Defence events in Paris

For defense-tech SMEs and startups, this summit offers direct access to the European VC and strategic investor community—including funds such as Seraphim, Bessemer, Lightspeed, and NATO Innovation Fund—in a single intimate venue. The high-ticket, invitation-feel format concentrates decision-makers rather than diluting access across a mass trade-show floor, making it one of the few European forums where a startup can pitch operators, investors, and NATO innovation officials in the same room. The agenda's explicit focus on crossing the valley of death, European strategic autonomy, and Ukraine-war lessons directly addresses the procurement and partnership questions most pressing for companies seeking European government contracts.

If you sell into land systems or want face time with European procurement bodies and primes, this is the anchor event of the even-year calendar. Plan booth, delegation meetings and side events months ahead.