Deep Tech Club - Scientists' Founder Journey. Panel with SURFACTO, VitaSeq and AnoriTech
What does it actually take to turn deep scientific and technological expertise into a company?
At our next Deep Tech Club on 5 October, we’ll hear from three founders who are doing exactly that – building companies around deep knowledge and technology, with different paths into entrepreneurship:
Dr. Jacqueline De Lora, SURFACtoBioTech – scientist turned entrepreneur in droplet-based biotechnology (https://surfacto.com/ )
Dr. Sanaz Bahari Javan, VitaSeq – scientist and founder developing technology for the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease (https://www.vitaseq.com/ )
Anina Tietjens, Anori Tech – business expert building a battery-tech startup together with engineers (https://anoritech.com/en/index.html )
Together, we’ll explore what happens when scientific expertise and technology meet entrepreneurship. Rather than focusing only on the technologies, we want to talk about the realities of building the companies around them: finding markets and customers, financing, scaling, building the right team and making difficult entrepreneurial decisions – as well as their experiences of building deep-tech companies here in Hamburg.
For scientists, it’s a chance to get an inside perspective on what a founder journey can actually look like – and to explore where your own expertise or technology could take you. For investors, it’s an opportunity to connect with scientists and gain access to Hamburg’s research and deep-tech community.
And of course, we want your questions too. The moderated conversation will include plenty of time for Q&A, followed by pizza, drinks and networking.
Date: 5 October 2026
Time: 17:00 | Session starts at 17:15
Location: Start-up Labs Bahrenfeld, Luruper Hauptstraße 1, Hamburg
The Deep Tech Club connects Hamburg’s science and investment communities around deep tech. Whether entrepreneurship is already on your radar or you’re simply curious about what it could mean for your research and expertise, we’d love to have you join us.
Participation is free, registration required.