Post by NATO Innovation Fund (NIF)

📢 The NATO Innovation Fund is doubling down on Expeditions, which just closed their €197M Fund II. We are joined by BAE Systems, the European Investment Fund (EIF), Keysight Technologies, and PFR Ventures. Founded in 2021 by Mikolaj Firlej and Stanislaw Kastory, Expeditions invests in the founders shaping the future of European defence and strengthening its sovereignty. Here's why we invested 👇 🔹 The fund champions promising founders early and stays with them through the growth that follows, as they turn innovation into real-world capabilities Allies need now. 🔹 With autonomous systems and sovereign advanced capabilities urgently needing to scale in the next two years, Expeditions is backing exactly the kind of speed, innovation and conviction NATO countries need today. NATO Innovation Fund Partner Patrick Schneider-Sikorsky said, "Europe does not lack ideas but smart capital with the conviction to scale them. Expeditions has built their entire thesis around closing that gap for European defence tech – finding founders early and staying with them through the growth that follows as they turn innovation to real world capabilities. That's exactly the kind of conviction NIF wants to back, and exactly what Europe needs more of." 💡 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ezQudvq7