EGIDE, a French defence technology startup building the next generation of affordable defence systems, today announced it has raised an €8 million seed round. The round was co-led by Expeditions, Eurazeo, and Heartcore Capital, with participation from Galion.exe and Kima Ventures. 

EGIDE joins founders and innovators at a France Deeptech event in Paris to discuss the next generation of European counter-drone technologies.

EGIDE will be attending Techinnov 2026 in Paris — come meet the team and connect with innovators from the French deeptech ecosystem.

Egide joins the Systematic Paris-Region deeptech cluster to collaborate with leading innovators in AI, cybersecurity and advanced technologies.

EGIDE joined leading European defense startups at the Paris Hardware Meetup to discuss the growing momentum of defense hardware innovation.

On January 21, Simon Calonne, co-founder, participated in a roundtable on defense AI organized by the Defense Industry Committee of the Jeunes IHEDN at the École Militaire in Paris. The discussion brought together government actors, investors and defense startups to exchange perspectives on how artificial intelligence is reshaping the defense innovation landscape. One point clearly emerged from the conversation: AI is not about replacing human decision-making on the battlefie