EU: EUDIS Business Accelerator & Matchmaking (BAMM)

EUDIS Business Accelerator & Matchmaking (BAMM) - Driving growth through defence innovation. Goal The EUDIS Business Accelerator and Matchmaking (BAMM) services aim to provide EU innovation support for SMEs and small mid-caps through targeted acceleration, access to finance and matchmaking with end-users, corporates and investors. EUDIS Business Accelerator The EUDIS Business Accelerator is designed to support 20 Start-ups & Scale-ups over an 8-month defence accelerator programme to strengthen their position in the European defence industrial ecosystem. With a focus on coaching, training, testing opportunities, networking, and matchmaking, the programme provides participants with the expertise, connections and resources needed to scale their technologies, grow, and gain market opportunities. Each company will be assigned a main accelerator site — offering tailored coaching, training, and an on-demand physical workspace to engage with the local ecosystem. In addition, participants will benefit from six onsite bootcamps, where they can connect with defence industry, defence end-users, investors and pitch their innovations. Access to testing facilities, and a 65,000 € seed funding voucher, will further support companies in their journey. The EUDIS Business Accelerator is open for start-ups' and scale-ups' established within the EU Member States or Norway that operate within the European Defence ecosystem or...