Recently, deep-tech entrepreneurship has gained attention from politicians, practitioners and the media in Germany wondering about the “why” of it is lacking behind its US counterpart. When it comes to the commercialization and scaling of academic research, the United States outperforms Germany by a multiple. Therefore, we will use this panel event with deep tech founders, deep-tech investors and policy-makers to discuss the main challenges deep-tech entrepreneurship faces in Germany, and what Germany can learn from the United States and Boston when it comes to entrepreneurial ecosystems?

With Floris Engelhardt, Dr. Lars Frølund, Dr. Johannes Fruehauf, and Professor Fiona Murray, moderated by Jan Goetz, PhD