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Foresight
1 signal in the current window, with MitchelLake's leadership read on each.
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Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 109.3 (Hot) (up 7.6 month-on-month), EMEA is at easing (-3.6pts) on signal share.
Foresight: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Defence Technology median of 1 across 67 tracked companies.
Signals at Foresight
Foresight signals in the last 90 days
1 public signal observed since 1 August 2026, by type.
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Capital Raising · EMEA
Escape →French AI-powered offensive security platform Escape raised a €15.4 million Series A led by Balderton in March 2026, funding its push into continuous automated offensive security.
Capital Raising · EMEA
Augur →UK Sovereign AI Fund (£500m) is investing in Augur, a UK AI security startup turning fragmented sensor and camera networks into a real-time intelligence layer. Amount undisclosed. Augur raised $15M seed led by Plural in June and is also getting access to the Isambard-AI supercomputer.
Capital Raising · EMEA
Anduril →Anduril raised $1B+ in mega-round as part of record-breaking European defencetech investment reaching $7.4B in 2026, reflecting rapid scaling and government demand for defence innovation.
Capital Raising · EMEA
Helsing →Helsing raised $1B+ in mega-round; valued at $12.85B combined with Quantum Systems; leads German defencetech surge with $3.5B raised in 2026.
Capital Raising · EMEA
Quantum Systems →Quantum Systems raised $1B+ in mega-round; valued at $12.85B; Munich-based, part of German defencetech leadership driving record European VC deployment.
Capital Raising · EMEA
Shield AI →Shield AI raised $1B+ mega-round in European defencetech surge driven by NATO demand and rapid scaling of autonomous defence systems.
Where Foresight's market lands in our work
- Executive Search →
Capital raised becomes leadership hired — the executive build follows the announcement.
- Scale-up →
Each doubling of the team forces a new leadership layer — the graduation pattern.
- Executive Search: EMEA →
Our EMEA practice runs the searches behind signals like this one.
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- Data period
- 15 Oct 2026 – 15 Oct 2026 · 1 signals for this company
- Methodology
- How this is computed
- Publisher
- MitchelLake
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