The NATO Innovation Fund has hired Nur Özdemir, a former investor at the European Investment Bank (EIB) and its European Investment Fund (EIF) to run its fund of funds programme, Sifted has learnt.
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Exclusive: NIF hires ex-EIB investor to run fund of funds programme
The role was previously left unfilled after founding partner Thorsten Claus departed in 2024
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Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the VC industry and deeptech startups. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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