Forget the Pitch Deck: Real Sales Traction for Your Tech
🔥 Wave brings the future of tech to Turin. Sparksense helps you sell it.
To close Wave week, this evening is about what actually gets sold to customers, and the people who sell it.
Sparksense is an outsourced business development agency for deep tech startups. We help you turn strong technology into signed customers.
During this session, our advisors will share real deals they've closed, the ones that stalled, and why. Think robotics, semiconductors, optics, photonics, and more. No slides. No theory. Real, raw results.
Over 80% of our team studied engineering at Politecnico di Torino. We didn't learn to sell first and tech second. We learned the tech, then learned what actually convinces an OEM to buy it.
Whether you're building deep tech or thinking about a career in it, this is your session.
What to expect
🎙️ Real deals: what closed, what stalled, and why
🎓 Career journeys: how our advisors moved from engineering into startup sales
❓ Open Q&A: ask about deals, roles, training, and opportunities
🍹 Aperitivo: network with our advisors over drinks
Ask the hard questions you don't get to ask at a pitch competition, or in a job interview.
When: Friday, October 9, 2026, on the closing day of Wave
Who is this for?
Deep tech founders and BD leads navigating enterprise sales cycles
Investors evaluating go-to-market maturity in hardware and software startups
Corporate innovation scouts and technology buyers looking to understand founder-side realities
Engineering and tech students in Torino curious about a career in startup sales
Location
Where: TBD