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With both Vice President J.D. Vance and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth makingloudnoisesFriday about Europe step up to the plate in spend more on its own defense , it might follow as a surprise that Europe is already on the path toward far greater investment in defense , particularly in tech .
Not only has investment into “ Defense , Resilience , and certificate ” ( DSR ) techreached an all - metre highschool of 10 % of all VC financing in Europe , but the U.K. and NATO stepped up this week with the launch of the first NATO - O.K. cohort of startups under its Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic ( DIANA ) program , in partnership with the U.K.
DIANA brings in new technologies from startups for NATO countries and admit a internet of 23 attached accelerator web site and 182 test centers . It ’s designed to connect defense force , startup , and defense “ prime ” contractors .
The U.K.’sDefense and Security Accelerator ( DASA)is leading the U.K. front n partnership with theIoT Tribe , which in turn of events heads theJanus Consortium on dual - use applied science . This also include Atmos VC , a thick tech investor , and the SETsquared Partnership , which is a collaboration between six inquiry - led U.K. universities and a range of partners from the defence industry . The “ Janus ” moniker comes from the Roman god of duality , reflecting the dual - use nature of both civilian and defence tech that will emerge from the programme .
The first age bracket offive startupshas now been choose for a six - month program with DASA . The companionship are spread across AI , electronics , semiconductor gadget , and material science , and were choose from 2,400 applications .
Over a call with TechCrunch , Tanya Suarez , CEO of IOT Tribe , said 74 companies were selected and taken forward , with five going through the throttle in London .
“ With DASA , we run competitions for U.K. defense reaction , and we ’ve bought superfluous capacity within this organisation to put our own company through as well , ” she read . “ The cohort that are go through at the moment answer the call for surveillance and sensing . So we ’re reckon at technologies that could be used to essentially supervise either people or equipment . ”
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“ We have really close links to our client across defence force , plus we get a really great sense of the trouble and the challenges that they ’re stress to overcome , ” she added .
“ Through DASA ’s partnership with NATO DIANA , we ’re tight - tracking the developing of dual - use technologies … that will benefit both military and civilian applications across the Alliance . ”
The startups selected are :
