​Session Overview

​For an early deep tech founder, the hardest stretch isn't the idea, it's getting to a working operation on limited runway. People, compliance, equipment and the lab itself all compete for the same money, usually before the next raise. Join us for this Tech Talk as part of SGInnovate's Let's TECH It series, in collaboration with NGRIP Labs (A National GRIP Initiative), where we look at the journey of a deep tech startup.

​This session brings together a founder, an investor and a lab operations lead on what it actually takes to scale a deep tech startup in Singapore. We look at when to make the jump from research to a real operation, how that jump is actually made, where the money goes, and what founders wish they had known earlier.

​Infrastructure is a large part of that story, and the session closes with a guided tour of NGRIP Labs, where the team walks founders through the space and answers questions first-hand.

​By the end of the session, participants will learn about:

• ​Knowing when to scale to a real operation

• ​What the first year of commercialisation involves

• ​Building the operation

• ​Scaling capital-efficiently

• ​What investors look for

​Target Audience

​We are looking for deep tech founders to join us for this session!

​Stage:

• ​Pre-seed teams approaching their first real operation

• ​Seed-stage deep-tech founders setting up their first real operation

• ​Series A teams scaling their operation

​Sector:

• ​Biotech

• ​Life sciences

• ​Advanced materials

• ​Chemistry

• ​Hardware

​Agenda

​4.00pm: Lab tours (please pre-register)
5.30pm: Registration
6pm: Opening
6.15pm: Panel
7pm: Closing and sharing of some cool resources!
7.20pm: Guided tour of NGRIP Labs or networking and dinner for those not joining the tour
8pm: Networking and dinner