Shotling, a Danish DefenseTech startup specialising in kinetic short-range counter-UAS (C-UAS) methods, at this time introduced the closing of a pre-Seed financing spherical with €700k dedicated out of a focused €500k.
The spherical is led by Myriad Protection Fund, with co-investment from IPO CLUB’s Fund II America 2030, and a non-dilutive match-loan granted by EIFO, the Export and Funding Fund of Denmark.
“We’re supporting Shotling’s mission to ship rapid-fire modular shotgun methods in opposition to FPV drones and loitering munitions – as the worldwide counter-UAS market accelerates in the direction of $10 billion by 2030, with kinetic protection phase displaying sturdy momentum (25%+ CAGR),” stated Edoardo Zarghetta, Managing Accomplice at America 2030, in a public assertion.
Shotling’s €700k pre-Seed spherical will be positioned alongside a broader circulate of capital into European defence, unmanned and adjoining autonomous-systems applied sciences in 2025.
In Denmark and Lithuania, Monopulse secured €1.12 million in mortgage financing to scale manufacturing of NATO-grade tactical UAVs, making it essentially the most instantly comparable case geographically, because it features a Danish footprint. In Poland, Orbotix raised €6.5 million to advance AI-enabled autonomous defence and drone-swarming methods, whereas France-based Rift closed a €4.6 million spherical to construct an on-demand aerial reconnaissance community combining VTOL drones and software program. In Spain, Fuvex raised €1.7 million to develop long-range autonomous drone methods with functions spanning safety and defence.
Taken collectively, these rounds account for about €13.9 million of disclosed funding transferring by defence, UAV and autonomous-systems segments in 2025, putting Shotling’s smaller however targeted pre-Seed elevate inside an lively sector.
Shotling’s resolution is an electrically pushed rotary-style gun system that includes a novel onboard, linkless, high-capacity journal. The effector defeats FPV drones and loitering munitions by producing an immense variety of fragments for max hit likelihood and offers level protection for cellular and glued belongings.
Its quick security vary permits use on items working shut collectively, enabling distributed FPV-drone protection.
The system has a price–kill ratio higher than 1:10 in opposition to cheap FPV drones and affords unrestricted elevation past 90°, which is essential for participating steep vertical targets. The onboard journal offers capability for greater than 30 engagements earlier than reload, making the system nicely fitted to integration on UGVs and different platforms the place reloading could also be impractical or inconceivable throughout a mission.
Their idea was chosen as one among 9 finalists – from 162 submitted proposals – for the sixteenth NATO Innovation Problem in Tallinn (June 2025), addressing fibre-optic FPV drones.
The corporate has additionally reportedly obtained assist from Ukrainian frontline items and defence firms – specifics stay undisclosed.
The system is engineered for versatile integration: it could actually function the first armament in small devoted Distant Weapon Stations (RWS), as a secondary system with its personal elevation axis on bigger RWS, and be mixed with a number of kinds of detection and fire-control methods. It can be deployed for handbook use on tripods, ring mounts, and cellular platforms resembling 4x4s and ISVs.
Shotling’s rotary shotgun system offers unmatched close-range protection (50–100m) in opposition to the quickly rising risk of kamikaze drones, combining a gatling-style design, with novel, high-capacity magazines, and firing charges as much as 3,000 RPM utilizing customary or tungsten-based 12-gauge shells.
