Stendr

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Location Oslo, Norway
Latest Stage Pre-Seed
Total Raised $5.4M
Sector
defense-tech AI drones

Investors

ACME Capital pre-seed (2026)

Founders

Aleksander Leonard Larsen Co-Founder

About

Stendr is an Oslo-based AI counter-drone defense startup co-founded by Aleksander Leonard Larsen (also co-founder of Sky Mavis / Axie Infinity) 1. The company is building a vertically integrated stack of hardware, software, and AI focused on drone detection and defense 1. The $5.4M pre-seed was one of the largest in Nordic defence tech history 1. Europe’s counter-drone market was $1.24 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach $4.16 billion by 2030 2.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
2026-04-15 Pre-Seed $5.4M RainFall, ACME, SkyFall Sisyphus, Antler, StartupLab, Off Piste, Andoya Ventures 12

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Sources

  1. The Next Web, “Norwegian defence startup Stendr raises $5.4M,” April 2026. https://thenextweb.com/news/stendr-5-4m-pre-seed-ai-counter-drone-defence↩↩↩↩

  2. Tech.eu, “Stendr secures $5.4M pre-seed to develop AI-driven defence systems,” April 15, 2026. https://tech.eu/2026/04/15/stendr-secures-54m-pre-seed-to-develop-ai-driven-defence-systems/↩↩