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.