Best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech Companies in Netherlands
The 211 best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech companies in Netherlands in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Destinus.
Ranked by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum, this directory maps the best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech companies in Netherlands across 211 tracked startups and scaleups. Total disclosed funding sits at $313M, and that number is almost entirely shaped by one bet: Destinus has pulled in $233M, leaving the rest of the field, Land Life Company at $13M, Perciv at $3M, AirHub at $1M, to compete in a much tighter bracket. No unicorns yet, but the concentration at the top tells you where conviction is landing.
So what's driving the broader picture? The global Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech market is tracking toward a 5.9% CAGR against a $1076.6B base, pushed by growing defense investment and geopolitical alliance-building that's reshaping procurement priorities fast. Median app installs across maritime, defense, and aerospace categories are up roughly 15% year-on-year, which I'd read as genuine end-user engagement, not just enterprise noise. Investors like YES!Delft and the EIC Fund are the ones writing the early checks here, and with ev powertrain advancements and next-generation platforms heating up as themes, the Netherlands cohort looks positioned right where the hardware-meets-software frontier is moving.
- prnewswire.com
Our analysis of 50 Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech companies
$31.9b in tracked funding; 90% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.
Ranked: Best Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech companies in Netherlands
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Destinus Provider of drone solutions 62Funding top 21%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Market top 48% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 21% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Markettop 48% Techtop 48% Globalbottom 39% Moatbottom 38% Funding: Raised $233M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $233M | 6 mo ago | 111 | Oleksandr Danylyuk Senior VP | SanityNode.jsVue.js+11 | — | — |
| 2 | Additive Industries Developer of SLM 3D printer | $15M | 72 mo ago | 113 | — | HubSpot CMS HubAzureHubSpot Cookie Policy Banner+17 | — | 2 job openings · 1 launch · 1 expansion |
| 3 | Land Life Company Tech-driven nature restoration and reforestation for climate, biodiversity, communities 60Tech top 30%Growth top 35%Funding top 36%Product top 46% All 7 signals ▾Techtop 30% Growthtop 35% Fundingtop 36% Producttop 46% Marketbottom 47% Globalbottom 38% Newsbottom 22% Tech: 30 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $13M | 17 mo ago | 86 | — | SanityTurbopackNode.js+18 | — | 1 job opening |
| 4 | Avion Group Provider of simulation-based products and pilot training solutions | $12M | 83 mo ago | 33 | — | Google MapsMicrosoft Advertisinglit-html+10 | — | 1 partnership |
| 5 | Aerialtronics Provider of remotely piloted aircraft systems | $9M | 59 mo ago | 7 | — | AwesompletePHPLaravel+21 | — | — |
| 6 | Kambr Offers web-based revenue generation solutions for the commercial aviation industry | $7M | 65 mo ago | 49 | Chris Anthony Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 7 | MI Airline Software and hardware for inFlight passengers and crew | $3M | 118 mo ago | 11 | Job Heimerikx Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 8 | Aiir Innovations A provider of AI-powered end-to-end solutions for visual inspection and reporting in various fields | $3M | 40 mo ago | 11 | Jan Gemert Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | — | 1 partnership |
| 9 | Perciv AI-driven radar perception software for autonomous vehicle applications | $3M | 18 mo ago | — | Srimannarayana Baratam Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+13 | — | — |
| 10 | Water Insight Portable spectrometers and web applications for water quality monitoring | $2M | 35 mo ago | — | Steef Peters Founder | — | — | 1 internship |
| 11 | Avular Developer of multi-utility robots and drones | $2M | 74 mo ago | 70 | Albert Maas Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder | StoryblokTurbopackApple iCloud Mail+21 | 9 patents Real-time pose estimation and modular control for mobile robotic platforms | 1 job opening · 1 partnership · 1 expansion |
| 12 | RanMarine Technology Developer of autonomous aquatic robots for waste removal and water monitoring | $2M | 44 mo ago | 38 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+29 | — | — |
| 13 | Delft Dynamics Manufactures drones for capturing and incapacitating other drones | $2M | 30 mo ago | 8 | — | WordPressPleskMySQL+16 | — | — |
| 14 | NeoKe SaaS-based digital identity and wallet solutions for travel agencies | $1M | 35 mo ago | 7 | Vikas Bhola Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 15 | AirHub Provider of a drone flight planning platform for enterprises 45Tech top 23%News top 36%Talent top 38%Growth top 45% All 8 signals ▾Techtop 23% Newstop 36% Talenttop 38% Growthtop 45% Productbottom 48% Fundingbottom 47% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 34% Tech: 48 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare News: 3 BI events in 12 mo (of 4 tracked, 2 types) · Top themes: Funding rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $1M | 2 mo ago | — | Thomas Brinkman Co-Founder & Co-CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+35 | — | — |
| 16 | CoVadem Provider of software solutions for shipping management | $805K | 72 mo ago | 3 | Desire Savelkoul Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 17 | Fusion Engineering Develops flight controlling system for drones | $760K | 50 mo ago | 9 | Robert Crone Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+11 | — | — |
| 18 | Innovative Solutions In Space Small satellite development & launch solutions | $731K | 65 mo ago | 139 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — | 1 partnership |
| 19 | Floatist Subscription-based integrated yacht management software | $583K | 7 mo ago | — | Albert Gomez Co-Founder | SentryTypeScriptGraphQL+13 | — | 1 job opening · 2 launchs |
| 20 | We4Sea SaaS-based fuel monitoring solutions for marine industry | $427K | 77 mo ago | 11 | Dan Veen Owner/Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 21 | Aerovinci Develops autonomous drones and drone base stations | $321K | 110 mo ago | — | Alex Iskold Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 22 | Cosine Developer of measurement systems for space, planets, and industrial applications | $283K | 75 mo ago | 42 | Marco Esposito Managing Director | — | — | 1 expansion |
| 23 | PATS Indoor Drone Solutions Developer of microquadcopter drones to keep crops insect free | $274K | 9 mo ago | 45 | Sjoerd Tijmons Co-Founder | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+19 | — | 1 launch · 2 awards |
| 24 | Bravr Developer of virtual reality system for mental readiness training purposes | $241K | 10 mo ago | — | Ken Koontz Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 25 | Mine Kafon Manufacturer of a military drone system for detecting landmines | $112K | 71 mo ago | 2 | Massoud Hassani Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | — | 1 award |
| 26 | AvioniCS Control Systems Develops sensors and autopilot systems for drones | $110K | 84 mo ago | — | Mauro Garcia Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
Top 12 Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech companies in Netherlands
#1
Seed · Hengelo, Overijssel · founded 2021 · 111 employees$233.1Mraised▾
Provider of drone solutions. It is a platform that designs unmanned aerial vehicles across all speed ranges from subsonic drones to hydrogen fueled supersonic and hypersonic demonstrators. It manufactures turbines and hydrogen energy infrastructure for storage,refueling and transportable turbine based power generation systems.
- Dec 2025Conventional Debt$58.7M
- Nov 2025Seed—
- 2025Conventional Debt$145.4M
- Mar 2023Grant (prize money)—
#2
Series A · Rotterdam, South Holland · founded 2016$1.1Mraised▾
Provider of a drone flight planning platform for enterprises. It offers software to gather, access, plan, analyze, monitor, visualize, manage, and control drones. Its offering includes pre-plan tools, weather data, battery level detectors, map views, and monitors. It also offers services such as consulting and training. It is available on iOS and Android platforms.
- Apr 2026Series A$5.1M
- Apr 2024Seed$1.1M
#3
Series B · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2013 · 86 employees$13Mraised▾
Tech-driven nature restoration and reforestation for climate, biodiversity, communities. The company innovates for impact, applying science-based and field-tested innovations to deliver high-quality nature restoration projects. They scale up and improve project quality through in-house developed technologies. The focus is on nature-first solutions, working with landowners and companies to change how the world values nature. They invest in nature-based solutions to benefit climate, biodiversity, and communities. The company restores degraded land at scale to benefit the environment and society. They offer solutions for landowners to bring their land back to life and for companies to invest in nature for their climate impact. The company uses technology to drive reforestation at scale.
- Jan 2025Grant (prize money)$2M
- Mar 2024Grant (prize money)$149.8K
- Dec 2021Grant (prize money)$110.6K
- Oct 2020Series B$6.4M
#4
Seed · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2022$582.8Kraised▾
Subscription-based integrated yacht management software. It enables charter firms to manage check-in and check-out processes and keep track of maintenance activities. Additionally, it also offers analytics and reporting solutions.
- Oct 2025Seed$582.8K
#5
Seed · Delft, South Holland · founded 2022$2.6Mraised▾
AI-driven radar perception software for autonomous vehicle applications. It uses radar and radar-camera fusion to replace LiDARs. It is compatible with systems on-road, off-road, indoor, and in-air. The product line includes localization, detection, classification, and fusion solutions. The software adapts to various radar hardware and compute solutions. It offers configurable modules fine-tuned to specific use-cases.
- Dec 2024Seed$2.6M
- Oct 2023Grant (prize money)—
#6
Seed · Delft, South Holland · founded 2018 · 45 employees$274.4Kraised▾
PATS Indoor Drone Solutions develops a small autonomous, quadcopter drone which can be deployed within existing greenhouse infrastructure to keep crops insect free. The drone acts as an early warning system by continuously monitoring the environment to detect & chase harmful insects and eliminate the same (just like swallows and bats) thereby preventing them from reproducing and their larvae affecting the crops. The company claims that the solution is patented and developed in collaboration with Delft University of Technology, Netherlands. It is a part of Climate-KIC accelerator program 2018.
- Sep 2025Seed$3.2M
- Oct 2019Seed$274.4K
#7
Seed · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2008$241.3Kraised▾
Developer of virtual reality system for mental readiness training purposes. The system stimulates a stress response in participants through a virtual environment. It monitors heart rate variability and restricts audio and visual components as players get stressed. The system assesses how well players stay in control under pressure.
- Aug 2025Seed$151.3K
- Jun 2025Seed$90K
#8
Seed · Delft, South Holland · founded 2016$94.6Kraised▾
Developer of software solutions for an ocean wave prediction system. It provides users with a company that offers a wave radar system called WavePredictor, which can predict ship motions ahead of time. This decision support system helps lower risk and increase uptime for maritime operations.
#9
Funding Raised · Wageningen, Gelderland · founded 2005$2.3Mraised▾
Portable spectrometers and web applications for water quality monitoring. Can operate as a handheld instrument that scans surface water quality & measures reflectance of water using radiometers. The optical signal is processed to determine water quality indicators such as chlorophyll & suspended matter. The instrument is offered with an SD card & rechargeable battery with access to a web portal. The web portal consists of process algorithms that determine the concentration of total suspended matter & phycocyanin and can be used to store the analyzed data. Has developed a fixed position autonomous water quality spectrometer which determines cyanobacteria pigment, suspended matter, the presence of scums & transparency of bio-physical water. The autonomous spectrometer produces energy with solar panels & results are communicated through a 3G connection to a cloud network. Also offers algal bloom monitoring, duckweed monitoring, aquaculture production optimization & dredging monitoring services using spectrometers.
- Jul 2023Grant (prize money)$304.8K
- Jan 2021Grant (prize money)$77K
- Feb 2018Grant (prize money)$604.1K
- Nov 2017Grant (prize money)$481.1K
#10
Funding Raised · The Hague, South Holland · founded 2006 · 8 employees$1.7Mraised▾
Delft Dynamics manufactures DroneCatcher - a drone system that captures other drones by firing a net mid-air. The net is fitted with a parachute to ensure that the captured drone is not destroyed on impact with the ground. The DroneCatcher project was approved by the Dutch government as part of an SBIR tender, "Protection against unmanned mobile systems". Delft Dynamics manufactures three models - RH2 'Stern', RH3 'Swift' and RH4 'Spyder'. Delft Dynamics also conducts research projects and has built image processing tools for use with drone-captured images.
- Dec 2023Grant (prize money)$731.3K
- Dec 2021Grant (prize money)$306.4K
- Nov 2019Grant (prize money)$624.7K
#11
Series B · Eindhoven, North Brabant · founded 2012 · 113 employees$15.3Mraised▾
Additive Industries is a developer of SLM 3D printer. The company offers products such as MetalFAB1, MetalFAB-420, MetalFAB-420 autoload, MetalFab-450, and MetalFAB-600. It can be used in the aerospace, automotive, and energy sectors.
- Jun 2020Grant (prize money)$302.4K
- May 2020Series B$15.3M
- Feb 2019Conventional Debt$11.3M
- 2015Series B—
#12
Series A · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2016 · 11 employees$2.8Mraised▾
A provider of AI-powered end-to-end solutions for visual inspection and reporting in various fields. It is a software‑based AI‑inspection company focused on aviation MRO. It offers an end‑to‑end AI‑inspection lifecycle platform tailored to aircraft‑engine borescope inspections. It analyzes live and recorded BSI video with computer‑vision‑based AI to detect and classify defects, then automates AMM/EM‑based defect disposition, report generation, and secure data sharing and archiving. It streamlines the entire process, from video recording to report generation, saving you shifts and elevating quality standards. It crates end-to-end digital records for every repair and inspection, allowing for predefined workscopes and giving managers real-time visibility into inspection progress.
- Feb 2023Series A$2.3M
- Sep 2019Seed$550.3K
- 2016Seed—
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How research on Launch Vehicles is moving in the Netherlands
A read on the academic research around Launch Vehicles — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 47 Netherlands-affiliated papers.
- European Space Research and Technology Centre22
- Delft University of Technology14
- Ministry of Defence2
- Erasmus University Rotterdam1
- Eindhoven University of Technology1
- Aerospace engineering2
- Rocket engine nozzle2
- Rocket (weapon)2
- Context (archaeology)1
- Window of opportunity1
- Aerospace engineering9
- Rocket engine7
- Combustion chamber5
- Aeronautics4
- Computational fluid dynamics3
- Aerospace engineering3
- Rocket (weapon)1
- Ramjet1
- Nacelle1
- Supersonic speed1
Where launch vehicles is researched across Netherlands
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
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