EUDIS Business Accelerator
Supports defense startups through EU cohorts, providing vouchers and coaching for growth.
The EUDIS Business Accelerator is a cohort-based programme operated within the EU Defence Innovation Scheme (EUDIS), which commands €231 million of the EDF 2026 budget — 23% of the total €1 billion EDF 2026 Work Programme. The accelerator targets start-ups and scale-ups from EU Member States and Norway that are developing defence-industry solutions, providing them with 8 months of structured suppo…
Defence-industry solutions of any technology type addressing EU defence market gaps, open to start-ups and scale-ups from EU Member States and Norway through the EUDIS Business Accelerator cohort programme.
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