From ICEYE to Nearfield and Gatik: How Qatar’s $600B sovereign fund is building a deep tech portfolio
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Qatar Investment Authority led Gatik’s $200 million round as its third deep-tech investment in 10 weeks, after backing ICEYE and Nearfield Instruments earlier this summer. The new investment funds Gatik, which operates 41 fully driverless box trucks for PepsiCo across Dallas, Phoenix, and Northwest Arkansas. QIA’s portfolio focus shifts further toward AI-adjacent hardware and physical infrastructure—satellites, semiconductor metrology, and autonomous logistics—aligned with Qatar’s National Vision 2030 diversification plan.