UFORCE Hits $6 Billion Valuation After $700 Million Round as Demand for Battle-Tested Drones Surges
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Updated · CNBC · Nov 12
UFORCE Hits $6 Billion Valuation After $700 Million Round as Demand for Battle-Tested Drones Surges
3 articles · Updated · CNBC · Nov 12
Summary
$700 million in new funding valued Ukrainian defense tech company UFORCE at $6 billion, a sharp jump from its roughly $1 billion valuation in March.
Valor Equity Partners and the U.K.'s National Wealth Fund co-led the Series A as investors chased autonomous weapons proven in Ukraine, where UFORCE says its drones have logged 300,000 combat flights.
CEO Oleg Rogynskyy said bookings have more than doubled from a base of several hundred million dollars, and the company will use the cash to expand manufacturing in Ukraine and allied markets including the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.
UFORCE said it is already supplying several NATO countries but will prioritize Ukrainian military needs first, even as global militaries study how cheap autonomous systems can challenge tanks, fighter jets and other conventional platforms.
The deal underscores a wider defense-tech boom: startups across NATO and allied countries raised $27.1 billion through September, nearly double all of 2025.