WildField Ventures, a new early-stage venture capital fund focusing on dual-use technologies, was launched in Ukraine with a target size of $10 million to $15 million.
The fund’s priority areas include specialized software, sensors, navigation and communication systems and data processing solutions. While WildField Ventures primarily targets Ukrainian entrepreneurs domestically and abroad, it also plans to strike deals with teams from Kyiv’s allies.
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The fund focuses on pre-seed and seed-stage projects, offering initial checks of $250,000. The most promising portfolio companies could receive up to $500,000 in follow-on funding. In total, the investors plan to back 15 to 20 teams, the company shared with the tech publication Vector.
In addition to capital, portfolio startups receive technical product expertise and access to the fund’s specialists, who have hands-on experience in the defense tech sector.
As of September 2026, the fund had already invested in three companies. Its first publicly disclosed deal is with DoD Solution, an Estonian-Ukrainian developer of onboard artificial intelligence (AI) modules for unmanned platforms.
Defense demands from Russia’s invasion have fueled Ukraine’s budding defense startup industry.
According to Brave1, Ukraine’s defense cluster, over 50 Ukrainian defense-tech startups raised over $105 million in total venture and angel funding in 2025.
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The largest 2025 funding rounds included drone maker Swarmer, which raised $15 million; ground drone maker Tencore, which raised $3.74 million; and demining robot manufacturer Dropla, which raised $2.75 million.
In February 2026, Kyiv-based defense technology company The Fourth Law (TFL) secured a new funding round, backed by US public safety technology group Axon, to fund research and development of new autonomy capabilities to counter Shahed-type drones.
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