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🌍 Dare to make a difference? Meet the minds that already did 🌍   🥁 #DTUStartupDay2024 is just around the corner, and that’s makes it time to announce the first speakers….Drumroll, please.   Sharpen your pencil and open your note book 📝 when the two climate titans Connie Hedegaard and Troels Schönfeldt dig into the complexities of scientific entrepreneurship to address the global climate emergency. In strong collaboration with DTU Earthbound, we’ve invited the two to discuss why researchers should pivot their work to address climate challenges? And how we can inspire researchers to leap into entrepreneurship? Indeed, tough problems require tough tech 🤯🤯   ⚡ 🏋♂️ Troels Schönfeldt:  Armed with a PhD in Physics, a resume that includes being Co-founder and CEO of Seaborg Technologies, and having raised over €65 million in equity, it's safe to say that Troels is a superhero when it comes to impact entrepreneurship.    In his roles as a board member and advisor to various organizations and committees, Troels has provided guidance through the jungle of the start-up ecosystem. Remember not all heroes wear capes 🧑🏭🧑🔬   💥 🤸♀️ Connie Hedegaard: A true veteran in dealing with the tough stuff. Connie's resume includes multiple ministerial positions, former European Commissioner, and current board member of the green think tank CONCITO 🌱 And ohh, she also graced TIME's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2009 😱   You’re in for a treat. See you on May 16th at #DTUStartupDay2024 🚀 🚀   www.dtu.dk/dtu-startup-day DTU - Technical University of Denmark, DTU Science Park, DTU Skylab, DTU Entrepreneurship   #DTUStartupDay2024 #dtustartupday #dtu #DSD #DTUecosystem #PSV #PreSeedVentures #Future #Startups #Invest #Founders #Entrepreneurship #Tech #VC #Venturecapital

Just a couple of months ago, a Yale School of Management and Yale School of the Environment joint degree student gave me the perfect answer when I asked her who would be the ideal person to speak on campus about supporting and accelerating climate tech innovation. Without hesitation, she said "Dawn Lippert at Elemental Excelerator". And I was happy to respond that she should immediately go register for the Yale University Innovation Summit to hear Dawn speak. Under Dawn's leadership, Elemental Excelerator has invested in over 150 startups across industries like energy, water, mobility, industry, agriculture, and nature-based solutions. These companies have raised over $8 billion in follow-on funding, driving innovation and equitable climate solutions. It's a model that prioritizes social equity, with many portfolio companies serving low- and moderate-income communities. As an alumna of Yale University and the Yale School of the Environment, Dawn left a lasting imprint on this place. She's cited by faculty and the administration as the dot on the horizon for current students to aim for, and for good reason. She's a human magnet for good ideas and people, who leads and motivates networks of organizations, and is also deeply invested in teaching and sharing everything that she learns along the way. We are deeply grateful that she is making the trip back to New Haven to speak at the upcoming Yale Innovation Summit w/Jahi Wise Nancy Pfund and Richard Kauffman Join us for what promises to be an inspiring and thought-provoking couple of days at the end of May. https://lnkd.in/em5Wr-Md Yale Ventures Amir Chireh Mehr Samantha Grassle Kim Karris Josh Geballe Amy Kundrat, MBA Jaime Carlson Adrian Deveny Brandon Middaugh Gordon Geballe Todd Cort Dan Esty #ClimateTech, #Innovation, #Leadership, #Sustainability, #SocialEquity, and #ClimateSolutions. #YaleInnovationSummit

Headed to Boston and MIT next! 🌍✈️ 🇩🇰 ✔️ DTU 🇩🇪 ✔️ TUM 🇺🇸 🔜 MIT After exploring deep tech in Munich, the journey is taking me to Boston. Why? Because it's where some of the smartest people and boldest ideas meet. I’m diving into how MIT and the Boston area are powering up new deep tech ventures, mixing academic brains with sharp investors. Looking to chat with people who are making it happen – researchers, entrepreneurs, and VCs. How are you turning big ideas into reality? What makes Boston's scene stand out? 👋 If you're in the mix, let’s talk #DeepTech  #UniversitySpinouts  #VentureCapital MIT Murray Lab DTU Entrepreneurship

🎓 Exciting news! We (Christian Martin Surland, Daniel Hoang, and myself) have just defended our thesis "Analyzing the Deep Tech Funding Deficit -Assessing the Case for Danish Universities' Investment in Bridging the Gap" and we're thrilled with the results! In an era where deep tech innovation is critical for societal advancement, it's crucial to address the funding challenges that hinder progress. Our research involved interviews with experts in the US and Germany at TUM, UnternehmerTUM, UVC, MIT and The Engine, as well as discussions with Danish universities and deep tech venture capitalists. We discovered that while Danish research institutions excel in patents, there's a struggle to fund deep tech ventures. A patient capital mindset needs to be adopted, and structuring fund models that combine for-profit with philanthropic funding should de-risk ventures until conventional investors are ready to step in. A big thank you to Argyro (Iro) Nikiforou and Simon Hertig for their invaluable support throughout this journey. 🔬🚀 #DeepTech #Innovation #Research #Funding #Entrepreneurship #Denmark DTU Skylab Massachusetts Institute of Technology DTU Entrepreneurship

When Bridget Gildea invited me onto the Curiosity Incubator | Accelerator for Good at Jesus College Cambridge, the first thing I said was "I'm not Cambridge Uni person" not because I didn't think I was good enough but because I felt that it was not my people. In my mind my people are everyday people just trying to get stuff done. Cambridge Uni seemed like a world away to me, and to some extent I was right. The picture sums this up for me. Only the fellows at the Uni are allowed on the grass. Nobody could tell me why. I can only assume that its to symbolise a them/us relationship. That its a symbols of who is better and who can access the quickest route to where they are going. That got me thinking about access, I'm sure there are places that I am allowed to 'walk on the grass' but others aren't. I'd really like to interrogate where those places are and when I find them I'd like to bring people with me, because only then can we decide that we didn't actually want to be there in the first place. The problem is 'the grass' is where the power and the money is. So the curiosity incubator has left me with more questions than answers (in a good way). What problems am I trying to solve and for who and why? What grass am I on? How do I bring people onto the grass? How do we encourage people to 'fuck around and find out' (in a good way, not a threatening one). These systems are built to keep people out, no innovation was ever made by playing to the rules - anyone want to walk on the grass with me? Massive thanks to Bridget Gildea, Jaideep Prabhu, Jason Mellad and Orsolya Ihasz, PhD for getting us thinking. Thanks to the rest of the cohort for the laughs and inspiration

67% find that DTU Science Park contributes positively to their development That makes us proud and emphasizes why gathering deep tech companies, researchers, entrepreneurs, mentors, and investors in one place provides unique opportunities! Among other things, we help the companies in the science park by offering: ➡️ Tailored and ambitious mentor programs. ➡️ Specialized startup programs focusing on MedTech, Dual-Use, Hardware, Urban solutions, and GreenTech solutions. ➡️ A world-class and committed community of like-minded deep tech companies, often leading to new collaborations among the companies. We also support the companies by facilitating contact with our network of corporate partners, investors, and universities. These are just some of the offerings we give companies in our deep tech community. Explore more here: https://lnkd.in/dq5sEkMa

🚀 Call for impact-driven social & environmental entrepreneurs 🚀 With your impactful solutions, you bring incredible value to the world we live in, and we'd like to support you in doing so: our friends from Bluelion Incubator just opened the call to the 14th edition of the Tech for Impact Awards. The competition targets impact-driven entrepreneurs applying innovative tech solutions to global social & environmental challenges.   The benefits: 🚀 exposure to a Europe-wide network of like-minded founders 🏆 "quality stamp" of the Tech for Impact Awards 💫  connect with investors and corporate partners : finalists from 2019 onwards raised > CHF 135 Mio in funding, followed by several successful exits 💸  prize money of CHF 30'000.- & non-financial support from corporate partners   Find more information about the Awards and how to apply: https://lnkd.in/dgQUw2FV University of Lausanne - UNIL, HEC Lausanne - The Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Lausanne | IMD | EPFL, EPFL College of Management of Technology

Two #News articles exactly between 5 years, published on OrissaPOST and Financial Express (India), reflecting on the transformation from a ‘Rocket Student’ to a ‘Rocket Startup’.   In February 2019, I was part of the highly-selective global Innovation & Entrepreneurship MIT Bootcamps at QUT (Queensland University of Technology). Making this Burla-to-Brisbane expedition a reality in itself was fraught with challenges, from securing sponsorships to administrative hurdles and logistical nightmares.      After I returned from this eye-opening and exhilarating program, certified with ‘New Ventures Leadership’ by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, I had no idea that leading a student rocketry team back then would spin-off into leading a rocketry venture now! The Universe has its way of manifesting synchronicities.   “Drinking from the firehose of innovation” (As MIT Sloan School of Management likes to call it), truly revitalized my risk appetite and was a prime driver to starting up. Fast forward five years, the lessons of Disciplined Entrepreneurship from Bill Aulet and Erdin Beshimov continue to be a guiding light in this journey. Together as a dynamic and agile team, we are making steady progress in a frugal and capital-efficient way, with secured traction from beachhead customers.   In this relentless pursuit of doing ‘hard things’, navigating an uncharted territory in a #deeptech sector, we have learnt to get comfortable being uncomfortable. Small glimmers of encouragement coupled with reflections of past experiences, is key to surviving this valley-of-death-phase. SpaceFields

What is the right type of research based on your company stage? Erin Huebert, PhD and Dr. Kripa Sundar share tips on how to think about the different types of research projects based on who you are working with and the stage of the company. #research #edtech #implementationpilots #k12education #edtechstartups

This just in: Jochi (founded by Penn Engineering seniors, Yash Dhir & Rahul Nambiar) wins the 2024 University of Pennsylvania President's Innovation Prize! Less than a week after winning the Launch, AI at Wharton, and Audience Choice awards at the Venture Lab Startup Challenge, Jochi will have even more resources to improve the educational experience of students with learning differences. Penn Engineering Entrepreneurship & Venture Initiation Program ventures having an impact!