Pioneers Programme
Where pre-funded innovation meets Lab to Market leadership.
Our Pioneers programme connects ambitious scientists with stage-appropriate Chairs & CEOs – leaders who can raise first capital, build teams and get companies started on their Lab to Market journey
This is not a marketplace - it’s a catalyst. Every introduction is intentional. Every connection, meaningful.
About
Breakthrough innovation often fails before it starts - not for lack of vision, but for lack of finance and talent.
Our Pioneers programme increases the chance of such innovation getting to market by connecting it with pre-vetted, stage-appropriate Chairs and CEOs.
Our work with Deep Tech Leaders puts us in regular contact with outstanding stage appropriate entrepreneurial leaders who are motivated and able to impact Deep Tech companies from the earliest stages.
We curate, broker, and guide these relationships - ensuring that every connection happens when momentum is early, ambition is high, and leadership is critical.
Talent
The Pioneers programme is for science and technology leaders who can serve as Chairs or CEOs and build from the earliest stages.
It is for those who understand how to transform technology into solutions. For those who can raise capital, build an early team, and establish early commercial traction. For those who can lead science and technology companies along the Lab to Market journey.
Apply to join our community and you will:
- Access early-stage opportunities from top-tier research institutions around the world.
- Receive curated, confidential briefs of new ventures weekly.
- Get relevant introductions
- Join events connecting you with founders, investors, and peers across the global deep tech ecosystem.
If you’re excited by impacting science and technology opportunities at the earliest stages, apply to join today.
Opportunities
Through Deep Tech Leaders, our Pioneers programme works with scientific researchers, founders, and technology transfer teams at leading institutions to match outstanding research with leaders capable of serving as Chairs and CEOs.
For universities, national labs, and venture studios with pre-funded opportunities, this is a chance to get access to a curated pool of globally sourced, stage-appropriate, pre-vetted Chairs and CEOs on terms that are favourable for opportunities at this early-stage.
To learn more, contact Chris Reichhelm.
Join Pioneers
Join the Pioneers programme. We’re building a trusted network where world-class science meets stage-appropriate leadership.
If you’re ready to build - or help others build - the next wave of deep tech and life sciences companies, we’d love to hear from you.
Talent: Apply to be considered for upcoming opportunities.
Founders & Institutions: Share your spinout or venture in formation.
Every introduction we make is intentional, confidential, and built on alignment.
The Pioneers programme - powered by Deep Tech Leaders