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Month: May 2023

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HighTechXL and Extreme Tech Challenge present Deep Tech Connect: A Deep Tech Innovation Forum June 28th

29 May 2023 / 8 July 2025 by Christos Bousis | Leave a Comment

In yet another major milestone for the Eindhoven tech ecosystem, HighTechXL – Europe’s only deep-tech venture builder – is collaborating with Silicon Valley-based Extreme Tech Challenge to create a major tech forum. HighTechXL and Extreme Tech Challenge will present Deep Tech Connect: A Deep Tech Innovation Forum on June 28 at the High Tech Campus Eindhoven Conference Center. Based

Rise Europe: HighTechXL joins European startup ecosystem builders uniting to ensure Europe’s long-term competitiveness

25 May 2023 / 8 July 2025 by Christos Bousis | Leave a Comment

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands – HighTechXL is founding member of Rise Europe, which is the first grassroots organization dedicated to uniting innovation efforts across Europe. The new Rise Europe initiative brings together leading ecosystem builders from 14 European countries to connect and empower the next generation of game-changing and transformative startups. They include Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,

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Tech scouting at HighTechXL: Building better companies is what we do

5 May 2023 / 8 July 2025 by Christos Bousis | Leave a Comment

HighTechXL brings deep tech to life. With the goal of pushing impactful technologies to market, HighTechXL brings in advanced technologies and builds teams around them to make this happen. But how to find that technology? That’s where Earl Goetheer and the tech scouting team of HighTechXL come in. Earl Goetheer is the CTO of HighTechXL

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FasTrackathon 2023: The best one yet?

3 May 2023 / 8 July 2025 by Christos Bousis | Leave a Comment

The first FasTrackathon of 2023, held April 14th, was among the best we’ve ever held! The office was positively buzzing with excitement as 11 teams spent the afternoon brainstorming application areas and business ideas to take 7 advanced technologies to market. This is venture-building in the making. We scout deep tech from research institutes and tech

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What is a Photonic Integrated Circuit?

3 May 2023 / 8 July 2025 by Christos Bousis | Leave a Comment

Editor’s note: This article was originally published on the PhotonDelta website in December 2022. It is reposted here with their permission. A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) is a microchip containing two or more photonic components which form a functioning circuit, hence also called photonic chip. Photonic components utilize photons (or particles of light) as opposed

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Astrape and Senergetics ‘fly the nest’

3 May 2023 / 8 July 2025 by Christos Bousis | Leave a Comment

Astrape and Senergetics have flown the nest! Both deep-tech ventures passed their final Gate and have officially completed the HighTechXL venture builder program. Congratulations, teams! “Starting and building a venture is scary, exciting and exhausting all at the same time,” said Robin van Scheijndel. “I’m thrilled to see the people who were introduced to the HighTechXL

HighTechXL: Impact is at the heart of everything we do

3 May 2023 / 8 July 2025 by Christos Bousis | Leave a Comment

We don’t want to build just any kind of startup. We build impactful, purpose-driven ventures that lead to substantial societal change. In fact, all founders or startups looking to enter our program must develop deep-tech hardware that addresses one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Period. No matter how much Unicorn potential it brings,

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Funding opportunities for integrated photonics startups

3 May 2023 / 8 July 2025 by Christos Bousis | Leave a Comment

Editor’s note: This article was originally published on the PhotonDelta website and is reposted here with their permission. PhotonDelta announced in April 2022 they had landed €1.1 billion in public and private investment to transform the Netherlands into the leader of next generation semiconductors. PhotonDelta’s mission is to invest in 200 integrated photonics startups. PhotonDelta

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