Ukraine defence
expansion partner

Ukraine defence
expansion partner

Ukraine defence
expansion partner

We help international defence and dual-use companies enter the Ukrainian market. Strategy, partnerships, joint ventures, battlefield validation, communications. End to end.

If Ukraine
is a market you’re exploring

No pitch. Just intel on your segment and how market entry works.

No pitch. Just intel on your segment and how market entry works.

No pitch. Just intel on your segment and how market entry works.

Full market entry.

Strategic M&A and capital advisory for tech and defence leaders. The leading connector between French and Ukrainian defence industries.

FLAGSHIP

Battlefield testing

Your product in real combat. No lab can replicate this.

Government access

MoD · Brave1

Partnership facilitation

Intro → signed JV

Market entry strategy

Where and how

Event presence

Demos · expos

Local authority building

Trusted name

R&D acceleration

Frontline to prototype

How Ukraine engagement transforms company valuations

Companies that engaged with Ukraine's defence ecosystem early saw growth that outpaced their sectors by orders of magnitude.

~700%

SAAB AB

£12→£60B

BAE SYSTEMS

$2.4→$12.7B

SHIELD AI

+2,683%

PALANTIR

Meanwhile, companies with minimal Ukraine exposure:

THALES

vs Saab's +700% in the same period

Similar sector. Moderate growth. No Ukraine engagement premium.

LEONARDO

vs BAE's +400% in the same period

No battlefield narrative. No backlog surge. No premium multiple.

Ukraine Defence Market Blog

Ukraine
Defence
Market Blog

Recent

Eurosatory 2026: What We Saw

80 Ukrainian companies. Dozens of JV announcements.

Recent

Eurosatory 2026: What We Saw

80 Ukrainian companies. Dozens of JV announcements.

Coming soon

How to Enter the Ukrainian Defence Market in 2026: A Step-by-Step Guide

The route from first contact to a signed agreement: who to approach, in what order, and how long each stage takes.

Coming soon

How to Enter the Ukrainian Defence Market in 2026: A Step-by-Step Guide

The route from first contact to a signed agreement: who to approach, in what order, and how long each stage takes.

Coming soon

The Real Cost of Entering Ukraine: Budgets, Timelines, Mistakes

What entering Ukraine actually costs: realistic budgets, timelines and the mistakes that burn the first year.

Coming soon

The Real Cost of Entering Ukraine: Budgets, Timelines, Mistakes

What entering Ukraine actually costs: realistic budgets, timelines and the mistakes that burn the first year.

Coming soon

What Battlefield Testing Really Means — And How to Get Your Product There

What frontline validation actually involves, who runs it, and how a foreign manufacturer gets a product into real conditions.

Coming soon

What Battlefield Testing Really Means — And How to Get Your Product There

What frontline validation actually involves, who runs it, and how a foreign manufacturer gets a product into real conditions.

Where you'll find us

Where you'll find us

Eurosatory, DSEI, Brave1 demo days, defence expos across Europe — we're in the rooms where deals happen.

LinkedIn post: Galion Group on the Haulotte and Ukrainian Unmanned Technologies partnership for the Ravlyk UGV
LinkedIn post: Galion Group on the Franco-Ukrainian side event at Eurosatory 2026
LinkedIn post: Actual Armor on the Defence City meet-up in Lviv
LinkedIn post: MergeWave Capital on the closed-door DefTech meetup in Lviv
LinkedIn post: Pavlo Karapinka on MergeWave Capital defence tech M&A work
LinkedIn post: Pavlo Karapinka on the private Paris event with Ukrainian and European defence leaders
LinkedIn post: Galion Group on the Haulotte and Ukrainian Unmanned Technologies partnership for the Ravlyk UGV
LinkedIn post: Galion Group on the Franco-Ukrainian side event at Eurosatory 2026
LinkedIn post: Actual Armor on the Defence City meet-up in Lviv
LinkedIn post: MergeWave Capital on the closed-door DefTech meetup in Lviv
LinkedIn post: Pavlo Karapinka on MergeWave Capital defence tech M&A work
LinkedIn post: Pavlo Karapinka on the private Paris event with Ukrainian and European defence leaders

Ukraine defence market intelligence, monthly. No noise.