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▶ 6:06 · $IQM · IQM highlighted as quantum leader driving Finland's rise in European defense tech funding
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Scaling Europe

Defence, security and resilience funding in Europe grew 4x in 5 years: Sander Verbrugge

2026-03-27 · 4 company · 5 thematic
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sander verbrugge

Partner at the NATO Innovation Fund, a multi-sovereign venture fund backed by 24 NATO allies investing in defense, security, and resilience technologies. Previously at Innovation Industries. Leads investments in dual-use deep tech and works with the fund's mission platform group connecting portfolio companies to MoD demand signals.

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“here you can think about IQM in the quantum space but definitely also in the drone space we've seen multi uh multiple rounds above hundreds of millions”
—sander verbrugge
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