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Closing the Authentication Gap in Quantum Communication with QSA Technology’s Naomi Braam

Naomi Braam is the co-founder and CEO of QSA Technology, a University of Twente spin-out building photonic chips that authenticate hardware for quantum-safe communication.

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Solving the Materials Bottleneck in Chipmaking with HallTech's Olivier Oomen

Solving the Materials Bottleneck in Chipmaking with HallTech's Olivier Oomen

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Funding the Future of European Deep Tech with Zaz Ventures' Stephan Decher

Stephan Decher is a managing partner at Zaz Ventures, a capital advisory firm that helps deep tech companies secure European Commission funding on a success-fee basis.

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Commercializing University Research with AlbionVC's Dave Grimm

Dave Grimm is a partner at AlbionVC, a London-based venture firm that backs early-stage, research-heavy deep tech spinouts.

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From Invention to Innovation in Europe with SPRIND's Till Moldenhauer

Till Moldenhauer is chief of staff at SPRIND, the German Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation. He works at the intersection of strategy and operations and helps develop the agency's funding instruments.

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Bringing RF Field Testing into the Lab with RFix's Daniel Ferber

Daniel Ferber is the co-founder and CEO of RFix, a company that builds end-to-end simulation of radio frequency signals so engineers can test their equipment in the lab before they ever go out into the field.

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Backing the Sci-Fi Future with Boost VC's Adam Draper

Adam Draper is the founder and managing director of Boost VC, a pre-seed venture capital firm that writes first checks for deep tech startups across crypto, space, biotech, robotics, and AI.

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Building Europe's First Semiconductor Fund with Cloudberry VC's René Kromhof

René Kromhof is a founding partner at Cloudberry VC, Europe's first venture capital firm dedicated to semiconductors, photonics, and advanced materials.

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3D-Printing Rocket Propellant with Firehawk Aerospace's Will Edwards

Will Edwards is the co-founder and CEO of Firehawk Aerospace, a defense technology company that uses 3D printing to mass-produce rocket propellant, solid rocket motors, and full rocket systems.

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Reindustrialization, Robotics, and the Lunar Economy with Beyond Earth Ventures' Viktor Shpakovsky

Viktor Shpakovsky is an investment partner at Beyond Earth Ventures, a $30 million venture capital fund investing in transformative deep tech across space tech, robotics, energy, and compute.

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Sovereign-Aligned Venture Capital with America's Frontier Fund's Brian Wilcove

Brian Wilcove is the managing director of America's Frontier Fund (AFF), a sovereign-aligned venture capital firm investing in frontier technologies to strengthen U.S. innovation and economic competitiveness.

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Applied Deep Tech and the European Founder Revolution with NP-Hard Ventures' Paul Veugen

Paul Veugen is co-founder and partner at NP-Hard Ventures, an Amsterdam-based early-stage venture capital firm investing in pre-seed and seed companies solving the hardest problems across robotics, defense tech, and foundational infrastructure.