Shotling, a Danish DefenseTech startup specialising in kinetic short-range counter-UAS (C-UAS) systems, today announced the closing of a pre-Seed financing round with €700k committed out of a targeted €500k.
The round is led by Myriad Defense Fund, with co-investment from IPO CLUB’s Fund II America 2030, and a non-dilutive match-loan granted by EIFO, the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark.
“We are supporting Shotling’s mission to deliver rapid-fire modular shotgun systems against FPV drones and loitering munitions – as the global counter-UAS market accelerates towards $10 billion by 2030, with kinetic defense segment showing strong momentum (25%+ CAGR),” said Edoardo Zarghetta, Managing Partner at America 2030, in a public statement.
Shotling’s €700k pre-Seed round can be positioned alongside a broader flow of capital into European defence, unmanned and adjacent autonomous-systems technologies in 2025.
In Denmark and Lithuania, Monopulse secured €1.12 million in loan financing to scale production of NATO-grade tactical UAVs, making it the most directly comparable case geographically, as it includes a Danish footprint. In Poland, Orbotix raised €6.5 million to advance AI-enabled autonomous defence and drone-swarming systems, while France-based Rift closed a €4.6 million round to build an on-demand aerial reconnaissance network combining VTOL drones and software. In Spain, Fuvex raised €1.7 million to expand long-range autonomous drone systems with applications spanning security and defence.
Taken together, these rounds account for approximately €13.9 million of disclosed funding moving through defence, UAV and autonomous-systems segments in 2025, placing Shotling’s smaller but focused pre-Seed raise within an active sector.
Shotling’s solution is an electrically driven rotary-style gun system featuring a novel onboard, linkless, high-capacity magazine. The effector defeats FPV drones and loitering munitions by producing an immense number of fragments for maximum hit probability and provides point defense for mobile and fixed assets.
Its short safety range allows use on units operating close together, enabling distributed FPV-drone defense.
The system has a cost–kill ratio better than 1:10 against inexpensive FPV drones and offers unrestricted elevation beyond 90°, which is crucial for engaging steep vertical targets. The onboard magazine provides capacity for more than 30 engagements before reload, making the system well suited for integration on UGVs and other platforms where reloading may be impractical or impossible during a mission.
Their concept was selected as one of nine finalists – from 162 submitted proposals – for the 16th NATO Innovation Challenge in Tallinn (June 2025), addressing fibre-optic FPV drones.
The company has also reportedly received support from Ukrainian frontline units and defence companies – specifics remain undisclosed.
The system is engineered for flexible integration: it can serve as the primary armament in small dedicated Remote Weapon Stations (RWS), as a secondary system with its own elevation axis on larger RWS, and be combined with multiple types of detection and fire-control systems. It can also be deployed for manual use on tripods, ring mounts, and mobile platforms such as 4x4s and ISVs.
Shotling’s rotary shotgun system provides unmatched close-range defense (50–100m) against the rapidly growing threat of kamikaze drones, combining a gatling-style design, with novel, high-capacity magazines, and firing rates up to 3,000 RPM using standard or tungsten-based 12-gauge shells.