{"id":1397,"date":"2025-03-25T17:31:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T15:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/?p=1397"},"modified":"2025-11-18T23:14:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:14:02","slug":"buntar-aerospace-investment-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2025\/03\/buntar-aerospace-investment-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Buntar Aerospace reaches nearly $4M in investments and acquired three small teams in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The total amount of investment raised by the startup <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/buntar\/\">Buntar Aerospace <\/a>has now reached just under $4 million, according to co-founder Bohdan Sas in an <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2025\/03\/interview-bogdan-sas-buntar-aerospace\/\">interview<\/a> with <em>Defender<\/em>. 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