European defense tech company Project Q raises €15m to further develop its open-source platform HYDRIS
- Expeditions Fund from Poland leads the round, Hensoldt and Heliad join as investors
- Funding will go toward the further development of HYDRIS, the European open-source integration and orchestration platform
- Open architecture allows users to design their own mission environments and reduce integration effort and vendor lock-ins
Berlin, 14. July 2026 – Just eleven months after its seed funding round, the European defense tech company Project Q successfully closed a Series A funding round of €15m in June.
The funding round is being led by the Polish Expeditions Fund, which is thereby expanding its investment in Project Q. Also participating in the round are the publicly traded German defense specialist HENSOLDT AG and the German venture capital investor Heliad. Project Q’s products are designed to strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty in the security and defense sectors. The company thus remains entirely funded by European investors.
The new capital will be invested primarily infurther developing HYDRIS, a European open-source European integration and orchestration platform that enables armed forces and government agencies to achieve greater technological sovereignty and faster innovation cycles. HYDRIS enables the seamless integration of commercially available technologies, data sources, and existing legacy systems. HYDRIS creates a vendor-neutral foundation for resilient, interoperable, and technologically sovereign operations, as well as an open innovation ecosystem, through open standards, AI-powered data processing, edge computing, and distributed operations. At the same time, the platform integrates seamlessly into existing software landscapes, mission systems, and command and control information systems, thereby expanding their capabilities.
Leonard Wessendorff, CEO and co-founder of Project Q, says: “The trust that our investors have placed in us is a great endorsement. We are particularly pleased that the funding comes entirely from Europe. With HYDRIS, we will enable armed forces and security agencies to independently integrate new technologies and capabilities, continuously develop them further, and thus respond much more quickly to changing threat scenarios. In this way, we are laying the foundation for greater technological sovereignty in Europe.”
About Project Q
Project Q is a European defense tech company with offices in Munich and Berlin. We develop integration infrastructure for modern security and defense ecosystems and connect sensors, unmanned systems, command and mission systems, and other capabilities for armed forces, security agencies, and critical infrastructure operators. To do this, we rely on HYDRIS, our proprietary open-source integration and orchestration solution. HYDRIS brings together commercially available (COTS) technologies, data sources, and existing legacy systems into a single operational environment. Through open standards, AI-powered data processing, edge computing, and distributed operations, HYDRIS provides a vendor-neutral foundation for resilient and technologically sovereign operations. Learn more at project-q.ai
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