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Founders love to dream about the upside. Investors price downside. In #deeptech , ambition is not rewarded with a higher valuation. Instead, unresolved risk is the main driver of discounting. The multiple goes up when the company shows disciplined R&D spend, a team with both technical and commercial depth, a defensible moat, clean #IP assignment, and a use-of-funds plan tied to concrete milestones. It goes down fast when the company looks like pure academia, burns cash in

🚴🏼‍♀️ ☀️ Back from your cycling weekend? Hungry for more of our Absolutely indispensable #patent #data? Well, look no further. And don’t be fooled—cycling isn’t just scenic views, smiles, and absurdly toned thighs. It is also an #IP battlefield. 💶 €10B+ is the estimated #value of the global bicycle drivetrain & components market. In high-end electronic shifting, competition is increasingly shaped by dense patent portfolios around wireless communication, battery systems, de

Raising Risk Capital for the first time and feeling like you don’t know what you’re doing? Relax. Nobody really knows what they’re doing, even if they claim otherwise. Even doing it once doesn’t mean you suddenly understand it all. You don’t. If advisors tell you they do, they usually don’t either. Every case is different. The most important thing is understanding the founder’s story, and every story is unique. Do you think at least venture capital funds know what they’re doi