Defence Tech Valley 2025 – a war laboratory without Polish companies Defence24 com 23.09.2025 09:05 DrukujPDFPhoto. Defence24 FacebookTwitterLinkedInCopy linkSend email On 16–17 September, Defence Tech Valley 2025 took place in Lviv – an event already described as the largest investment forum dedicated to defence technologies in Ukraine’s history. During the forum, four funds from Europe and the USA announced plans to invest over one hundred million dollars in Ukrainian defence technologies. Separately, the company Swarmer reported raising fifteen million dollars from American investment funds – the largest public funding round in the history of Ukraine’s defence sector. Defence Tech Valley was a clear signal to many investors that Ukraine is becoming a centre of global defence innovation.