Programm 2026
From Lab to Ledger: Why European Deep Tech Startups Build Great Technology... and Then Stall
Teil von DeepTech Ripples: Debating Europe’s Breakthrough Future
14:55 – 15:40 Uhr
Donnerstag, 2. Juli 2026
European deep tech founders are often brilliant technologists who build world-class IP in university labs, research centres or corporate R&D, then struggle at the exact moment when they need commercialize and industrialize their technology. We explore potential ways and what it takes for deep tech founders to navigate their very specific challenges – long design-in cycles, customer validation that requires hardware samples, regulatory timelines, the gap between a working demo and a product spec a procurement team will sign off on.