[1-day ON-SITE] Deep Tech Foundership Bootcamp - “Ignition Qualifiers” [Deep Tech Genesis x Space Tech Bootcamp Edition]

​From “Founder Thinking” to building an investible Deep Tech startup from 0.

​🏆 “IGNITION QUALIFIERS” PROGRAM: [“DEEP TECH GENESIS x SPACE TECH” BOOTCAMP EDITION]

​A Commercialization Reactor programme in collaboration with ESA BIC Latvia.
Community and Talent Partners: Startschool and Riga Tech Girls. Hosting Partner: Startup House Riga.

​Award-winning Deep Tech entrepreneurship & venture-creation program by Commercialization Reactor, recognized as the #1 Program in Europe by the EIT Deep Tech Talent Initiative.

​🔋 Decode real Founders’ journeys: 3 invested / exited cases broken down with their founders
🔋 Discover your Entrepreneurial path & sequence: capital, IP, industry relationships
🔋 Read technology through a non-academic Founder’s lens
🔋 Apply what you know
🔋 Qualify for matchmaking with pre-selected scientists at the 25th “IGNITION EVENT” (13–14 November 2026)

​🗓 Date: 10 November 2026
⏰ Time: Doors 12:00 | Program 12:30–18:30 | Networking & Barbecue from 18:30
📍 Location: Startup House Riga 2.0, Lastādijas iela 8-k-1, Rīga
🌍 Language: English
🎟 Admission: free of charge (sponsored), registration subject to host approval

​🎯 Program Purpose

​Prepare entrepreneurial talent to understand and build science-based startups, using the mindset and practical tools of a Deep Tech Founder. This one-day Bootcamp completes the theoretical part of qualification for the 25th “IGNITION EVENT”.

​👥 Who Should Join

​Entrepreneurial-minded people curious whether, and how, their business acumen, leadership, creativity and ability to integrate people can help build a science-based company. No scientific degree or technology of your own required.

​🗓 Program Blocks — 10 November

​12:00–12:30 | Doors Open: Registration & Networking

​12:30–14:30 | CHAPTER 1 | Foundership x Entrepreneurial Integratorship: Full Cycle from Creation to Exit & Beyond
The full lifecycle of a science-based venture, the entrepreneurial role and the decisions behind company creation.

​14:30–14:45 | Coffee Break & Case Reflection

​14:45–15:40 | CHAPTER 2 | Sequencing Business Development in Deep Tech: Industry Proximity & Strategic Partnerships
How a Founder builds industry proximity and turns technological potential into strategic value.

​15:40–16:30 | CHAPTER 3 | Shortcuts for Those Becoming Fit as a Startup Team: Incubation & Vertical Acceleration
The stakeholders who help startups: investment, incubation and sector-specific acceleration.

​16:30–16:45 | Coffee Break & Case Reflection

​16:45–17:50 | CHAPTER X | To Space or Not to Space? To Space! In Latvia.
A dedicated Space Tech chapter with ESA BIC Latvia, operated by Commercialization Reactor.

​17:50–18:20 | CHAPTER Y | Apply What You Know: Tea-Time Foundership Think Tank
Group case reflection and discussion that applies the day’s insights to Founder thinking.

​18:20–18:30 | Closing Reflections & Qualification Path

​18:30 onward | Holistic Networking & Barbecue

​📄 Full program with sessions and speakers:

​🚀 Further “IGNITION EVENT” Qualification Path

​The Bootcamp completes the theoretical part of qualification for the 25th “IGNITION EVENT” on 13–14 November 2026, where entrepreneurial leaders meet pre-selected scientists looking for business-side co-founders. A short online admission process follows the Bootcamp. Admission is not automatic.

​You do not need your own technology. You do not need a scientific degree.

​You need curiosity, entrepreneurial agency, business acumen and the willingness to understand, integrate, discover and build.