{"id":140987,"date":"2023-08-03T16:51:19","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T13:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/?p=140987"},"modified":"2023-08-03T16:51:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T13:51:21","slug":"nato-innovation-fund-closes-e1-billion-to-support-startups-addressing-defence-and-security-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/nato-innovation-fund-closes-e1-billion-to-support-startups-addressing-defence-and-security-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO Innovation Fund closes \u20ac1 billion to\u00a0support\u00a0startups addressing defence and security challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NIF-web-screenshot-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-140988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NIF-web-screenshot-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NIF-web-screenshot-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NIF-web-screenshot-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NIF-web-screenshot-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NIF-web-screenshot-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NIF-web-screenshot-200x113.png 200w, https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NIF-web-screenshot-1422x800.png 1422w, https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NIF-web-screenshot-207x115.png 207w, https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NIF-web-screenshot-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NIF-web-screenshot.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nif.fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NATO Innovation Fund (NIF)<\/a>\u00a0is the world\u2019s first multi-sovereign venture capital fund and will invest 1 billion euros in startups developing dual-use deep technologies that can be used both for military as well as civilian purposes.\u00a0The Fund was established in 2023 by twenty-three NATO Allies and Estonia is one of them through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/smartcap.ee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SmartCap<\/a>.<br><br>NIF is one part of a one-two punch that NATO is making to broker more engagement with startups and innovation-focused businesses in its footprint. It\u2019s also building out the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diana.nato.int\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NATO \u2013 Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA)<\/a>\u00a0to back and work more closely with startups that are building\u00a0deeptech and dual-use solutions \u2014 those that might have a straightforward and obvious application in NATO\u2019s core activities, but also longer-term applications that might not.<br><br><strong>DIANA\u00a0in Estonia is led by the\u00a0Tehnopol\u00a0Startup Incubator and the application round for startups to join DIANA is open until August 25th.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about NATO DIANA at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.diana.nato.int\/\">https:\/\/www.diana.nato.int\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/01\/nato-announces-1b-fund-to-back-startups-supporting-safety-freedom-and-human-empowerment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Read the article about NIF from Techcrunch<\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/01\/nato-announces-1b-fund-to-back-startups-supporting-safety-freedom-and-human-empowerment\/\"><em>.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0NATO Innovation Fund (NIF)\u00a0is the world\u2019s first multi-sovereign venture capital fund and will invest 1 billion euros in startups developing dual-use deep technologies that can be used both for military as well as civilian purposes.\u00a0The Fund was established in 2023 by twenty-three NATO Allies and Estonia is one of them through\u00a0SmartCap. 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