by admin | Apr 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
The good people at Start The F Up in Paris have been using our Deeptech Seed Fund Scorecard and have asked us to answer the above question ahead of us meeting the 35 scientists and future deeptech founders of the French i-PhD cohort. Here’s the answer. We are...
by admin | Jan 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
Yesterday a new university spinout incubator asked me for 3 pieces of advice for their spinouts, ahead of their approaching VC’s: Get traction – show that it’s not just you who thinks it’s great science Get some set of early-adopters (EA) lined...
by admin | Oct 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
Summary: The Deeptech Seed Fund Scorecard, when used by a university incubator that has a good customer discovery process, finally makes it possible/efficient for investors to determine which spinouts are worthy of further due diligence. It is free to use by anyone....
by admin | Jul 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
For investors it’s really hard to assess the merits of science-based ventures that don’t yet have any revenue or growth metrics. It’s often even harder to make any sense of the science-related claims of the inventors. This makes it very hard for deeptech ventures to...
by admin | Nov 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
If you provide grants, investment or incubation services to early-stage science-based ventures then read on – this is a big deal. Or it used to be! Check out the updated version of this article with better video content...
by admin | Mar 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
Deeptech/scientist founders are often pressured to appoint an experienced/commercial person as CEO of their new their venture – or they themselves think that they should be replaced. Pearse Coyle of Deeptech Seed Fund considers this issue and presents the case...
