Luxinnovation unveiled the 24 startups joining Fit 4 Start #17, the first cohort to include a dedicated defence track, at Luxembourg Venture Days 2026.
The 24 startups of the 17th Fit 4 Start cohort were announced on 15 October at Luxembourg Venture Days. The call drew a record 556 applications from 44 countries.
“The introduction of the defence sector to the Fit 4 Start cohort is in line with Luxembourg’s defence industry strategy,” said Mario Grotz, CEO of Luxinnovation. The six-month programme starts in early 2027, with €50,000 in funding for Luxembourg-based startups, subject to final due diligence.
The selected startups
Defence
- ÆTHERION Space and Defence (Luxembourg)
- Lanka Robotics (Ukraine)
- USIL Therapeutics (Luxembourg)
- Zero Gauss (Luxembourg)
Digital
- Blueberry (Luxembourg)
- CloudSoul (Luxembourg)
- Enidia AI (Luxembourg)
- Enstic (United Kingdom)
- FiberSight (Portugal)
- Infratailors (Luxembourg)
- Karimi (Luxembourg)
- LXplorer (Luxembourg)
- Monnett (Luxembourg)
- Superpositions (Luxembourg)
Space
- Antscape (Estonia)
- Aperio Space Technologies (Germany)
- NobautiX (Luxembourg)
- Nova Lux Orbital (Luxembourg)
- Ovia Qore (France)
Health
- BellaPause (Luxembourg)
- LuxAvenor (Luxembourg)
- Proskope (France)
- Slippery Saints (Luxembourg)
- Venture Robot Solutions (Switzerland)
