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Pre-Revenue Valuation in Deep Tech: How to Price What Doesn’t Exist Yet — Part 2
Valuation in Action: Deep Tech Startups and Real-World Case Studies
AI-Powered Electronics Labs in the Cloud
Four Startups, One Rumor. A new wave of platforms is virtualizing the electronics lab — from firmware to fabrication
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Giulia Spano, PhD
💸 €600M AI Defense; $105M Rocket Scale-Up; $650M Sodium Reactors; $18M CO₂-to-Cement ; $23M Energy-Lite Plastic Recycling & more..| Deep…
The Week’s State of Deep Tech Capital: who’s Raising, who’s Betting, and why.
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Giulia Spano, PhD
🧠 Daniel Ek on Dual-Use AI; ⚛️ Nuclear Gets Stack Status; 🪨 Rare Earths as Military Infrastructure; 🧪AI Powers Molecule Engineering…
Weekly Intelligence on Deep Tech Startups and Venture Capital.
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Giulia Spano, PhD
33:34
From Molecule to Market: What VCs Look for in Early-Stage Biotech Startups | Deep Tech Catalyst
Watch now | A chat with Ingrid Kelly, Partner @ xista science ventures
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Nicola Marchese, MD

DeepTech Briefing

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🧠 Daniel Ek on Dual-Use AI; ⚛️ Nuclear Gets Stack Status; 🪨 Rare Earths as Military Infrastructure; 🧪AI Powers Molecule Engineering…
Weekly Intelligence on Deep Tech Startups and Venture Capital.
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Giulia Spano, PhD
🌋 Geothermal Becomes Asset Class; 🪨 Rare Earth Pilot in US; 🌱 Vertical Farming Goes Industrial; 🛠️ Rocket-Grade 3D Printing Scales; 🌕…
Weekly Intelligence on Deep Tech Startups and Venture Capital.
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Giulia Spano, PhD
🚀4 Deep Tech Go Public; 🧠 AI Powers Critical Minerals; 🧵 Bio-Fiber Advance; 🚜 Dual-Use AgriBot; 🛰️ Space Bus Modularization & More …
Weekly Intelligence on Deep Tech Startups and Venture Capital.
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Giulia Spano, PhD
🛡️Meta Goes Dual-Use with Anduril; ⚛️ AI for Nuclear Reactors; 🛰️ Sat Buses Get Modular; 🧱 Carbon-Negative Bricks; 🔋 Solid-State…
Weekly Intelligence on Deep Tech Startups and Venture Capital.
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Giulia Spano, PhD

DeepTech Catalyst

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33:34
From Molecule to Market: What VCs Look for in Early-Stage Biotech Startups | Deep Tech Catalyst
Watch now | A chat with Ingrid Kelly, Partner @ xista science ventures
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Nicola Marchese, MD
Private Equity Meets Deep Tech: What It Takes to Raise and Scale Beyond VC – Part 2 | Deep Tech Catalyst
Watch now | A chat with Jean Schmitt, Managing Partner @ Jolt Capital
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Nicola Marchese, MD
31:49
From Lab to Fab: Scaling Semiconductor Startups Through CVC Partnerships | Deep Tech Catalyst
Watch now | A chat with Yvonne Lutsch, Investment Director @ Lam Capital
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Nicola Marchese, MD
30:58
From Science to Deep Tech Companies: Building the Foundations of Industrial Startups | Deep Tech Catalyst
Watch now | A chat with Colin Greenspon, Co-Founder and Partner @ Narya
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Nicola Marchese, MD
28:07
Mastering MedTech Business Models: Strategies, Milestones, and Insights – Part 2 | Deep Tech Catalyst
Watch now | A chat with Peter Olcott, Deep Tech Principal @ First Spark Ventures
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Nicola Marchese, MD
25:03

Insights

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Pre-Revenue Valuation in Deep Tech: How to Price What Doesn’t Exist Yet — Part 1
How do you build a pre-revenue valuation in deep tech, where ARR doesn’t exist and the “market” still needs to be educated?
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Giulia Spano, PhD
Exits in Advanced Materials Startups
3 Case Studies on How Exits Were Strategically Engineered Behind the Scenes.
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Giulia Spano, PhD
10 Truths No One Tells You About Building a Deep Tech Team
You Don’t Scale Science. You Scale People.
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Giulia Spano, PhD
The Industrial Flywheel: How to Engineer Demand Before Building Your Factory | Chapter 2
What if your factory could sell before it exists?
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Giulia Spano, PhD
The Industrial Flywheel: How to Engineer Demand Before Building Your Factory | Chapter 1
What if your factory could sell before it exists?
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Giulia Spano, PhD

Capital Movements

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💸 €600M AI Defense; $105M Rocket Scale-Up; $650M Sodium Reactors; $18M CO₂-to-Cement ; $23M Energy-Lite Plastic Recycling & more..| Deep…
The Week’s State of Deep Tech Capital: who’s Raising, who’s Betting, and why.
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Giulia Spano, PhD
💸 $900M Code Chips; $206M AI Geothermal; €189M Quantum LLMs; $125M Industrial Crawlers; $15M Battery Reuse; $5.5M Reversible Logic & more …
The Week’s State of Deep Tech Capital: who’s Raising, who’s Betting, and why.
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Giulia Spano, PhD
💸 $44M AI Analytics Chips; $30M Orbital Manufacturing; $5.5M Warehouse VLMs; $62M Wind-Blade Robots; €4.5M Circular Textiles; $38M Grid…
The Week’s State of Deep Tech Capital: who’s Raising, who’s Betting, and why.
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Giulia Spano, PhD
💸 $14.5M for Mining Waste; £25M Cyber Chips; €13M for Space Traffic Management; $40M Tissue Testing; €21M Quantum Chips & more | Deep Tech…
The Week’s State of Deep Tech Capital: who’s Raising, who’s Betting, and why.
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Giulia Spano, PhD

VC Guides

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28:55
Investing in Mining Tech: Scalable Models, Case Studies, And Due Diligence
From AI-Driven Discovery to Critical Mineral Supply Chains | Jason Holt, Partner @ Orion Industrial Ventures
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Nicola Marchese, MD
From STEM to Deep Tech VC
The Essential Guide for Scientists Entering Venture Capital | Chloë Payne, Principal at Ponderosa Ventures
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Nicola Marchese, MD
32:02
How to Invest in Robotics Startups: Insights and Tactics from a VC Perspective
Due Diligence, Insights, and Case Studies | Karthee Madasamy, Founder & Managing Partner at MFV Partners
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Nicola Marchese, MD
30:59
Winning the Deep Tech Scaling Bottleneck
Practical Tactics and Strategies to Support Industrial Startups at Scale | Phil Morle, Partner @ Main Sequence Ventures
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Nicola Marchese, MD
28:47
Dual-Use VC Investing
Due Diligence, Insights, and Case Studies | Sherman Williams, Managing Partner, and Forrest Underwood, Venture Partner, @ AIN Ventures
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Nicola Marchese, MD
23:54
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