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Inleap Photonics invests in Balnord

Funding Provisional 78% confidence first seen

Inleap Photonics, a German laser-based counter-drone startup, completed a seed round led by UVC Partners that it says brings its total funding to around €20 million, with Balnord (Poland) listed among the participating investors. The coverage does not specify the exact ownership stake or detailed terms for Balnord, but frames the financing as support for scaling manufacturing/testing, further core technology development, and expanding sales/service and quality certification across Europe. This matters because it accelerates deployment readiness for Inleap’s laser-based drone defense systems (e.g., Fastlight Shield) in a growing C-UAS market.

Balnord Inleap Photonics High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) Sentris UVC Partners laser-based counter-drone systems laser-based drone defense technology

The deal

Inleap Photonics 20 million Euros Seed · announced 1 Sep 2026

Investors UVC Partners

Deal terms as reported in the coverage below.

Source coverage

Inleap Photonics Secures 20 Million Euros for Laser-Based Drone Defense Trending Topics independent

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