Ukrainian Defense Tech startup G-Next Intelligence has secured investment from the US-based UAID Fund as part of its pre-seed financing round. The announcement was made by the company’s founder and CEO, Oleksii Teplukhin.
According to him, the investment round, led by Final Frontier, was joined by the specialized defense-focused UAID Fund. The investment decision was made on an accelerated timeline: the startup’s review process took about 15 days after the project was presented at the Invest in Bravery event during Kyiv Defense Week.
As Allan Regan, Partner and Chairman of the Investment Committee at UAID Fund, noted, the fund evaluated the effectiveness of G-Next Intelligence’s solutions directly in cooperation with military units and field commanders. According to him, the company’s system delivered results above user expectations, while the startup team rapidly implemented changes based on feedback from military personnel.
The fund stated that real-world validation of the technology in operational conditions became the key factor behind the accelerated due diligence process and investment decision.
G-Next Intelligence develops solutions for real-time data collection, processing, and analysis. The company’s products are used both in defense operations and in humanitarian crisis scenarios. Its main clients are military units that need to automate the processing of large volumes of information, reduce the number of manual operations, and shorten the time between receiving data and making decisions.
In April 2026, the company completed its pre-seed financing round, although the parties have not disclosed the amount raised.
UAID Fund is a US-based investment platform financed by the capital of its founders. The fund operates in two directions: investments in mid-market commercial real estate in Ukraine and financing of defense and dual-use technologies.
The fund is currently allocating around $5 million of its own capital across these two areas. In the real estate segment, UAID works with Ukrainian developers and participates in infrastructure recovery projects. One such project was the co-financing of the restoration of the Zhyraf shopping center in Irpin, which had been destroyed at the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion and reopened in December 2024.
In the Defense Tech segment, the fund plans to make between four and six initial investments over the next 12 months together with venture investors from Ukraine’s defense ecosystem. UAID typically acts as a minority co-investor in rounds led by specialized venture funds. Through an affiliated structure, the fund’s management has already invested alongside D3, Green Flag Ventures, Defence Builder, and Dark Star.
