Ground A ranks among the largest pre-seed rounds of September 2026
Two rankings of September's pre-seed activity put Ground A near the very top. In Eqvista's chart, based on Crunchbase data, Ground A's round ranks fourth out of fifteen. A second overview of the month's top 12 raises places the company third.
Fourth in Eqvista's ranking
Crunchbase lists Ground A's €9.1 million pre-seed financing at $10,579,316. Only Outerlimit ($16.1 million), Haven and Prime Minute ($15 million each) raised more at pre-seed stage during the month. Frontier Computing, DataAgent and Visko follow at $10 million each, and the rest of the top 15 ranges from $8 million down to $5.5 million.
Third among the month's top 12 raises
The second overview narrows the field to twelve raises and places Ground A third, behind Outerlimit ($16.1 million) and Hello Haven ($15 million). Frontier Computing and Visko Platform follow at $10 million each, with Feather Robotics, Metacognition and AutoTrust AI completing the top eight.
What the round funds
The financing round was led by Vsquared Ventures, with participation from Quantum Systems and a consortium of venture capital investors and entrepreneurs from the European defence and software industries. It lays the foundation for industrialising the GA 1000, Ground A's laser-based counter-drone system, and for setting up modular series production in Germany.
Founded in January 2026, Ground A moved the GA 1000 from prototype into testing and validation within a few months. Series production is planned for 2027, alongside the company's next financing round.
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