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Hypersonica raises €100m to develop European hypersonic missiles
British-German startup Hypersonica raised €100m in a Series B funding round.
Lightspeed Venture Partners and General Catalyst co-led the investment.
The company is working on hypersonic missiles for Europe.
Hypersonic missiles are the focus of the startup’s development effort, though the available information gives no technical details.
The funding is intended to support Europe’s deep-strike capability.
Hypersonica will use the money to continue developing the missiles.
British-German missile start-up Hypersonica has raised €100 million in Series B funding.
The round was co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and General Catalyst.
The funding is intended to support development of European hypersonic missiles.
The reports were published on November 2, 2026.
- Who
- Hypersonica, a British-German missile start-up. The funding round was co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and General Catalyst.
- What
- Hypersonica raised €100 million in Series B funding.
- When
- The reports were published on November 2, 2026; the date the funding was raised is not stated.
- Where
- Not stated. The headlines describe Hypersonica as British-German and the missiles as European.
- Why
- To support development of European hypersonic missiles.
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- Funding raised
- €100 million
- Funding round
- Series B
- Co-leads
- Lightspeed Venture Partners and General Catalyst
- Company description
- British-German missile start-up
- Purpose
- Development of European hypersonic missiles
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