Roadshow: Defense & Security Week 2025

Event overview

Join the EIC Scaling Club at the European Defence Week in Paris — a high-impact event designed to accelerate strategies, investments, and partnerships in the rapidly evolving Defence Tech landscape.

Unique Value Proposition

European Defence Week offers a unique opportunity to connect with key stakeholders, matchmake with fellow investors, and explore the future of defence innovation. The event provides access to crucial decision-makers, funding sources, innovative companies, and collaborative policy sessions within a comprehensive pan-European ecosystem focused on accelerating defence and dual-use technology go-to-market pathways.

During this week, many events will take place including:

1. Bpifrance Defence 2025 – 📅 27-30 October 2025

This intensive program serves as a major platform to activate and showcase the pan-European defense innovation ecosystem.

The event aims to:

Showcase high-potential innovation and facilitate connections with investors and defence actors;
Enable high-level conversations between key stakeholders across the defense ecosystem;
Drive investment into early-stage defence and dual-use startups through the Defence Angels network;
Engage private VCs, Family Offices and corporates through peer-to-peer learning;
Encourage cross-border cooperation on dual-use technologies across Europe;
Highlight strategic policy and regulatory frameworks supporting innovation;
Foster public-private partnerships that accelerate go-to-market paths.

Core Activities

Exhibitions and Tech Demonstrations;
Pitch Sessions for startups;
Matchmaking Sessions between investors and companies;
Policy Roundtables and strategic discussions;
Closed-door roundtables and invitation-only events;
Networking cocktails and afterwork gatherings.

Contact Information:

📧 Email: Valentin.marin@bpifrance.fr

2. TechTour Defence 2025 – 📅 30-31 October 2025

As a Silver Partner, the EIC Scaling Club is proud to support this two-day gathering of Europe’s most promising defence tech start-ups, scale-ups, and innovators, alongside the sector’s most influential venture capital, corporate, and sovereign investors.

Why Attend?

Hosted as part of DefSec Week Paris by Bpifrance, Tech Tour Defence 2025 offers:

Actionable insights from top-tier defence tech investors and entrepreneurs;
Curated networking to foster meaningful relationships, investment opportunities, and strategic partnerships;
Exposure to cutting-edge solutions in homeland security, advanced defence capabilities, and deep tech for sovereignty.

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