Polish-Romanian company Orbotix Industries, operating in the DefenseTech sector, has secured €6.5 million in funding to develop autonomous drone systems supported by artificial intelligence. The round was led by Bravo Victor Venture Capital, a US fund specialising in defence technologies. European investment firms Gustav Söhne Verwaltung and Leryon Global Holdings also participated in the deal.
The funds are expected to accelerate work on drone swarm-based systems and enable the creation of a research and development unit in Poland dedicated to defence technologies using AI. Orbotix also plans to develop distributed micro-manufacturing within the European Union, which is expected to increase the resilience of supply chains.
The company, founded by Bogdan Ochiana and Sebastian Straube, is based in Warsaw and has operational operations in Romania, Spain and Ukraine. Its team is made up of engineers from various European countries, and the systems under development are designed to respond to the continent’s specific defence needs.
The investment is part of a wider trend to modernise the defence sector in Europe, where young technology companies funded by private capital are playing an increasing role, following the example of US initiatives to support defence innovation.
The development of technologies based on artificial intelligence and autonomous unmanned systems is considered crucial for Europe’s future technological independence and security. The establishment of an R&D centre in Poland further strengthens the importance of the Central and Eastern European region on the map of modern defence technologies.
