About Darkstar
Darkstar is a coalition of individuals and organizations with exceptional execution capabilities, bringing together expertise from unicorn founders, military veterans, investors, and technical leaders. Our mission is to strengthen national security and preparedness for NATO and its allies by fostering transformative defence technologies and building an ecosystem that thrives on innovation, collaboration, and real-world applicability.
We are actively bridging the gap between modern warfare challenges and the technologies needed to address them. With investments, facilitating partnerships with elite military units and governments, and a robust commitment to collaboration, Darkstar is not just investing in defence tech - we’re redefining its future.
Entry Point TO DEFENCE
Darkstar offers pathways for individuals eager to contribute to the defence tech revolution. Whether you’re a technical expert, financier, legal professional, or military veteran, there’s a place for your skills and vision in the ecosystem.
Technical & deep-domain level expertise in technologies, enterpreneurship, leadership
Innovators seeking to apply cutting-edge technology in defence. Work alongside military professionals to ensure your ideas are combat-ready and impactful.
Banking, finance, legal, government, security
Help shape the evolving defence tech landscape by streamlining investment, governance, operational and legal frameworks, security.
Military
Share your experience to refine solutions, advise companies, or directly collaborate with startups building the next generation of defence technologies.
Join the Darkstar coalition to leave your mark on an industry critical to global security.
About Bootcamps
Our bootcamps are five-day innovation accelerators, bringing together the best minds in defence tech. Hosted in Ukraine, in partnership with elite military units, these events foster collaboration, integration, and real-world application of groundbreaking solutions.
💸 What We Offer
€1.5 million funding allocated per bootcamp, rigorous pre-selection of startups, and direct engagement with military partners.
💥 Outcomes
Companies receive invaluable feedback, field-testing opportunities and combat validation. Partnerships, integrations, and sales - all on the spot.
💣 Proven Results
From guided munitions to terrain imaging, our alumni have delivered combat-ready solutions that redefine the battlefield.
Future and Past Events
Upcoming Events
📅 Spring 2025 Bootcamp, Kyiv
Bringing the brightest defense tech innovators together for another bootcamp experience. Apply now.
Past Events
📅 Autumn 2024 Bootcamp, Kyiv
Focused on advancements in counter-UAS technologies, alternative navigation systems, sea deterrence innovations, and de-mining solutions.
📅 Summer 2024 Bootcamp, Kyiv
12 companies, 5 integrations on the spot, across UGV platforms, mapping and imaging, laser-guided munitions, and thermal cameras. The event resulted in immediate military orders and ongoing collaborations.
Stay tuned for updates on our bootcamps, hackathons, defence tech meetups and other Darkstar updates on LinkedIn.
Broadening the Spectrum
Our work goes beyond technology development. Darkstar addresses systemic challenges across the defence ecosystem, including:
🏛️ Procurements
Helping transform defence procurement processes to align with wartime models. Our goal is to reduce bureaucratic bottlenecks, embrace flexibility, and replicate proven methods.
🏦 Banking. Finance, Legal
Partnering with banks and governments to create governance frameworks that facilitate the smooth flow of capital. These frameworks are essential for sustaining innovation and rapid deployment.
⚠️ Preparedness & National Security
With facilitating partnerships, enabling integrations, and providing direct support from Darkstar coalition, we help strengthen national security and our collective preparedness.
Stay tuned for updates on our bootcamps, hackathons, defence tech meetups and other Darkstar updates on LinkedIn.
Dual and Lethal Nature of tech
Darkstar isn’t afraid to confront the difficult realities of modern defence. We invest in lethal technologies because we believe national security and our militaries need innovation products that focus solely on eliminating hostile threats.
Dual-Use
Technologies like cameras, communication modules, satellite imaging, robotics, drones, AI, navigation & guidance systems, serve both military and civilian needs.
Lethal Innovation
Precision-guided munitions, loitering munitions, remote and autonomous weapon systems - we support the development of systems that address critical battlefield needs. These systems are guided by robust ethical frameworks, ensuring human oversight, compliance with international humanitarian law, and adherence to the Geneva Conventions.
Our commitment is rooted in the belief that defence innovation must adapt to evolving threats while prioritizing ethical responsibility.
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