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NATO Innovation Fund (NIF)

NATO Innovation Fund

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The alliance's €1B fund backing deep-tech with defence, security and resilience relevance. Dilutive, but strategic capital + doors across NATO.

The NATO Innovation Fund is the Alliance's multi-sovereign venture fund, investing directly in early-stage deep-tech startups — and in the funds that back them — across defence, security and resilience. It backs companies rooted in its participating member states, so a Ukrainian company generally needs a footprint in one of those geographies to fall within its mandate.

Eligibility

Via local entity

€1B deep-tech VC. Invests in companies in / significantly present in participating allied nations. Equity — enter via an entity in a member state.

Autonomy / AISpace / SATCOMMaterials / armorEnergetics / productionDual-use

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