What Happened
Accelerating Dual-Use Innovation In High-Tech Growth Companies
Airbus Defence and Space has become the anchor investor in E2D, a new European defense and dual-use technology growth fund. The fund, launched by investment firms AVP and Earlybird, aims to provide growth capital to high-tech companies across Europe, with a focus on critical technology domains such as space, air, land, maritime, and subsurface systems. E2D’s objective is to identify and scale companies developing capabilities that can address emerging technology requirements across multiple operational domains. This development was reported by an unknown source.