Airbus anchors €500M European defence tech fund as E2D makes first investment in Alta Ares

Earlybird and AVP are pleased to welcome Airbus Defence and Space as the anchor investor in E2D, the €500 million dual-use and defence technology growth fund the two firms launched last month. The fund is also announcing its first investment in French-headquartered Alta Ares , a company developing AI-powered hardware and agnostic software for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) and counter-unmanned aerial systems (UAS) missions. This follows a recently signed MOU between Airbus Defe