Startup Rankings
Top Defence Startups in Croatia 2026
Last updated · 2 companies · compiled from public data sources
Croatia hosts 2 of the defence startups tracked in the fieldfaster dataset, with teams in Osijek and beyond. Focus areas include autonomy and AI, ISR and sensing, uncrewed systems.
Every entry is a short factual profile compiled from public sources: what the company builds, where it is based and when it was founded. The ranking favours established teams, ordering companies by team size band first and company age second. No funding figures are used.
- 1.
Orqa
Osijek · founded 2018
Croatian maker of FPV goggles, control systems and drones that became a defence supplier, including interceptor FPV drones ordered by the Croatian Army. Raised a EUR 12.7M Series A in 2026 led by Expeditions Ventures.
uasRead moreSources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
- 2.
Protostar Labs
Osijek · founded 2019
Croatian computer vision and edge AI company building real-time detection and threat classification systems for defence vehicles, UAVs and tactical systems, alongside space and industrial work.
Sources: fieldfaster curated dataset (public sources)
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