NATO Innovation Fund

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The NATO Innovation Fund (NIF) is a EUR 1 billion deep tech fund, backing ambitious founders developing emerging and disruptive technologies.

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Date closing: -
Amount: -
Industry focus: ICT;
Total budget: 1B €
Entity type: Public Agency
Vertical focus: artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology, energy & propulsion, manufacturing, and space.
Website: https://www.nif.fund/

Status:
Open
Funding type: Equity investment;
Geographic focus:
Public/Private: Public
Stage focus:
Applicant target: Startup;

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Overview

The NATO Innovation Fund (NIF) was created to supercharge the Alliance’s unique innovation ecosystems. Allied talent and research in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) are world-leading, but the market to support deep tech innovation is underfunded. With the NIF, they are creating a commercialisation machine in both the private and public sectors, backing innovators to secure the future for the Alliance's 1 billion citizens.

The NIF is a standalone EUR 1 billion venture capital fund supporting ambitious founders developing emerging and disruptive technologies. For them, high-impact verticals include artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology, energy & propulsion, manufacturing, and space. They are passionate about autonomy, hypersonics, new materials and quantum, and want to shore up cutting-edge hardware and software.

The NIF will provide Allied innovators in the Participating Allied countries with massive market opportunity, patient capital and technological diligence & validation - tremendous advantages for any deep tech innovator.

Rallying around NATO’s Emerging and Disruptive Technologies (EDTs), their focus will evolve in parallel with today’s rapid innovation environment.

Last updated on 2023-08-16 12:13