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National Security Strategic Investment Fund

Venture Capital · Founded 2012 · London, United Kingdom

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The National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF) is the UK Government's corporate venturing arm for dual-use advanced technologies, in partnership with the British Business Bank

14 portfolio companies Venture Capital · $509M invested · 15 investments · Investor rank #5,154 · Last investment 7/2026
Portfolio companies
14
Decacorns
0
Thoroughbreds
0
Portfolio analysis

Where National Security Strategic Investment Fund's portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 14 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. UK12
  2. Canada1
  3. Portugal1
By sectorCount
  1. Semiconductors5
  2. Security4
  3. Robotics3
  4. Space3
  5. Telecom2
  6. Enterprise Software1
  7. Hosting1
  8. Transportation1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series A5
  2. Series B+5
  3. Seed3
By growth stageCount
  1. Breakout Stage6
  2. Late Growth6
  3. Early Growth2
Portfolio market map

Inside National Security Strategic Investment Fund's portfolio.

The 14 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 14 tracked.

Photonic
Semiconductors · Unicorn
$2.0B
Quantum Motion
Semiconductors
$640M
Kraken Technology
Security · Unicorn
$1.0B
Riverlane
Enterprise Software
$310M
TEKEVER
Security · Unicorn
$1.3B
Nu Quantum
Security
$240M
Space Forge
Space
$119M
Optalysys
Hosting
$121M
Oxford Ionics
Semiconductors · Unicorn
$1.1B
Greenjets
Transportation
$159M
Sofant Technologies
Telecom
$33M
Archangel Lightworks
Telecom
$53M
Refute
Security
$27M
Mutable Tactics
Robotics
$7.9M
Portfolio founders

Where National Security Strategic Investment Fund's portfolio founders come from.

23 founders across the 14 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. United Kingdom18
  2. Canada2
  3. Portugal2
  4. Australia1
UniversityCount
  1. University of Cambridge4
  2. University of Oxford4
  3. Imperial College London2
  4. University of Lisbon Higher Technical Institute - Tecnico Lisboa2
  5. King's College London1
  6. Kingston University1
  7. London Business School1
  8. Oxford Brookes University1
  9. Polytechnic University of Milan1
  10. Rutgers university1
Previous companyCount
  1. Thales Alenia Space2
  2. University of Cambridge2
  3. AAC Clyde Space1
  4. BAE Systems1
  5. Blue Bear Systems Research1
  6. BNP Paribas1
  7. CERN Pension Fund1
  8. Cosworth1
  9. Cranfield University1
  10. Formula One World Championship1
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Every figure on this page is sourced live from the Dealroom next-gen API. Sections v1 shows that the API does not yet expose — shareholding-based holdings, Power-Law rankings & vintage time-series, entity-filtered news, and market sentiment — are omitted here rather than sourced elsewhere.