UForce, a UK-based deftech company with Ukrainian roots, has raised $50 million at a valuation of $1 billion
The round was led by Shield Capital and Lakestar, with participation from Ballistic Ventures
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UForce, a defence tech company known for manufacturing Magura USVs, has raised $50 million at a valuation of $1 billion. The round was led by Shield Capital and Lakestar, with participation from Ballistic Ventures, according to Bloomberg.
The company’s CEO is serial entrepreneur Oleg Rogynskyy, who was born in Ukraine. Before UForce, he built several businesses in the United States, including AI unicorn People.ai. The management team also includes Oleksii Honcharuk, former Prime Minister of Ukraine, and Ben Wallace, former UK Defence Secretary.
Сompany develops autonomous systems for air, sea and land applications. One of its most famous developments is the Magura marine drones. UForce also manufactures Nemesis and R18 heavy-bomber UAVs, Liut UGV, Predator remote-controlled turret systems, and USS C2 command-and-control system.. “We have experience in destroying “shaheds”, Rogynskyy said to Bloomberg.
#magura #nemesis | UFORCE | 10 comments
Today, UFORCE steps out of stealth. We’ve been building quietly — unifying the best Ukrainian defence tech operators and engineers with Silicon Valley-grade product thinking to create and integrate the world’s most battle-proven autonomous weapons platform. #Magura autonomous USVs, #Nemesis & R18 heavy-bomber UAVs, Liut UGV ground combat robots, Predator remote-controlled turret systems, and USS C2 integrated command-and-control — all iterated under fire across over 150,000 real combat missions in Ukraine. Our open platform architecture ties it all together, enabling third-party interceptor integration directly onto our unmanned platforms for sea-launched counter-UAS missions with any compatible effector. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukraine became the most demanding proving ground for modern warfare. UFORCE was built to make sure the technologies forged in that environment don’t stay on one battlefield — they scale to defend every allied nation that needs them. The numbers behind what we’ve built: nine-figure bookings in 2025, nearly 500% growth, a secure supply chain spanning 15+ locations across six allied countries, and a team of over 1,000 operators, engineers, and manufacturers who ship product updates in hours, not quarters. We’re backed by Shield Capital, Lakestar, Ballistic Ventures, and leading American and European defence investors who share our conviction that combat-proven autonomous systems will reshape how free nations defend themselves. Our leadership: → Oleg Rogynskyy, CEO — built People.ai into a $1.1B Silicon Valley AI company. Awarded the Order of Merit of Ukraine by President Zelensky for securing Ukraine’s access to commercial satellite intelligence in the early days of the war. → Oleksiy Honcharuk, Board Chairman — served as Prime Minister of Ukraine from 2019 to 2020 and has contributed to a number of critical defence projects in Ukraine. → Sir Ben Wallace, Board Member — former UK Secretary of State for Defence who reshaped Britain’s military posture and helped lead NATO’s response to Russia’s invasion. This is day one. Follow UFORCE to see what comes next. | 10 comments on LinkedIn
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It is reported that UForce combines nine Ukrainian defence companies that develop various products for the army. It is claimed that their systems have completed more than 150,000 missions during the war.
According to Resilience Media, the company is already profitable, with bookings reaching hundreds of millions of dollars – a 450% increase in 2025. It has manufacturing and sources materials from 15 locations in six European allied countries. The UForce team consists of over 1,000 engineers, developers, and operators.
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