HyLight
Hiring
What they do:
Unmanned airships for inspecting our critical assets
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Funding:
€13M · Oct 2026
Top Space & Defense Startups in Europe
This list has 9 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 3 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: London (3) and Paris (2). Largest teams: Beyond Aero, HyLight, and Alba Orbital. Latest round: HyLight raised €13M (Oct 12, 2026).
9 startups
What they do:
First electric business aircraft designed for hydrogen propulsion
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HQ: Toulouse, France
Seeing Systems
Hiring
What they do:
Modular AI-Commanded Drones for Defence
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
What they do:
We make satellites to image everywhere on Earth, every 15 minutes
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HQ: Glasgow, United Kingdom
What they do:
AI-driven mobile cybersecurity
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HQ: Nicosia, Cyprus
What they do:
Building lunar landers
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
Zymbly
Hiring
What they do:
The decision-support layer for aviation ops teams to know what to do…
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
YC W26Early stage
What they do:
Reusable heavy-lift rockets
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HQ: Dresden, Germany
What they do:
Submarine drones for defense
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Questions and answers
How many startups are on this list?
There are 9 startups on this list, last updated on Oct 15, 2026.
Which of them are hiring?
3 of them are hiring right now, including HyLight, Seeing Systems, and Zymbly.
Which of them have the largest teams?
By team size: Beyond Aero (80 employees), HyLight (37 employees), and Alba Orbital (10 employees).
Which of them raised money recently?
Latest rounds: HyLight — €13M (Oct 2026).
Where are they based?
The biggest hubs are London (3) and Paris (2).