How much did Ground A raise?

Ground A raised $9.8M at Pre-Seed, announced 8 September 2026.

Who founded Ground A?

Tobias Brune is CEO & Co-founder of Ground A.

What does Ground A do?

Ground A operates in Defense & GovTech and is based in Germany.

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Ground A raises $9.8M

Ground A announced a Pre-Seed round of $9.8M on 8 September 2026. The company operates in Defense & GovTech and is based in Germany. It was founded by Tobias Brune, CEO & Co-founder. Announced 35 days ago.

Raised

$9.8M

Stage

Pre-Seed

Industry

Defense & GovTech

Country

Germany

Founder

Tobias Brune

CEO & Co-founder, Ground A

grounda.de

Outreach angles

-Dr. Tobias Brune co-founded Ground A alongside Daniel Hariri and Roland Ralph Spiegelhalder to build laser counter-drone defense systems.
-Brune leads Ground A's engineering-heavy push to bring the GA 1000 laser system to NATO-interoperable deployment on tanks and ground vehicles.
-Ground A closed a EUR9.1M pre-seed round from Vsquared Ventures and Quantum Systems to scale production of its laser drone-defense system.