar Bootcamp, and acceleration programmes from Defence Builder and MITS Accelerator The final week to apply for these programmes — and for some, the very last day!
September 22, 2025December 8, 2025 4 min reading Dorozvidka Dorozvidka #26: DTV 2025, Perry Boyle, Ragnar Sass, Scopa Industries, and the launch of “managed” weapons exports The most interesting columns, statements, speeches, and other media appearances of the past week
August 11, 2025December 8, 2025 5 min reading Dorozvidka Dorozvidka #20: Vector AI in Ukraine, Darkstar Bootcamp 4 roundup, Kisia UGV, and Blyskavka as a counter to the Molniya The most interesting news from the editorial backlog for the second week of August
July 28, 2025November 18, 2025 5 min reading Dorozvidka, General Channel Dorozvidka #18: Interviews with Darkstar and General Chereshnya, all about the Bulava, and news from the MoD and Bell Helicopters A weekly digest of the most interesting publications and the news that flew under the radar of Defender Media
July 9, 2025July 11, 2025 2 min reading Ecosystem, Investments Darkstar launches new €25 million fund to invest in technologies proven on the battlefield in Ukraine The fund has already made 2 investments and aims to complete 4 to 5 more within its first year
May 21, 2025September 4, 2025 2 min reading Innovation, Investments Darkstar invests €600,000 in Ukrainian startup Deftak, which develops innovative drone munitions Deftak’s technologies can turn even reconnaissance UAVs into carriers of precision-guided weapons
September 26, 2024November 18, 2025 2 min reading Events Defence Tech Valley to be held in Kyiv Brave1 Defence Technology Cluster organises the largest investment summit of Ukrainian defence innovations – Defence Tech Valley
