The ecosystem will bring a delegation of Ukrainian defence technology companies to London on 5-8 October
Defence Builder has become a partner of the Resilience Conference London 2026, organised by Resilience Media. The ecosystem will take part in the conference with a delegation of Ukrainian defence technology companies and will run a programme of one-to-one meetings for them around the conference days.
The Resilience Conference brings together defence and security startups, investors, government and military leaders, and defence primes. Around a third of tickets are allocated to the military and national security communities, and the 2026 speaker programme includes senior British Army leadership, NATO's innovation directorate and US European Command.
The Defence Builder delegation comprises companies from the ecosystem. Each has raised external funding and has technology already proven in operational use, across UAS and counter-UAS, electronic warfare, ground robotics, and command-and-control and battlefield software. The full line-up will be announced separately.
"A company can prove its technology at the front and still have no route to the people who fund and buy at scale abroad. Building that route is a large part of what the ecosystem does. The UK matters to us specifically because it has already moved from funding Ukrainian technology to manufacturing it under licence, which is the model most of our companies are looking for," said Daria Yaniieva, President of Defence Builder. "The Resilience Conference is one of the few events where founders, investors and government buyers are in the room in comparable numbers. That is why we are taking our companies there, and why we are glad to be doing it as a partner."
About Defence Builder
Defence Builder is a Ukrainian defence technology ecosystem co-founded by Sigma Software Group, the Kyiv School of Economics and Buntar Aerospace. It operates across three pillars: DB Accelerator, DB Fund (early-stage venture capital) and DB Capabilities (sector intelligence, due diligence and advisory). The portfolio includes 30+ teams; companies from the three accelerator batches to date carry a combined valuation of over $130 million.
About the Resilience Conference
The Resilience Conference is organised by Resilience Media, an independent publication covering defence and security. The 2026 edition takes place in London on 5–6 October. resilienceconference.io
