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DeepTech Insights & Articles

Explore research commercialization frameworks, intellectual property strategies, university spinout cap tables, and venture investment analyses.

Commercialization

From Lab Bench to Market: Crossing the DeepTech Chasm

A practical roadmap for principal investigators transitioning hard-tech and photonics inventions from TRL 3 to scalable venture-backed production.

By Dr. Raghavendra Shenoy 6 min read
IP Strategy

Structuring University TTO Licenses Without Poisoning the Cap Table

How founding faculty and university licensing offices can balance royalty streams, equity grants, and anti-dilution clauses to maintain VC investability.

By Marcus Sterling, Esq. 8 min read
Venture Capital

Demystifying DeepTech VC Term Sheets in 2027

An investor's guide to liquidation preferences, milestone tranches, non-dilutive grant blending, and valuation dynamics for pre-revenue deeptech startups.

By Evelyn Vance, CFA 7 min read
AI Ecosystem

Building Defensible Moats in the Generative AI Agent Era

Why proprietary vertical training data, hardware-integrated workflows, and institutional compliance moats matter more than foundational model parameter size.

By Dr. Ananya Mukherjee 5 min read
Climate Tech

Decarbonization at Industrial Scale: The Hard-Tech Pilot Playbook

Overcoming unit economic challenges in carbon capture, hydrogen electrolysis, and circular biomanufacturing through public-private pilot consortia.

By Priya Nair 6 min read
Founder Pitch

10 Slides That Convert: Pitching Academic Research to VCs

How to distill complex peer-reviewed science into a compelling 10-minute investor pitch emphasizing market pull, defensibility, and team execution.

By SVRIDS Editorial Team 4 min read