Sentinel
Sentinel is an airborne counter‑UAS system that detects, tracks and intercepts hostile drones.
Maturity not rated
Startup · Germany
Alpine Eagle
HQ Munich, GermanyFounded 202351-200 employees
Alpine Eagle develops airborne counter-drone systems for defence and security applications.
Funding3 rounds · $11.0M
- Equity raised
- $11.0M
- Latest
- $11.0MSeed · Mar 6, 2025
| Announced | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors | Other investors | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2025 | Seed | $11.0M | — | IQ Capital | Expeditions, General Catalyst, HCVC, High-Tech Gründerfonds, Sentris Capital | Reported |
| Aug 11, 2023 | Pre-Seed | Undisclosed | — | General Catalyst, HCVC | — | Reported |
| 2024 | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | — | — | — | Speculative |
- SeedLed by IQ Capital$11.0MMar 6, 2025
- Pre-SeedLed by General Catalyst, HCVCUndisclosedAug 11, 2023
- UndisclosedSpeculativeUndisclosed2024
Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.
Systems1
Newest unveiled first. Open a system for its milestone timeline, components and sources.
Capabilities3
| Technology | Role | Maturity | TRL | Notes | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air and missile defense | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Develops airborne counter-drone systems explicitly for defence and security applications. | Reported |
| Counter-UAS | Developer | — | — | — | Reported |
| Uncrewed systems | Developer | — | — | classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Develops airborne counter-drone systems explicitly for defence and security applications. | Reported |
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Develops airborne counter-drone systems explicitly for defence and security applications.—Reported
- Developerclassify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Develops airborne counter-drone systems explicitly for defence and security applications.—Reported
Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.
People1
| Person | Role |
|---|---|
| Jan-Hendrik Boelens | Co-Founder & CEO |
Sources8
Profile2
- 1
Sixth-Domain · Supports Organization · country, Organization · kind
“{"country": "Germany", "hq_iso2": "DE", "id": "25857d34-c58a-4c22-9af6-d23c9a93f9df"}”
- 2
LinkedIn · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · founded year, Organization · hq city, Organization · hq region, Organization · linkedin url
“employee_range: 51-200 (profile: 51-200 employees)”
Systems1
- 3
Alpine Eagle · Supports Organization · description, Organization · name, Organization · website, Organization technology, System
“Alpine Eagle builds advanced airborne counter-drone solutions for defence and security applications. Learn more about Alpine Eagle.”
Funding4
- 4
High-Tech Gründerfonds · Mar 6, 2025 · Supports Funding round, Funding round · amount, Organization · ownership
“along with previous investors General Catalyst and HCVC, which led Alpine Eagle’s pre-seed.”
- 5
TechCrunch · Mar 5, 2025 · Supports Funding round
“This helped it close a €10.25 million (around $10.96 million) seed round led by British deep tech VC firm IQ Capital.”
- 6
PitchBook · Supports Funding round, Organization · founded year, Organization · linkedin url
“1. Seed Round | 11-Aug-2023”
- 7
Tracxn · Supports Funding round
“Its first funding round was on 2023.”
People1
- 8
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