NATO Diana doubles support in new call for start-ups

03 Jun 2025 | News
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Competition is open for third edition of NATO’s highly popular six-month dual-use business accelerator programme

By Goda Naujokaitytė

NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Photo credit: NATO

NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (Diana) is searching for a third batch of start-ups that want to take part in its six-month business accelerator bootcamp. 

This year, it is looking for start-ups to address 10 challenges based on NATO priorities, twice as many as the year before. This will also potentially double the cohort of grantees from 75 to 150 innovators.

Most of this year’s challenges are more specific than in previous years. After the two first trial years, Diana may be looking to better target and address the defence bloc’s need.

This year’s ten challenges are: 

  • Energy and power (present for the third year in a row) 
  • Critical infrastructure and logistics (second year in a row) 
  • Advanced…

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