
What Is a Deep Tech Startup?
Deep tech startups turn science into solutions, from cultivated meat to clean batteries and carbon removal. They are building the future now.

Deep tech startups turn science into solutions, from cultivated meat to clean batteries and carbon removal. They are building the future now.

Climate Tech startups leverage AI, synthetic biology, quantum computing and advanced materials to develop breakthrough climate solutions.

Pitching a startup in deep tech is fundamentally different from pitching a SaaS platform or a consumer app. Investors and corporate partners evaluate not only your team and market traction but also your scientific credibility, engineering feasibility, pathway to scalable deployment, and strategic relevance.

Modern defence is undergoing a structural transformation driven by technologies that do not merely digitise existing capabilities but fundamentally alter what militaries can achieve in detection, mobility, survivability, and lethality.

Check seven deep tech trends shaping the next decade of manufacturing, explaining their scientific basis, industrial applications, and strategic business impact.

For energy businesses, understanding deep tech trends is critical to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and remain competitive in the renewable energy market, oil and gas industry, and power grid infrastructure.
Co-financed by the Minister of Science and Higher Education within the Task: “Organization by the Cracow University of Technology of three editions of a path dedicated to strengthen the potential and recognition of Polish science in the area of commercialization and internationalization, through support for the founding, development, and expansion into international markets of deep tech companies based on solutions originating from Polish universities and operating in areas strategic for Europe.
Współfinansowane ze środków Ministra Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego w ramach Zadania: „Organizacja przez Politechnikę Krakowską trzech edycji dedykowanej ścieżki wzmacniania potencjału i rozpoznawalności polskiej nauki w obszarze komercjalizacji i internacjonalizacji, poprzez wsparcie zakładania, rozwoju i ekspansji na rynki międzynarodowe spółek deep tech, bazujących na rozwiązaniach pochodzących z polskich uczelni i działających w strategicznych dla Europy obszarach”