BEDEX – Defence barriers for SMEs and Startups

Our conference “𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐒𝐌𝐄𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬” at BEDEX yesterday featured four key perspectives:

The 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 with Mathieu Demaré from PHOENIX AI ® 🚀
The 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 with Bianca Neumaier from the European Defence Agency 🏛️
The 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 from Anaïs De Boulle, Partner at Deloitte Private, advising scale-ups on dual-use tech and diverse funding 📊
And new 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 with Brigadier General Robbie Boyd OBE, senior leader at the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB) Development Group and our very own expert at OPEWI – Europe’s War Institute 🎖️

Your insights allowed to see through structural hurdles and discuss actionable solutions for SMEs and start ups.

Thank you all – this is how we build a stronger EU defence innovation ecosystem. Let’s keep pushing.