{"podcast":{"title":"Scaling Europe","slug":"scaling-europe-7780754","podcast_index_feed_id":7780754,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/108a8a74c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scaling-europe","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/44302379/44302379-1756114015030-846dc0246eba9.jpg","author":"Sebastian Johnson","episode_count":223,"summary":"Every week Seb Johnson sits down with 5 of Europe's best builders and investors to talk about what's going on in European Tech. Prior guests include the founders of Lovable, Cleo, Voi an Zilch, as well as top VCs from 20VC, Index, Balderton and Creandum.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T22:17:10.818712+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scaling-europe-7780754"},"episode":{"title":"Hadrien Canter, CEO and Co-founder of Alta Ares: BREAKING: Alta Ares just raised $50m","slug":"hadrien-canter-ceo-and-co-founder-of-alta-ares-breaking-alta-ares-just-raised-50m","published_at":"2026-06-09T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scaling-europe-7780754/hadrien-canter-ceo-and-co-founder-of-alta-ares-breaking-alta-ares-just-raised-50m","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scaling-europe-7780754","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scaling-europe/episodes/Hadrien-Canter--CEO-and-Co-founder-of-Alta-Ares-BREAKING-Alta-Ares-just-raised-50m-e3kh1hb","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/108a8a74c/podcast/play/121193451/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-8%2F425760005-44100-2-d9502c592bc2d.mp3","summary":"Cheap drones are changing modern warfare, creating demand for new air defence systems that can operate at scale. Alta Ares just raised $50 million to help countries defend against emerging aerial threats. Hadrien Canter is CEO and Co-founder of Alta Ares. Drawing on his experience working in Ukraine and the Middle East, he believes Europe has a unique opportunity to build a stronger defence ecosystem and reduce its reliance on external security guarantees. The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel. Check them out here: https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjk Sponsors: Mishcon: https://www.mishcon.com/pop-ups/scaling-europe Chargebee: https://www.chargebee.com/events/beelieve/london/2026 SurrealDB: https://surrealdb.com/ Airwallex: https://www.airwallex.com/uk?utm_source=other&utm_medium=partner_referral&utm_campaign=v01_emea_multi_ib_dg_prtmk_mofu_scalingeurope Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:09 - Alta Ares’ $50 funding round 1:24 - Why cheap drones are changing warfare 3:08 - Combining hardware, software and AI 5:26 - Building a defence company from Ukraine 7:51 - NATO, Europe and defence sovereignty 11:37 - Operating on the ground in Ukraine 13:20 - Mission, pressure and attracting talent 15:44 - Resilience, failure and company culture 17:45 - Raising $50m for Alta Ares 20:05 - The investors behind the round and the future of European defence","meta_description":"Cheap drones are changing modern warfare, creating demand for new air defence systems that can operate at scale. Alta Ares just raised $50 million to help…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1226,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/scaling-europe-7780754/episodes/hadrien-canter-ceo-and-co-founder-of-alta-ares-breaking-alta-ares-just-raised-50m/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scaling-europe-7780754/hadrien-canter-ceo-and-co-founder-of-alta-ares-breaking-alta-ares-just-raised-50m.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}