Many academics focus on solving problems using technology. However, the actual problem of validation (i.e. is there a paying customer?) is, if at all, briefly touched in the introduction of an academic publication. This is understandable, but quite a challenge in the transition from Academia to industry.
In this talk, Wieland Reichelt, CEO of Evologic Technologies, will share his own journey and learnings from testing academic hypothesis and finding a market for research-based projects.
Evologic is a TU Wien spin-off with the mission to “Make science based biologicals economically feasible”. Biologicals comprise a tremendous potential when it comes to sustainability. However, the efficiency in translating well researched biologicals into economic feasible products has been very poor in the last decades. Evologic´s mission is to overcome the challenges associated to biologicals and to translate the underlying science in econonomically feasible products to change the world for the better.
The Founder & Investor Talks, organized by the Innovation Incubation Center (i²c) at TU Wien, enable the audience to learn firsthand from experienced founders, investors and innovators, and get inspired by their success (and failure) stories. Our guest speakers share their international experiences, dos & don’ts and lessons learned during an inspiring talk. Afterwards, the participants can ask all the burning questions during an interactive Q&A.
After the session, the attendees have the opportunity to network and mingle wit like-minded people while enjoying some free drinks provided by TUW i²c.
We are looking forward to meeting you!
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