10 Deep Tech Innovators pitching on one stage, plus more at the startup fair, and over 150 Deep Tech Investors, Professionals and other Ecosystem players in one room ❗❓
Last week, “Deep Tech Investor Day” took place at Aalto University, where we took a deep dive into the Deep Tech ecosystem, exploring the newest innovations and their transformative impact on the world. Our Venture Partner, Dominykas Milasius, highlighted these crucial topics in his keynote.🛸
The event continued with a discussion featuring Deep Tech investors Sandra Golbreich, our General Partner, together with Marko Kuisma, partner at Innovestor, Pontus Stråhlman, Partner at Voima Ventures and Tarun Sharma, Partner & COO at Nokia Ventures and moderator 🧙♂️ Erik Bhullar, our General Partner. They discussed evolving investor strategies and approaches to startups during their growth from early stages to Series C. 🚀
The focus of the room then shifted to Deep Tech angel investors, with Sandra Golbreich interviewing Viktorija Trimbel Managing Director of Coinvest Capital, about the unique aspects of angel investments in Deep Tech.⭐
The highlights of the events were the startup pitches. 10 Deep Tech startups presented their innovative solutions:
🏠EKOTEKT: Eco-friendly homes via 3D concrete printing and local manufacturing partnerships.
���VitalSigns Oy: AI-powered device for comprehensive medical exams aiming to save physicians significant time and costs while addressing telemedicine challenges.
📱Wayren: Secure mesh communication for extreme environments, tested by military and mining sectors.
🧑⚕️SURGERIX: Developing a medical software prototype for microsurgery with Kuopio University Hospital.
🔋CuRen: Patented copper-redox flow battery for energy storage, surpassing lithium systems.
👂Otos: Automates hearing care diagnosis, improving efficiency and profitability in clinics.
🫄Natal Mind: AI-powered birth coaching program connected to wearables, providing personalized, real-time exercises for parents throughout pregnancy and early parenthood.
🌱Yield Systems: Machine learning for agri-food data collection via smartphone video intelligence.
🫀AGATE Sensors: On-chip sensors for high-resolution health measurements in wearables and smartphones.
☘️Arctic Farming: Indoor farming platform, starting with HERBY for hospitality and future space missions.
As all events do, we finished everything by networking and creating new partnerships, and friendships bonds for future initiatives. See you soon at the next Deep Tech events!👋
Thanks to our partners/collaborators: Aalto Entrepreneurship Society, Aalto University, Finnish Business Angels Network (FiBAN), Coinvest Capital and MIMIR Fellows.