UFORCE

Defense Tech · Autonomous Systems · Drones

Funding

Ukraine's UFORCE raises $700M Series A at $6B valuation for drones

The company's valuation has jumped sixfold in eight months, a sign investors see battlefield-proven autonomy as the next big defense bet.

• UFORCE, a defense-technology company founded in Ukraine and headquartered in London, raised $700 million in a Series A round co-led by Valor Equity Partners and the UK National Wealth Fund, valuing it at $6 billion.
• UFORCE builds autonomous uncrewed platforms for sea, land and air plus the AI command-and-control software that coordinates them, with product lines including MAGURA naval drones, NEMESIS strike UAVs, LIUT ground robots and PREDATOR counter-drone turrets.
• MAGURA uncrewed surface vessels have contributed to the destruction of more than a dozen Russian warships in the Black Sea, while NEMESIS strike drones have flown over 300,000 combat sorties across 100+ Ukrainian military units.
• UFORCE raised $50 million at a valuation of around $1 billion as recently as March 2026, and its CEO says bookings have more than doubled over the past year from a base of several hundred million dollars.
• The round is the largest in Ukrainian startup history, according to Forbes Ukraine, and comes as NATO and allied-country defense startups raised $27.1 billion through September 2026, nearly double all of 2025.
• The capital will fund manufacturing expansion beyond Ukraine into the US, Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, including a partnership with ReconCraft to build MAGURA naval drones in the US, and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe Christopher Cavoli is joining the board.
• UFORCE's rapid valuation climb reflects how combat validation in Ukraine has become the fastest route to scale for defense-tech startups, reshaping where major investors now place their biggest bets.