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Lab to Market Leadership with Chris Reichhelm
With over 25 years of experience in recruiting leadership teams and boards for advanced science and engineering companies, Chris Reichhelm, CEO of Deep Tech Leaders, offers an insider’s perspective on the pivotal decisions and strategies that shape the success of startups embarking on the lab-to-market journey.
This podcast doesn’t just celebrate innovation for its own sake; instead, it highlights what it truly takes to build, scale, and sustain a successful deep tech company. Through…
Episodes
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmWhy Customer Traction Matters Far More Than Another Perfect Experiment
In this episode of Lab-to-Market Leadership, Chris sits down with Ben Dolman, Founder and ex-CEO at Holiferm, to unpack how a PhD project became a commercial…
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmFrom Eureka Moment to Industrial Scale with Jamie Walters
In this episode of Lab-to-Market Leadership, Chris sits down with Jamie Walters, Co-Founder, Board Member and VP of Strategic Transactions at Calyxia, to…
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmHow to Spot a Deep Tech Founder Worth Betting On with Adam Draper
In this episode of Lab-to-Market Leadership, Chris sits down with Adam Draper, Founder and Managing Director of Boost VC, for a conversation about what…
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmThe Deep Tech Founder’s Guide to Going Public Through a SPAC
In this episode of Lab-to-Market Leadership, Chris sits down with Brandon Sun, Managing Director and Head of SPAC Investment Banking at Cohen & Company Capital…
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmCritical Minerals, E-Waste, and the Race to Build Domestic Supply Chains with Matt Bedingfield
In this episode of Lab-to-Market Leadership, Chris sits down with Matt Bedingfield, CEO of Mint Innovation, to explore what happens when deep tech moves beyond…
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmWhy Great Scientists Don't Always Build Great Startups with Antti Vasara
In this episode of Lab-to-Market Leadership, Chris sits down with Antti Vasara, Vice President, Quantum at PostScriptum, former President and CEO of VTT…
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmWhy Great Labs Need Breadth | Professor Hod Lipson on Robotics, AI and the 2030s
What if the real innovation engine in Deep Tech is not the spinout, but the lab itself? Professor Hod Lipson is one of the world’s leading robotics researchers…
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmThe Hard Thing about Hard Tech – Greg Smithies on the TRL 4-5 Challenge
How do you move from novel idea to working prototype in hard tech? And how can you bend the rules of the game to give you a better chance of winning? Greg…
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmTaking Over From a Founder CEO: Ian Temperton on Scaling Plastic Energy
Ian Temperton became CEO of Plastic Energy in 2021 after five years as Chief Investment Officer. He stepped in as the company moved from pilot to industrial…
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmGraphene at Scale: How Paragraf Is Realising the Wonder Material’s Potential | Dr Simon Thomas
Dr Simon Thomas never expected to be a founder. After 12 years inside TSMC, Samsung and LG, he was ready for a break from the pressure of the world’s biggest…
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmFrom Finnish Lab to US IPO: Dr. Jan Goetz on Building Europe's Quantum Leader IQM
Dr Jan Goetz never planned to be a CEO. He wanted to be a professor. But when co-founder Professor Mikko Möttönen asked about starting a company, Jan followed…
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmFrom NASA to Startups: How TRLs Became the Universal Language of Deep Tech | John C. Mankins
Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) are the universal language of Deep Tech – used by NASA, the DoD, VCs, corporations and startups to measure innovation…
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmWhy 55% of Deep Tech Companies Fail: The Communication Problem No One Talks About | Hailey Eustace
Why do 55% of Deep Tech companies fail within five years? Hailey Eustace, founder of Commplicated, argues the answer isn't bad technology - it's bad…
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmManufacturing the Future in Space: Semiconductors, Sovereignty, and Ridiculously Audacious Goals | Josh Western
What's the value of a ridiculously audacious goal if you never reach it? Josh Western, CEO of Space Forge, argues the question misses the point - because the…
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmBuilding Useful Quantum Computers: Constraints, Customers, and the Two Religions of Quantum | Richard Murray
What happens when quantum computing startups can’t wait 15 years for fault tolerance? Richard Murray, co-founder and CEO of Orca Computing, reveals how his…
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmDeep Tech Venture Building: Out The Back Ventures’ Blueprint for University Spinout Success
What if early-stage Deep Tech investing could be completely reimagined? Keong Chan, Managing Director of Out The Back Ventures, has spent five years building…
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmWhy Deep Tech Unicorns Fail: Lessons from Lilium and Arrival’s Billion-Dollar Mistakes | James Arnold
What can we learn from the collapse of two billion-dollar Deep Tech unicorns? James Arnold held senior strategy and operations roles at both Lilium and Arrival…
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmDeep Tech Spinouts: Inside Albion Ventures' Decade-Long Partnership with UCL | Dave Grimm
Why do so few university spinouts make it from lab to market? Dave Grimm, Partner at Albion Ventures, has spent a decade answering this question through a…
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmQuantum Computing Scale-Up: How Universal Quantum is Building Million-Qubit Systems | Dr Sebastian Weidt
What does it take to build million-qubit quantum computers - machines that could fundamentally change how we solve the world's most complex problems? Dr…
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmChallenging Deep Tech Norms: Adopting Lean Principles from Lab to Market | Mark Bjornsgaard
In this captivating episode of Lab to Market Leadership, Chris Reichhelm speaks with Mark Bjornsgaard, the visionary founder and CEO of System Two Group. With…
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmNuclear Fusion Breakthrough: The Tokamak Energy Story | Dr. David Kingham
Nuclear fusion has been the ultimate ‘30 years away’ technology for decades. But is that finally changing? In this episode, Dr. David Kingham, founder of…
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmHow to Scale Chemical Engineering Startups | Peter J. Nieuwenhuizen PhD
The road from lab to market for chemical engineering startups is anything but smooth. In this episode of Lab to Market Leadership, Chris Reichhelm talks to…
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmThe State of UK Deep Tech | Dr David Cleevely CBE FREng FIET
In this episode, host Chris Reichhelm is joined by Dr. David Cleevely CBE FREng FIET, co-founder of Cambridge Angels and a leading figure in UK science and…
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmUniversity Spinouts and Deep Tech Investing | Marc Singer | Osage University Partners (OUP)
In this episode of Lab to Market Leadership, Marc Singer, Managing Partner at Osage University Partners, joins host Chris Reichhelm to discuss the…
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmEngineering Deep Tech: Scaling Plastic Recycling Technology | James Finlayson | Impact Recycling
In this episode of the Lab to Market Leadership podcast, host Chris Reichhelm speaks with James Finlayson, CTO and Co-Founder of Impact Recycling, to explore…
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmThe Most Undervalued Skill in Deep Tech - Management | Chris Perkins PhD
In The Deep Tech Leaders Podcast, serial entrepreneur Chris Perkins discusses the most undervalued skill in Deep Tech – management. Listen as he reveals…
Lab to Market Leadership with Chris ReichhelmLab to £30m+ in revenue and a $310m exit | Eric Mayes | CEO of Endomag
In this episode of Lab to Market Leadership, Chris Reichhelm sits down with Eric Mayes, CEO of Endomag, to explore the rare journey of building a medtech…
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Scaling Battery Technology | Rob Davies | 6K Energy
In this episode of Lab to Market Leadership, Chris Reichhelm interviews Rob Davies, Chief Operating Officer, at 6K Energy, discusses what it takes to scale…
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Deep Tech Start-Ups & Industrial Giants | Paul Mascarenas OBE, Ex-CTO of Ford Motor Company
In this episode, Lab to Market Leadership host Chris Reichhelm interviews the former CTO of the Ford Motor Company, Paul Mascarenas OBE. Paul discusses his…
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Funding the Semiconductor Future | Kevin Chen
On this episode of ‘Lab to Market Leadership’, Chris Reichhelm talks with Kevin Chen, Managing Director of Lam Capital, about securing funding and scaling in…
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Lab to Market Leadership Reflections: Does the Starting Point of a Deep Tech Company Matter?
On this week’s bite-sized Reflections episode of the Lab to Market Leadership podcast, Deep Tech Leaders CEO Chris Reichhelm explores a vital question: ‘Does…
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Commercialising Novel Chemistry | Tim Cesarek
Join us on this episode of Lab to Market Leadership as Chris Reichhelm interviews Tim Cesarek, CEO of Synata Bio. Tim draws from his vast experience to discuss…
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Doing Business with the Automotive Industry | Dr Andy Palmer, CMG
In this episode of Lab to Market Leadership, Chris Reichhelm interviews Dr Andy Palmer, CMG, the ‘godfather’ of electric vehicles. Andy's extensive experience…
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Academia versus Startup | Dr Priya Perumal
In this episode of ‘Lab to Market Leadership,’ Dr. Priya Perumal, a leading expert in construction materials and Chief Scientific Officer at C2CA, discusses…
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Zero to £22m in Licensing Revenue: Tony Cochrane's Ceres Power Journey
Generating revenue from the licensing of IP sounds great in principle but is notoriously difficult to pull off – especially for start-ups. On this week’s…
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A New Type of Semiconductor Company | Scott White
In this week’s podcast, Chris Reichhelm speaks with Scott White, the co-founder and former CEO of Pragmatic Semiconductor, one of the UK’s most exciting…
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Why Start-ups Fail to Engage Corporates | Steve Cook
In this episode of Lab to Market Leadership, Chris sits down with Steve Cook, a 22-year BP veteran who helped launch Launchpad, BP’s growth-stage accelerator…
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The Role of CFO in a Deep Tech Company | Michael Black
In this episode of Lab to Market Leadership, we delve into the crucial role of a deep tech Chief Financial Officer with our expert guest, Michael Black, CFO of…
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Graphene Commercialisation: Scaling Advanced Materials | Tony Pearce
Dive into this insightful episode where Chris Reichhelm interviews Tony Pearce, COO of Paragraf, to discuss the journey of bringing groundbreaking innovations…
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Selecting the Right Deep Tech Startup: A Job Seeker’s Guide | Chris Reichhelm
Job Seekers! Are you looking to get into the Deep Tech industry? Deep tech recruitment expert Chris Reichhelm talks about what you can do to give yourself the…
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Defining the Right Problem | Henrik Hagemann from Puraffinity
Welcome to the Lab to Market Leadership podcast, where we explore the journey of turning advanced science and engineering into market-ready innovations. Join…
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Lab to Market – Bootstrapped | Peter Collins
In this episode of the Lab to Market Leadership podcast, host Chris Reichhelm talks to Peter Collins, the former CEO of Permasense, an Imperial College…
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Lab-to-Market Journey: A Blueprint for Success | Chris Reichhelm
In this episode of Lab to Market Leadership, host Chris Reichhelm shares Deep Tech Leaders’ blueprint for the Lab-to-Market journey. Chris outlines the three…
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Spotlight on Spinouts 2024 Insights | Chris Reichhelm
Join us for the debut episode of ‘Lab to Market Leadership with Chris Reichhelm, CEO of Deep Tech Leaders, as we dissect the data from the Royal Academy of…