Estonian Defence Forces sign three-year defence tech partnership with VC Archangel

The Estonian Defence Forces (EDF) and defence-focused venture capital fund Archangel have signed a three-year cooperation agreement to strengthen cooperation and support the development of the defence industry in Estonia and the wider Baltic region.  Founded in 2025, Archangel supports early-stage defence technology companies with capital, industry expertise and access to an ecosystem of defence and technology partners, with a focus on British, Baltic and Nordic defence-first founders. Archangel’s portfolio spans autonomous systems, battlefield software, AI, and secure operational infrastructure. Its investments include Kraken Technology Group, which develops uncrewed maritime systems; Labrys Technologies, whose Axiom platform helps organisations securely verify, coordinate, and pay distributed teams operating in challenging environments; Project Q, a German defence tech company developing an Internet of Defence platform; LYSK, which builds software for hostile environments from the