Help is available for your NATO DIANA application

Together with its partners, VTT will organise a sparring event for Finnish companies planning to apply for DIANA accelerators. Apply for the sparring event on 21st July at the latest.

The event is organised by VTT's Next generation communications Accelerator - Part of Diana Network in collaboration with Business Finland, FiBan, Tesi, Digital Defence Ecosystem and Define.

The event will be take place in Otaniemi, Espoo. The address will be informed to the participants later.

Apply to receive feedback on your DIANA application

The sparring event will be organized on 31st July 2024. Apply now for the event to receive feedback on your DIANA application. 

Please submit your application for the sparring event in HöpöHöpö platform. Note that the application opportunity will open simultaniously with the DIANA challenge call during the first week of July. A startup profile can be created in Höpöhöpö platform before that. 

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In the sparring event, the companies selected will receive feedback on their application to better their application to the accelerator, so do not worry if your answers are not yet fully complete. Feedback to the companies will be given by industrial professionals as well as business and technology mentors.

The event is organised by VTT's Next generation communications Accelerator - Part of Diana Network in collaboration with partners: Business Finland, Tesi, FiBan, Define and Digital Defence Ecosystem. 

Please note that this sparring session is intended only for those aiming to apply for the NATO DIANA accelerator.

The sparring event will be held on 31st of July in Otaniemi, Espoo and the address and timeslot will be sent separately to the selected companies due to space limitations. Participation is limited to companies registered in Finland that do not yet have established defence or dual-use business operations.

Please also note that this is NOT an application for the NATO DIANA accelerator. VTT does not facilitate NATO DIANA applications or forward them. This is only a sparring event organized by VTT. In the event, we help Finnish companies improve their DIANA application. 

For general inquiries please email at [email protected].