Join DIANA
NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator
Call for all Romanian 
and other NATO-allied deep tech startups! 
Those interested to apply can attend the DIANA SEE informative session on August 2, an online workshop where they can learn more about what NATO’s selection and acceleration program entails.
The event will take place online from 4pm CET / 5pm EET and the speakers who will provide information are:
Tien Pham – Chief Scientist @ NATO DIANA
Ioan Istrate – Venture Capital Advisor NATO DIANA,
Andrei Dragomir – Founder & CEO Aquark Technologies, Dragos Stanciu – CEO Grayscale AI.
Register for SEE InfoDay 2 August, 4pm CET
Informative virtual session - speakers
Tien Pham
Chief Scientist @ NATO DIANA
Dragoș Stanciu
CEO Grayscale AI
Andrei Dragomir Founder & CEO Aquark Technologies
Ioan Istrate
Venture Capital Advisor NATO DIANA
About DIANA
DIANA provides dual-use innovators with funding, accelerator programming, mentorship, testing facilities and access to investors and end-users.
In 2023, 44 companies from 19 countries were selected to join DIANA and work on the first three pilot challenges in the areas of Energy Resilience; Sensing & surveillance; and Secure Information Sharing. Selected technologies ranged from innovative fuel cells, micro wind and hydro-turbines, to secure optical communications and drone identification technology. The startups completed the six-month accelerator’s programme on 25 June and are now preparing to compete for Phase II of DIANA’s programme, which will select most viable, promising and advanced technologies for further adaptation to defence and security needs. See more
2024 DIANA Challenge Statements
DIANA’s challenges are now open for submissions.
We invite innovators with ground-breaking dual-use technologies to apply.
Human Health and Performance
Inviting solutions which improve the understanding and enhancement of human health and wellbeing, both physical and psychological, in various operational contexts including space.
Data and Information Security
Looking for technology solutions that facilitate data production, utilisation, distribution, and protection in multi-domain environments, including space, characterised by a variety of disparate devices, communication systems, operational settings, and operational concepts.
Energy and Power
Designed to build and expand on the success of the energy resilience challenge in 2023. It focuses on enhancing energy and power resilience in the context of generation, storage, distribution, recovery, harvesting and propulsion across various domains.
Critical Infrastructure and Logistics
Focuses on the secure and trustworthy operation of critical national and international infrastructure, and global supply chains across various domains.
Sensing and Surveillance
Builds on the success of the sensing and surveillance challenge in 2023 and is expanding to all domains (land, sea, air, space and cyber).
