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Surveillance — 50,000+ operational flight hours, deployed in Ukraine
Twenty-four NATO Allies. One mission
Our Mission
We accelerate innovation at pace and at scale
The NATO Innovation Fund is a venture capital firm that sets the direction for NATO’s defence, security and resilience ecosystem. We invest in and champion deep tech, dual-use companies across the 24 NATO countries backing us to address the Alliance’s most pressing needs and protect our nations.
- Investments
- 30+
- Adoption Campaigns
- 100+
- Co-Investment Attracted
- €1.52B
Our Focus
Deep tech for Defence, Security, Resilience
We invest in and champion scalable technologies built for real-world capability needs, strengthening Allied defence, deterrence, and economic resilience. Defence, Security and Resilience is the lens through which we evaluate every investment.
Our portfolio companies
Fund
What we invest in
Our portfolio highlights
From investment to real world capability
Kraken
Autonomous maritime systems — USVs built for naval operations at scale
Isar Aerospace
Space infrastructure — the first privately funded European rocket to reach orbit
Uplift360
Advanced materials — supply of high-performance materials, made in Europe. Luxembourg Directorate of Defence contract secured
Aquark
Critical infrastructure — quantum sensing tested by the UK Royal Navy
News & Insights
What’s happening across The NIF Universe
NIF
NATO Innovation Fund and Finland’s DEFINE launch partnership to advance Nordic defence
The NATO Innovation Fund and Defence Innovation Network Finland (DEFINE) today announced their collaboration to accelerate the innovation, testing and […]
Read article: NATO Innovation Fund and Finland’s DEFINE launch partnership to advance Nordic defence
Portfolio
NATO Innovation Fund participates in Basecamp Research $140M Series C to advance AI-designed therapeutics
The NATO Innovation Found is backing Basecamp Research, a frontier AI company developing AI-designed medicines, as part of a $140M […]
Read article: NATO Innovation Fund participates in Basecamp Research $140M Series C to advance AI-designed therapeutics
Portfolio
NATO Innovation Fund makes first investment in Sweden to help TERASi deliver unjammable and undetectable communications for Europe’s defence and resilience
The NATO Innovation Fund announced today that it has co-led an €11 million seed round alongside JOIN Capital to back […]
Read article: NATO Innovation Fund makes first investment in Sweden to help TERASi deliver unjammable and undetectable communications for Europe’s defence and resilience