Big opportunities for Finnish business in NATO

NATO countries are increasing their defence spending significantly.
At the same time, NATO is ramping up it’s collaboration with civilian companies. This is done through several angles, for example DIANA, NIF and DIU.

In this talk you will get a quick overview of the opportunities out there and how you can grow your business by selling to the defence sector.

Who is Rasmus Basilier?

When the Russian attack on Ukraine happened, Rasmus realized he could no-longer be content with normal work. He wondered what he could do to be a part of the defence in a more scalable manner – not just being in a trench with a gun like he did as a conscript.

When he heard of VTT’s new Dual Use initiative and the collaboration with NATO DIANA, he jumped on the opportunity.

Now Rasmus is running VTT’s Dual Use initiative.
Before joining VTT Rasmus was active in the business environment, especially related to accelerators.