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☢️ Microreactors Go Public; 🪨 1st Rare Earth Recycling Plant in US; ⚛️ Nuclear Fusion Rocket; 🧱 Green Cement from Waste; 🌊 Deep-Sea…
Weekly Intelligence on Deep Tech Startups and Venture Capital.
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Giulia Spano, PhD
The Silent Gold Rush of AI-Powered Lab Automation
Five startups, one rumor: the lab is going fully autonomous.
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Giulia Spano, PhD
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Nicola Marchese, MD
Over $1.16B Deployed into Systems Infrastructure: Robotics, Clean Iron, AI, Space Traffic | Capital Movements Vol. 15
💰The state of deep tech capital: who’s raising, who’s betting, and why.
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Giulia Spano, PhD
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Nicola Marchese, MD
26:34
Securing Your First Check in Deep Tech: Networking, Strategy, and Economics | Deep Tech Catalyst
Watch now | A chat with Armine Galstyan, Principal @ SmartGateVC
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Nicola Marchese, MD
30:59
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

DeepTech Briefing

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☢️ Microreactors Go Public; 🪨 1st Rare Earth Recycling Plant in US; ⚛️ Nuclear Fusion Rocket; 🧱 Green Cement from Waste; 🌊 Deep-Sea…
Weekly Intelligence on Deep Tech Startups and Venture Capital.
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Giulia Spano, PhD
🛡️Palantir Powers NATO AI; 🚚 Self-Driving Trucks SPAC; 🧠 Neuralink Rival Gets FDA Nod; 🚢 Autonomous Naval Ramps Up; 🧱 CO2 Cement Demo…
Weekly Intelligence on Deep Tech Startups and Venture Capital.
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Giulia Spano, PhD
⚔️ Anduril Copperhead; 🌕 MOU for Lunar Ops; 🪫Sodium-Ion Battery Shut Down; 🔋 Grid-Ready Organic Flow Battery; 🧱 Microsoft Bets on Carbon…
Weekly Intelligence on Deep Tech Startups and Venture Capital.
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Giulia Spano, PhD
⚛️ Italy Bets Big on Nuclear; 🧠 OpenAI Nears $300B Val.; ♻️ Waste as Carbon Sink; 🤖 Robotics Scales Food Automation; ☢️ Nuclear is now…
Weekly Intelligence on Deep Tech Startups and Venture Capital.
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Giulia Spano, PhD

DeepTech Catalyst

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Securing Your First Check in Deep Tech: Networking, Strategy, and Economics | Deep Tech Catalyst
Watch now | A chat with Armine Galstyan, Principal @ SmartGateVC
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Nicola Marchese, MD
Venturing into TechBio: VC Insights for Deep Tech Startups | Deep Tech Catalyst
Watch now | A chat with Shelby Newsad, Partner @ Compound
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Nicola Marchese, MD
19:08
From Prototype to DoD: Strategic Product Design for Defense Startups | Deep Tech Catalyst
Watch now | A chat with Dan Ward, Senior Principal System Engineer @ MITRE
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Nicola Marchese, MD
25:23
Fundraising Strategies for Industrial Ventures: From Prototype to VC-Backed | Deep Tech Catalyst
Watch now | A chat with Aidan Madigan-Curtis, Partner @ Eclipse Ventures
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Nicola Marchese, MD
31:49
Private Equity Meets Deep Tech: What It Takes to Raise and Scale Beyond VC | Deep Tech Catalyst
Watch now | A chat with Jean Schmitt, Managing Partner @ Jolt Capital
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Nicola Marchese, MD
28:10

Insights

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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
The Next $100B Deep Tech Market No One Is Talking About
Advanced Materials: The Quiet, Strong Revolution Redefining Entire Industries
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Giulia Spano, PhD
30 Venture Lessons to Build and Back Great Deep Tech Companies
From 50+ Global Deep Tech VCs, CVCs, and Experts.
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Nicola Marchese, MD

Capital Movements

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Over $1.16B Deployed into Systems Infrastructure: Robotics, Clean Iron, AI, Space Traffic | Capital Movements Vol. 15
💰The state of deep tech capital: who’s raising, who’s betting, and why.
 • 
Giulia Spano, PhD
 and 
Nicola Marchese, MD
$1.6 Billion Deployed, Blue Water, Scout AI, Potato... The Stealth Wave Just Got Funded | Capital Movements Vol. 14
💰The state of deep tech capital: who’s raising, who’s betting, and why.
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Giulia Spano, PhD
 and 
Nicola Marchese, MD
Founders Fund’s $4.6B Is Live, Advanced Artificial Intelligence Got $2B—and That’s Just the Surface | Capital Movements Vol. 13
💰The state of deep tech capital: who’s raising, who’s betting, and why.
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Giulia Spano, PhD
 and 
Nicola Marchese, MD
Claude Got $3.5B, But Fourier, Phlux Technology & Fairmat Are the Real Story | Capital Movements Vol. 12
💰The 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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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
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
Energy Storage VC Investing
Challenges, Breakthroughs, and Opportunities Across the Battery Value Chain | Anil Achyuta, Managing Director @ TDK Ventures
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Nicola Marchese, MD
31:00
CEO-CVC Partnerships in Deep Tech: The FibreCoat Case Study
How to Unlock Market Access & Industrial Scaling in Advanced Materials | Robert Brüll, CEO @ FIbreCoat, and Adarsh Sowcar, Venture Investment Manager …
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Nicola Marchese, MD
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