Scope
Support area, target audience, and program content.
Eligibility for Türkiye: eligible. The NATO Innovation Fund is a standalone venture capital fund launched by NATO and backed by 24 Allied nations, including Türkiye, with EUR 1 billion in assets under management. It invests directly in deep tech companies addressing defence, security and resilience needs, from seed stage to Series B, with initial tickets of EUR 3 to 15 million and reserves for follow-on investment as companies scale. It also backs specialist funds across Allied nations through a fund-of-funds strategy. Support type: venture capital investment; the fund does not award grants and does not run programme applications. Target group: dual-use deep tech start-ups in the limited partner nations, including those established in Türkiye. National channel: no representative institution for Türkiye is named on the fund's official page. The 15-year fund is headquartered in Amsterdam with regional offices in London and Warsaw.
Status
Current availability and call status of the program.
Continuous; an investment fund, it runs no calls.