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Deep Tech Accelerator
Janus Accelerator (NATO DIANA UK)
UK Defence Innovation / Janus Consortium
Deep tech
MVP / early productEarly revenue
UK's activated site for NATO's Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA). Supports early-stage deep tech and dual-use technology startups developing solutions for defence and security. Based at Imperial College London's Innovation Hub, White City. Founders from any NATO member country can apply. TRL 4+ typically required, though lower TRL with disruptive potential considered. Programme provides unparalleled exposure to government and military buyers across the Alliance.
Why this programme
Find customers / partnerships
Direct access to NATO government and military buyers, defence primes and end-users across 32 Allied nations. Pathways to scale solutions into defence markets that are otherwise almost impossible to enter.
Raise funding
Exposure to defence-focused investors and potential government contracts. NATO DIANA network includes connections to national defence procurement.
Scale & grow
NATO network provides pathways for international scaling across Allied nations. Only programme in the UK giving startups direct access to this buyer network.
Access to mentors / operators
Specialist mentors in dual-use technology, defence procurement, IP and security from DASA and the Janus Consortium.