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NVM Ventures closes EUR 23.6 million first tranche for Italian dual-use tech fund

NVM Ventures closed a first EUR 23.6 million tranche of a Lazio based fund backing dual-use deep tech startups in defence, aerospace, cyber and materials. Lazio Innova, using ERDF co-financing, is the lead backer; the fund targets EUR 35 million at final close.

Reported AI-drafted Economyup, 6 October 2026

What it does not test. This does not establish that the fund has yet invested in any named startup.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Regional fund first-closes EUR23.6m, no startup funded yet; no tech ownership changed. European Sovereignty Index

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