--- title: "Fedorov announces launch in Kyiv of the largest Defense Tech venture fund and an analytics center" description: "Mikhail Fedorov, former Minister of Defense of Ukraine, announced the launch in Kyiv of the largest venture fund in the Defense Tech sector, which will invest in military startups, as well as the creation of an analytics center for seizing the initiative." date: 2026-09-09T13:40:01.000Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/fedorov-defense-tech-venture-fund-kyiv tags: [defense-tech, ukraine, venture-fund, mykhailo-fedorov, palantir, military-startups] publisher: "XAB.info" --- # Fedorov announces launch in Kyiv of the largest Defense Tech venture fund and an analytics center ![Portrait of the founder of the Defense Tech venture fund at the launch event of the fund and analytics center in Kyiv](https://xab.info/media/2026/09/09/fedorov-defense-tech-venture-fund-kyiv/fedorov-defense-tech-venture-fund-kyiv-1.webp) ## 🎯 Key Points - Mikhail Fedorov announced the creation in Kyiv of the largest venture fund in the Defense Tech direction for investing in military startups. - The launch of an analytics center was also announced, which will forecast the course of the war and seek ways to seize the initiative. - The statements mention contacts with Big Tech and Palantir; it was previously reported that the first investor in Fedorov's defense tech company would be Alex Karp. - Open sources contain inconsistencies regarding the launch timing and the fund's volume (around 50 million euros according to Minfin versus the wording "soon to be launched"). Mikhail Fedorov, former Minister of Defense of Ukraine, announced preparations to launch in Kyiv what he describes as the largest venture fund focused on the Defense Tech sector. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing the politician's press office. According to him, during a series of meetings with venture funds and companies in the Big Tech segment — including Palantir, about which he had previously spoken publicly — it was possible to attract the resources needed to create a fund that will invest in military startups and seek solutions for both current and future national defense challenges. ### Announcement of the Defense Tech fund and its mission Fedorov emphasized that the fund will focus on military startups and on finding technological solutions to the problems facing the defense sector today and tomorrow. "We are launching the Defense Tech Fund very soon. I will be inviting both startups and experts to join it in order to work within the fund," he stated. Thus, the format envisages not only investment but also the involvement of the external expert community in the work of the structure itself. ### Three priorities and proactive analytics The statement mentions three key priorities of the new fund, although their full list is not disclosed in the published text. Separately, Fedorov announced the launch of an analytics center whose task, in his formulation, is to identify the enemy's vulnerabilities and develop methods for seizing the initiative "in the air and on the ground." "The center's task is to use the experience so that we can predict the next steps of the war and proactively generate solutions in order to seize the initiative. That is why there will also be an announcement on this matter soon," he added. ### Contradictory data Open sources contain inconsistencies regarding the timing and parameters of the fund's launch. On the one hand, a number of publications (in particular, Minfin and Korrespondent) reported on the launch in Ukraine of a venture fund for technology startups with a volume of around 50 million euros, dating the event to autumn 2025. On the other hand, in Fedorov's statements published in 2026, the fund is described as a structure that is "soon to be launched," with an invitation to startups and experts, and he himself characterizes it as the "largest" in the Defense Tech direction. The difference in wording — "already launched" versus "soon to be launched" — as well as the absence in the politician's statements of an exact amount and a full list of the three priorities creates a discrepancy in chronology and scale that requires clarification from the structure itself. ### Context: ties with Palantir and Alex Karp The announcement fits within earlier reports that Fedorov is launching his own defense tech company, the first key investor in which, according to previous data, is to be Palantir's head Alex Karp. The totality of these statements points to the formation around the former defense minister of a separate defense-technology cluster combining venture financing, analytics, and direct ties with major Western technology players. The final parameters of the fund, the size of its capital, and the composition of its priorities, according to Fedorov himself, will be announced in the near future. ## 🔍 Fact-Check Verification - [Fedorov announces creation of the largest venture fund for the "defense sector"](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/fedorov-anonsuvav-stvorennya-naybilshogo-1788961036.html) - Основной источник анонса; цитаты Федорова о Defense Tech фонде, Palantir и аналитическом центре. - [A venture fund for technology startups launched in Ukraine](https://korrespondent.net/business/4819199-v-ukrayne-zapustyly-venchurnyi-fond-dlia-tekhnolohycheskykh-startapov) - Подтверждает наличие/запуск венчурного фонда для техстартапов; по хронологии может пересекаться с анонсом Федорова. - [A venture fund worth €50 million to support startups launched in Ukraine](https://minfin.com.ua/2025/09/29/159490918/) - Указывает объём около 50 млн евро и дату запуска осенью 2025 — потенциальная нестыковка с формулировкой «скоро запускаем» 2026 года. - [Fedorov talks about what he will do next: venture fund, think tank, teaching](https://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2026/08/22/8049872/index.amp/) - Подтверждает связку «венчурный фонд + think tank» в планах Федорова (август 2026). ## ❓ FAQ ### Q: What is the Defense Tech fund that Fedorov announced? **A:** According to the former defense minister, it is a venture fund in Kyiv that will invest in military startups and seek technological solutions for current and future defense challenges. Fedorov himself calls it the largest in the Defense Tech direction. ### Q: What is the fund's volume and when is it launching? **A:** The exact amount and date are not named in Fedorov's statements — he says the fund is "soon to be launched." Meanwhile, the publication Minfin previously reported on the launch of a venture fund for startups with a volume of around 50 million euros, which creates a discrepancy in chronology and parameters. ### Q: What will the announced analytics center do? **A:** In Fedorov's formulation, the center is to identify the enemy's vulnerabilities, predict the next steps of the war, and proactively generate solutions for seizing the initiative in the air and on the ground. ### Q: What is the fund's connection with Palantir? **A:** Fedorov mentioned meetings with Big Tech and public information about Palantir, and it was previously reported that the first key investor in his defense tech company would be Palantir's head Alex Karp.