EU and France Link Firms With Ukrainian Startups
The European Commission and France have launched a scheme pairing French companies with Ukrainian defence startups. Backed by EU guarantees, the initiative aims to foster dozens of partnerships in sectors like drones and space technology.
The European Commission and France's state-backed investment bank launched a €150M program on Tuesday pairing France's industrial base with Ukraine's battle-tested defense startups.
The initiative taps into wartime innovation forged over more than four years of full-scale conflict with Russia—a pace of military tech development that has drawn intense interest from Western capitals.
