Key Takeaways
- • White & Case LLP advised lead investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and General Catalyst on a €100 million Series B financing for Hypersonica, a British-German defense technology company, per a White & Case press release dated 3 November 2026.
- • Existing investors Plural and 201 Ventures participated in the round.
- • Proceeds will fund accelerated development of long-range and hypersonic missile systems and expand engineering and manufacturing capacity in the United Kingdom and Germany.
- • The company's technology is intended to contribute to European deep-strike and deterrence capabilities.
- • A 13-lawyer White & Case team across Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Frankfurt led by partner Norman Röchert worked on the transaction.
Summary
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised lead investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and General Catalyst on a €100 million Series B financing round for Hypersonica, according to a White & Case announcement dated 3 November 2026. The round also included participation from existing investors Plural and 201 Ventures.
Hypersonica is a British-German defense technology company developing advanced long-range and hypersonic missile systems. According to the announcement, the financing will support the accelerated development of these capabilities and the expansion of the company's engineering and manufacturing capacity in the United Kingdom and Germany. The company's technology is intended to contribute to the development of European deep-strike and deterrence capabilities.
Lightspeed Venture Partners is described as a multi-stage venture capital firm supporting companies across enterprise, consumer and healthcare sectors, having backed hundreds of founders and helped build more than 500 companies worldwide. General Catalyst is described as a global investment and transformation company with venture capital at its core, having supported more than 900 businesses from seed through growth stage and beyond.
The White & Case transaction team was led by partner Norman Röchert (Berlin) and included partners Thilo Wienke (Düsseldorf), Erasmus Hoffmann (Berlin) and Mathias Bogusch (Frankfurt), associates Anna Hankings-Evans, Jasmin Bechtold, Marvin Goebberd (all Berlin), Justus Redeker, Daniel Stuebbe (both Frankfurt), Lisa Baer and Johannes Wiehe (both Düsseldorf), and senior transaction lawyer Felix Paul (Berlin). The announcement does not disclose the valuation or the terms of the financing.
Hypersonica is a British-German defense technology company developing advanced long-range and hypersonic missile systems. According to the announcement, the financing will support the accelerated development of these capabilities and the expansion of the company's engineering and manufacturing capacity in the United Kingdom and Germany. The company's technology is intended to contribute to the development of European deep-strike and deterrence capabilities.
Lightspeed Venture Partners is described as a multi-stage venture capital firm supporting companies across enterprise, consumer and healthcare sectors, having backed hundreds of founders and helped build more than 500 companies worldwide. General Catalyst is described as a global investment and transformation company with venture capital at its core, having supported more than 900 businesses from seed through growth stage and beyond.
The White & Case transaction team was led by partner Norman Röchert (Berlin) and included partners Thilo Wienke (Düsseldorf), Erasmus Hoffmann (Berlin) and Mathias Bogusch (Frankfurt), associates Anna Hankings-Evans, Jasmin Bechtold, Marvin Goebberd (all Berlin), Justus Redeker, Daniel Stuebbe (both Frankfurt), Lisa Baer and Johannes Wiehe (both Düsseldorf), and senior transaction lawyer Felix Paul (Berlin). The announcement does not disclose the valuation or the terms of the financing.
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