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August 2, 2022

How can corporates help solve Europe’s deeptech scaling problem?

Corporates are sitting on a wealth of resources (not only financial) that could help European deeptech companies scale


Massimo Portincaso

The future of Europe’s startup ecosystem lies at the feet of the continent’s deeptech startups, according to the European Commission, which sees the deeptech sector as key to challenging the US and China’s tech dominance.

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Jean-Michel Deligny
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An image of Jean-François Bobier, partner and director within BCG's deeptech team
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Alejandro Tauber

Alejandro Tauber is a freelance tech and business writer based in Amsterdam. He tweets from @AlejandroTauber

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