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# Commission opens first EUDIS accelerator and matchmaking call for defence startups
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-03-21-eudis-accelerator-matchmaking-call/
- Published: 2025-03-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T12:01:42.000Z
- Description: The European Commission opened its first EUDIS Business Accelerator and Matchmaking calls on 21 March 2025, offering European defence startups an eight month programme and EUR 65,000 seed vouchers, with applications due by 27 April 2025.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #reported, #ai-drafted

Reported AI-drafted [European Commission, DG DEFIS (EUDIS) press release, 21 March 2025](https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/european-commission-launches-first-call-accelerate-european-defence-innovation-and-matchmaking-2025-03-21%5Fen?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not show how many firms applied or were selected, nor the scheme's total disbursed budget.

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