Start Up the Science
Hosted by INAM Berlin (Innovation Network for Advanced Materials), Start Up the Science is a podcast for entrepreneurs and experts in Deep Tech. We talk to scientists turned entrepreneurs and find out their startup stories, as well as Deep Tech investors and experts.
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Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
On this episode of Start Up the Science, we have the wonderful Véronique Schwartz and Tobias Mentzel from faCellitate!
faCellitate is a Venture Team of Chemovator GmbH. It was created in 2018 from a BASF research project by an interdisciplinary team consisting of chemists and biologists with long-term experience in material design. The resulting product ideas have been developed to market maturity in the Chemovator, the internal business incubator of BASF.
faCellitate specializes in the development of polymer surface coatings for laboratory consumables to create a fully synthetic, biologically relevant environment for cell-based assays. The highly defined and standardized products are used in areas of biomedical research such as cancer and stem cell research, early drug discovery and toxicology to enable and significantly refine the efficiency and predictability of preclinical cell-based models.
In May 2020, the team launched BIOFLOAT ™, their first product line that offers an advanced cell-inert surface coating for 3D culture with superior reliability and consistency.
To learn more about faCellitate, visit their website at https://facellitate.com/
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Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
For this expert episode, we were excited to invite Jose Jimenez of SEEDRS.
SEEDRS is an equity cordfunding platform that enables all types of investors to invest in businesses they believe in and share in their successes. They enable all types of growth-focused businesses to raise capital and a community in the process.
We reached out to Jose a few years ago to join our panel of investors for our yearly accelerator program, AdMaCom. We like to understand and bring understnading to the different types of fundraising that are available to startups. Jose has always brought a new and fresh perspective to the Investors Days as crowdfunding is a bit different from other traditional types of investment.
If you'd like to learn more about SEEDRS, visit their website https://www.seedrs.com/
You can reach out to Jose directly on his LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jomajimenez/
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Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
On this episode of Start Up the Science we have the wonderful Miriam Haerst, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Kumovis.
The name Kumovis might sound familiar to those who have heard our episode with expert Marie Asano who expressed her love for this startup. After this episode, we can definitely understand her sentiments.
Kumovis enables the creation of medical products that bring outstanding benefit to the healthcare sector and especially its patients. Driven by the sector’s needs, they create new technologies, develop sound processes and provide materials.
The Kumovis R1 is the world’s first FLM 3D printer built for medical production. The R1 allows for 3D printing medical devices with materials such as PEEK, PPSU, PEI or PEKK while retaining original properties.
On top of all that, Kumovis also delivers a range of services including 3D printer installations, on-site trainings and medical product design, among others.
This is how they are creating a brand new ecosystem in the medical 3d printing space and why we asked Miriam to come on the show and talk to us!
To learn more about Kumovis, visit their website at kumovis.com
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Music: Drops of H2O ( The Filtered Water Treatment ) by J.Lang (c) copyright 2012 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. Ft: Airtone
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
Our newest episode of Start Up the Science features Jan Gerber (COO) and Stanislaw Grünstein (Strategy and Operations Manager) of Brain of Materials!
Brain of Materials is a B2B platform for material innovation. Made for designers, engineers, architects, and anyone enthusiastic about smart materials. Their goal is to make innovative materials suitable for industrial use, while enabling product managers to significantly speed up their development cycles.
Brain of Materials is a spin-off from the imat group, one of the leading service providers for engineering and testing services in the automotive industry. With over 30 years of experience in material testing, they realized that every single car manufacturer was struggling with the lack of a single source for material data that suits different requirements along the supply chain.
To learn more about Brain of Materials, visit their website at http://www.brainofmaterials.com/
Or contact them directly at hello@brainofmaterials.com.
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Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Our first ever Sponsored Episode is brought to you by MotionLab.Berlin! We had a blast talking with Nadine and Tayla about everything MotionLab!
MotionLab.Berlin offers maker garages, offices, coworking space and more for hardware startups in the mobility sector. However, they offer so much more than SPACE. They have an open digital fabrication studio where you can learn how to use 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC Routers, design software and electronics to make almost anything. They also offer access to a professional DIY studio and a AMAZING community of makers.
To learn more about MotionLab and their space and community, visit their website.
And make sure to stay up to date with the latest MotionLab news by following them on LinkedIn.
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Music: Drops of H2O ( The Filtered Water Treatment ) by J.Lang (c) copyright 2012 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. Ft: Airtone
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
On this episode of Start Up the Science, we spoke with Chris Wessendorf of memetis!Memetis was founded in 2017 by Christoph Wessendorf, Dr. Marcel Gültig, Dr. Christof Megnin and Dr. Hinnerk Oßmer as a spin-off from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
Their core technology is the development of ultracompact actuators made of thin foils of Shape Memory Alloys (SMA) that can be used for applications where movement in small dimensions is required e.g. in locking mechanisms. With these Shape Memory Alloy actuators, memetis is, amongst others, manufacturing miniature valves that allow for small and especially flat fluidic systems in various industries, e.g. Life Sciences, Robotics, etc.To learn more about memetis, check out their website: memetis.comAnd makes sure to follow them on Linkedin.Also, memetis was featured on our #founderfriday series! Read it here.
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Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
For this week's episode, we sat down with one of our newest startup members at INAM, PlastFormance!
PlastFormance is developing and producing injection-moldable compounds with significantly better physical features than what is currently available on the market.
Their patented technology allows them to craft compounds with unprecedented filler contents without giving up injection-moulding capabilities. The materials that they create are highly functional – the characteristics of the filler-materials (e.g. thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity, electric insulation or radiation shielding) are transferred to the compound while maintaing the processability of the plastics.
(Yep, plastics with superpowers!)
To learn more about PlastFormance, visit their website.
You can also follow them on LinkedIn to stay up to date with latest news.
And you can also get in touch with Max personally:
maximilian.funck@plastformance.com
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Music: Drops of H2O ( The Filtered Water Treatment ) by J.Lang (c) copyright 2012 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. Ft: Airtone
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
We were very excited to welcome Carlos Lee, Director General of EPIC to our podcast for this month's Expert Episode.
EPIC stands for the European Photonics Industry Consortium. They are an industry association that promotes the sustainable development of organisations working in the field of photonics in Europe.
We at INAM admire the way that they foster a vibrant photonics ecosystem by maintaining a strong network and acting as a catalyst and facilitator for technological and commercial advancement.
Carlos sheds light on why networks are important and gives a few tips for startups on how to network effectively.
For more information about EPIC, visit their website: https://www.epic-assoc.com/
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