White & Case advises Accel on Series A financing of AI defence company SE3

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Accel, as lead investor, on the Series A financing round for spatial AI defence company SE3, with participation from Keen, Lakestar and Seedcamp.

White & Case partner Norman Röchert, who led the Firm's deal team said: "SE3's successful Series A funding round demonstrates the continued strength of Europe's deep technology ecosystem and growing investor confidence in companies developing critical AI and defence capabilities. This transaction further highlights White & Case's position as a leading adviser on complex investments across the European defence and defence technology sector, where innovation, capital and strategic priorities are increasingly converging."

The financing will support the expansion of SE3's engineering, commercial and operations teams. The company also intends to strengthen its presence in Germany and Ukraine, open an office in the United Kingdom and expand further across Europe.

SE3 is a Munich-based defense technology company developing next-generation spatial AI for unmanned systems. Its technology combines advanced sensor fusion with semantic understanding to create a real-time 3D operating picture, enabling autonomous systems to navigate and coordinate effectively, including in environments where satellite navigation is disrupted. SE3's technology is designed to strengthen Europe's technological sovereignty.

Accel is a global venture capital firm that partners with companies from inception through all phases of private company growth. The firm invests worldwide across the enterprise software, technology and consumer sectors and draws on more than 40 years of investment experience.

The White & Case team which advised on the transaction was led by partner Norman Röchert (Berlin) and included partners, Thilo Wienke (Duesseldorf), Erasmus Hoffmann (Berlin), Mathias Bogusch (Frankfurt), Sebastian Stuetze (Frankfurt) and Orion Berg (Paris), as well as associates Anna Hankings-Evans and Jasmin Bechtold (both Berlin), Johannes Wiehe (Duesseldorf), Daniel Stuebbe and Karim Meziani (both Frankfurt) and Franziska Weires (Berlin) and senior transaction lawyer Felix Paul (Berlin).

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