This week, startups, business leaders and investors gathered at the annual Sifted Summit to share insights about the innovation ecosystem. NATO Innovation Fund Vice Chair Fiona Murray spoke with John Thornhill about the growth of the defence, security and resilience ecosystem in Europe and the UK. Some key insights: 👉 The war in Ukraine has accelerated the deployment of technologies that were first developed by the commercial sector in defence. 👉 The momentum is tremendous. We have both the opportunity and the responsibility to build technologies that can secure future generations. 👉 Maintaining a technological edge is critical to our resilience and – ultimately - prosperity. We need to deploy capital for the rapid development and scaling of advanced technologies. This will enable the faster maturing of future-proofing technologies.
NATO Innovation Fund (NIF)
Durfkapitaal en privévermogen
Investing EUR 1 billion in deep tech to secure the future of the Alliance's 1 billion citizens
Over ons
The NATO Innovation Fund (NIF) is an independent venture capital firm backed by 24 NATO Allies. With a €1 billion flagship fund, the NIF will invest in advanced science and technology driven enterprises that will enhance our nations’ defence, security and resilience. For us, high-impact verticals include artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology, energy & propulsion, materials science, and space. We are passionate about autonomy, new materials and quantum computing, and want to shore up cutting-edge hardware and software. We will directly invest into deep tech driven enterprises, identifying opportunities across all the 24 participating Allied nations, as well as into other funds who will help realise our mission of collective security and prosperity. Over time, the NIF’s investments will attract and encourage more like-minded investors, and help transform how nations and the private sector work together to face emerging challenges.
- Website
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https://www.nif.fund/
Externe link voor NATO Innovation Fund (NIF)
- Branche
- Durfkapitaal en privévermogen
- Bedrijfsgrootte
- 11 - 50 medewerkers
- Hoofdkantoor
- Amsterdam
- Type
- Particuliere onderneming
- Opgericht
- 2023
Locaties
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Primair
Amsterdam, NL
Medewerkers van NATO Innovation Fund (NIF)
Updates
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✅ Our first investment in a NATO DIANA cohort company is here. 🌌 We are excited to be leading Aquark Technologies' €5 Million seed round alongside Export and Investment Fund of Denmark, UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund and MBDA. GPS vulnerability could cause £1bn in losses per day, with GPS interference incidents increasing by 2,000 percent between 2018 and 2021. Aquark's novel method of constructing cold atom quantum sensors without magnetic fields can significantly reduce the size, weight, power consumption and cost of sensors. 👉 This innovation can play a critical role in safeguarding critical infrastructure – from communication, to navigation and finance, build resilient businesses and boost national security. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ghKDPVXD
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✨ We are proud to co-lead Fractile's $15 million seed funding round alongside Kindred Capital VC and Oxford Science Enterprises, with participation from Inovia Capital and Cocoa 🍫, as well as angel investors. By combining memory and processing into a single component, Fractile's AI chips will be able to run state-of-the-art AI models up to 100x faster and 10x cheaper than existing hardware. 👉 Read more in this interview with CEO Walter Goodwin, published by Fortune: https://lnkd.in/esdzV-rr
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🚀 We are thrilled to be supporting JOIN CAPITAL, a fund whose work is helping grow and shape the advanced technology ecosystem in tech hubs across Europe, where demand for early-stage start-up capital is on the rise. Welcome, Sebastian von Ribbentrop and team!
We are thrilled to announce that NATO Innovation Fund (NIF) has invested in JOIN CAPITAL, marking a significant milestone in our journey. Since 2015, we have focused on supporting pioneering #industrial and #deeptech in #Europe, and this partnership will enhance our efforts 🤝 Thank you Andrea Traversone and your team for the great cooperation. Here's to another successful time 🍀
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🌐 Last week, our team had the opportunity to participate in the NATO Summit in Washington, D.C., which marked the Alliance’s 75th anniversary. The Summit served as a reminder of the important role that technological innovation is playing in securing the future of the Alliance's 1 billion citizens. While at the Summit, our Chair of the Board Klaus Hommels and Vice Chair Fiona Murray shared their thoughts with Fortune on why investing in advanced technology makes good business sense, and is critical to advancing the defence, security and resilience of NATO nations. 👉 Read more: https://lnkd.in/efkYJPWP
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🤝 Yesterday, we announced a new partnership with the European Investment Fund (EIF), the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Commission to unlock dual-use investment opportunities for European businesses, and share best practices across investors, innovators and government. Over the past year, we’ve seen tremendous technological innovations emerge in the deep tech space in Europe. The ecosystem of start-ups in this space is growing, and needs support to scale and continue to innovate. Meanwhile, the appetite to invest in solutions with both defence and commercial applications is on the rise. This partnership represents a significant step towards securing Europe’s future by unlocking new avenues for private investment, and driving innovations to advance our defence, security and resilience. Read more 👇 https://lnkd.in/eaa6y5dm
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🚀 Our first investment in a satellite launch service provider is here. We are pleased to have joined Isar Aerospace's Series C extension to over EUR 220 million. This investment has the potential to boost the technological sovereignty of Europe and the UK by enabling access to space. Space technologies are key to securing the future of the Alliance's 1 billion citizens and we look forward to supporting Isar Aerospace with accessing both government and commercial opportunities. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/dBj93PVq Photo: (c) Isar Aerospace
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Nearly one year ago, we closed on our inaugural €1 billion fund. Today, we are delighted to share our first investments in innovative technologies developed in countries across the NATO Alliance. These investments - across AI, space tech, manufacturing, transportation and robotics - mark our first steps towards advancing defence, security and resilience. We’re proud to be supporting ambitious founders, who are developing cutting-edge solutions to some of the world’s most critical challenges: 🚀 Space Forge is pushing the boundaries of manufacturing by using the conditions in space to make materials, while ensuring that supply chains for Europe’s critical infrastructure are protected. 🛫 iCOMAT is revolutionising the trillion-dollar transportation industry, from air to ground to space, making travel more energy efficient, faster and cheaper through the manufacturing of lightweight materials. 🤖 ARX Robotics is deploying robotic systems to enhance the protection and training of armed forces, and can help improve the security and efficiency of critical infrastructure. 💻 Fractile is developing fundamental computing technology that will enhance collective AI capabilities by enabling Large Language Models to run faster, more efficiently and sustainably. We’re also delighted to support a diverse group of fund managers, including: - Alpine Space Ventures, an early-stage fund bringing over 50 years of space industry expertise to empower select startups to deliver key space-enabled capabilities. - OTB Ventures, an early growth fund originating from Central Europe, investing in spacetech, enterprise automation & AI, cybersecurity, and fintech infrastructure. - JOIN CAPITAL, a Berlin-based early stage venture capital focused on deep tech investments across industrial and enterprise tech. - Vsquared Ventures, which invests in early stage deep tech companies, whose groundbreaking technologies can address some of society’s most pressing challenges across AI & next-gen software, energy transition, new computing and sensing, new space, robotics and manufacturing, and tech-bio. Being at the forefront of technological innovation is key to building a safe and prosperous future for the Alliance’s citizens. We look forward to seeing what our portfolio companies achieve, and how they will contribute to this mission. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/eNxe2Gix #deeptech #startups
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From defence to critical infrastructure surveillance and the transportation of equipment in areas impacted by natural disaster, mass autonomous unmanned systems are critical to securing the future of the alliance's one billion citizens. To help fill this gap, today, we're honored to announce our support for ARX Robotics alongside Discovery Ventures and Project A. This is the largest seed funding round to date for a European defencetech company and will help ARX scale their cost-effective, modular ground system across Europe. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/e769TNqf
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Our first direct investment is here. 🚀 iCOMAT's breakthrough manufacturing technology can deliver lighter, stronger and more sustainable cars, planes and spacecrafts - faster and at a lower cost. This can help both strengthen our defence capabilities and reduce emissions. It marks an important milestone in our journey to advance defence, security and resilience for the alliance’s one billion citizens. We're proud to co-lead this round with 8VC alongside Syensqo and Velocity.Partners Venture Capital and look forward to helping build a more resilient and sustainable future together. Read more 👇 prn.to/458HbRx