Hypersonica Series B

British-German defence startup Hypersonica has raised €100 million ($108 million) in a Series B follow-on round co-led by Lightspeed and General Catalyst, alongside returning investors Plural and 201 Ventures. Following a €23.3 million Series A in February 2026, the company recently became the first privately funded European defence firm to fly a prototype reaching Mach 6+ over a 300-kilometer range, achieving what it claims is an 80% reduction in development costs compared to legacy approaches. Hypersonica will use the capital to accelerate the development of its ITAR-free deep-strike systems, increase flight-testing cadence, expand European operations, and create hundreds of engineering and manufacturing jobs across its bases in the UK and Germany.