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Startup · Estonia

Frankenburg Technologies

Updated HQ Tallinn, EstoniaFounded 202451-200 employees

Develops missile defense systems and manufacturing capacity.

Website

Funding3 rounds · ~$39.8M + €1.5M

Equity raised
~$39.8M + €1.5M
Latest
~$35.5MSeries A · Feb 24, 2026
Last valuation
$400M?Basis not stated · Series A · Feb 24, 2026
Cumulative raised$39.8M
Mar 28, 2025Feb 24, 2026
Valuation over time$400M · Feb 24, 2026
Valuation over timeReported valuation rose from $161M (Mar 28, 2025) to $400M (Feb 24, 2026) across 2 valued rounds. 1 post-money, 1 without a stated pre/post basis.
Valuations by round
AnnouncedStageValuationBasis
Mar 28, 2025Seed$161MPost-money
Feb 24, 2026Series A$400MBasis not stated
  • Series A
    Led by Plural
    Valuation $400M?
    Confirmed
    ~$35.5M
    Feb 24, 2026
  • Seed
    Led by Blossom Capital, Shellona
    Valuation $161M
    ~$4.3M
    Mar 28, 2025
  • Seed
    Led by Shellona
    €1.5M
    2024

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

  • A Frankenburg Mark I interceptor missile leaving its launcher during a field testMark IShort-range air-defense interceptor undergoing testing and industrialization.
    Prototype
    —

Newest unveiled first. Systems that belong to a government program link to the program page, where variants, costs and contracts are.

Capabilities2

  • Developer
    classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Develops missile defense systems and the manufacturing capacity to produce them.
    —Reported
  • Developer
    classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Develops missile defense systems and the manufacturing capacity to produce them.
    —Reported

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

People
PersonRole
Marko VirkebauCo-Founder
Taavi MadiberkCo-Founder
Kusti SalmCEO
Veiko-Vello PalmChief Operating Officer

Sources12

Show all 12 sources and supporting evidence

Profile5

  1. 1

    Frankenburg Technologies · Supports Organization · name

    “Frankenburg Technologies – Guided Missile Systems”
  2. 2

    Supports Organization · name

    “air and missile defence is becoming a cost, scale and replenishment contest. Frankenburg builds affordable, mass-manufacturable guided interceptor missile systems”
  3. 3

    PitchBook · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url

    “employee_range: 51-200 (profile: 80)”
  4. 4

    Defence Finance Monitor · Supports Organization · name

    “Frankenburg Technologies is an emerging European defense startup at the forefront of counter-drone missile innovation. Headquartered in Estonia, this company”
  5. 5

    Crunchbase · Supports Organization · country, Organization · linkedin url, Organization · x url

    “Location:Tallinn,Harjumaa,Estonia”

Systems1

  1. 6

    Frankenburg Technologies · Supports Funding round, Organization, Role, System

    “has raised €30 million in Series A funding, led by [**Plural**](https://www.pluralplatform.com) and followed by [**SmartCap**](https://smartcap.ee).”

Funding5

  1. 7

    Cobalt · Mar 3, 2026 · Supports Funding round · amount, Organization · ownership

    “raised €30 million in Series A funding”
  2. 8

    Resilience Media · Feb 24, 2026 · Supports Funding round · post money valuation usd

    “had raised up to $50 million at a valuation of around $400 million”
  3. 9

    AIN.UA · Mar 28, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “Estonian defense company Frankenburg Technologies has secured €4 million investment to develop anti-aircraft missiles.”
  4. 10

    BalticVC · Mar 28, 2025 · Supports Funding round · amount

    “In November 2024, the company raised €1.5M from Shellona.”
  5. 11

    Resilience Media · Supports Funding round · post money valuation usd

    “a post-money valuation of around $161 million (€160 million)”

People1

  1. 12

    LinkedIn · Supports Organization · employee range, Organization · linkedin url, Role

    “employee_range: 51-200 (profile: 51-200 employees)”

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