European Defence Tech Hackathon (EDTH)
Munich / Germany
The fastest way for engineers and early founders to plug into the European defence-tech builder scene, meet operators and get noticed by funds active in the space.
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- Dates
- Wed, 25 November 2026
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Organizer
- NATO DIANA
- Cost
- invite_only
- Scale
- Cohort + invited guests
- Recurrence
- annual
- Format
- On-site
Why it matters
Concentrated room of NATO end users and dual-use investors. For investors it is curated deal flow; for founders it is a warm introduction to alliance customers.
Registration
About
End-of-cohort demo day where DIANA-accelerated startups present to NATO end users, investors and government stakeholders.
Topics
Dual-useAISpaceFunding
Who it's for
InvestorsStartupsInstitutions
Funding behind this kind of event
Instruments open to companies based in United Kingdom, tracked with their call deadlines.
- NSSIF — National Security Strategic Investment FundHM Government with the British Business Bank
- UKDI — UK Defence InnovationUK Ministry of Defence
- UK Defence Innovation £20 Million Accelerated Contracts FundUK Ministry of Defence (MoD), via UK Defence Innovation (UKDI)
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