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 "title": "Berlin Drone-Maker STARK Raises €500m at a €3.5bn-Plus Valuation in a Sequoia and Founders Fund Round",
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 "published": "2026-06-23T17:08:00.000+02:00",
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 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBerlin, 23 June 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * STARK, the Berlin loitering-munition start-up founded in 2024, raised €500 million on 23 June 2026 in a Series C co-led by Sequoia Capital and Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, with the NATO Innovation Fund and Döpfner Capital among the backers\n * The round roughly triples STARK's valuation to more than €3.5 billion (reported around $3.65 billion) and lifts total funding since founding to about €640 million, more than 80 percent of it bound for rese",
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