{"id":648574,"date":"2025-01-10T03:05:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T00:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/defense-startup-epirus-in-talks-to-raise-over-150m-potentially-cutting-valuation\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T03:05:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T00:05:15","slug":"defense-startup-epirus-in-talks-to-raise-over-150m-potentially-cutting-valuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/defense-startup-epirus-in-talks-to-raise-over-150m-potentially-cutting-valuation\/","title":{"rendered":"#Defense startup Epirus in talks to raise over $150M, potentially cutting valuation\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense tech startup Epirus is reportedly raising between $150 million and $200 million in a new funding round led by Joe Lonsdale\u2019s venture firm 8VC, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-01-09\/joe-lonsdale-backed-drone-defense-startup-epirus-set-to-raise-over-150-million?embedded-checkout=true\">Bloomberg reports.<\/a> The round could give the company, which develops <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> to intercept drones, a valuation of about $1 billion. If that\u2019s the final valuation, it would be a decrease from the company\u2019s previous $1.35 billion valuation.\u00a0(Epirus did not comment to Bloomberg.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lonsdale co-founded the company in 2018 with Bo Marr, Max Medni, Nathan Mintz, Grant Verstandig and John Tenet. The startup has already raised nearly $300 million from investors like DCVC and Bedrock, according to PitchBook. It\u2019s also one of the few American-based defense tech unicorns, alongside companies like Anduril, Shield AI and Rebellion Defense.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only time will tell if 2025 defense funding will reach the highs of last year, where startups in the space had scored almost $3 billion by November.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The round could give the company, which develops technology to intercept drones, a valuation of about $1 billion. 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