Uforce, a London-headquartered defense start-up founded in Ukraine, raised $700m in a financing round co-led by the UK National Wealth Fund (NWF) and Valor Equity Partners. NWF invested $150m, its largest defense-sector commitment to date, valuing Uf

2026-11-12

Uforce, a London-headquartered defense start-up founded in Ukraine, raised $700m in a financing round co-led by the UK National Wealth Fund (NWF) and Valor Equity Partners. NWF invested $150m, its largest defense-sector commitment to date, valuing Uforce at $6bn. Uforce, formed in 2022 from several Ukrainian developers of drones, unmanned vessels and counter‑UAS systems, said it will use proceeds to expand production in Ukraine and R&D centers in the UK, US and Germany.