We are pleased to present another intelligent conversation on our podcast with Barbara Bachus, the Co-founder and COO of Exomatter. They have developed a powerful platform that is AI-Powered bringing a whole new meaning to materials research and development. Episode Highlights: Hear about the unique capabilities of Exomatter’s platform. Their journey from a spin-off at a German Aerospace Center to a thriving startup. Favourite Quote: " I learned that from each event, if you take seriously, it br...
Dec 23, 2024•18 min•Season 5Ep. 50
We are pleased to present another enlightening conversation on our podcast with Maddy Maxey, the Founder and CEO of Loomia. Loomia has redefined the meaning of flexible electronics to produce the ‘Loomia Electronic Layer’ which is a mesh-based alternative to flex PCBs, printed ink on TPU and traditional e-textiles. Episode Highlights: Product-First Approach: Hear how Maddy’s journey started with a focus on product development from day one. Deep Tech Startup Journey: Discover the untapped potenti...
Oct 08, 2024•20 min•Season 5Ep. 49
We're excited to bring you an insightful conversation on our deep tech podcast with Alex Blum, the Founder and CEO of Applied Bioplastics. Applied Bioplastics are replacing oil-based plastics with economically sustainable plant-based plastic alternatives Episode Highlights: Find out how Alex is creating alternative and sustainable solutions for existing machines and practices used to produce oil-based plastics. Deep Tech Startup Journey: Alex opens up about his rather unique journey across the g...
Jul 24, 2024•39 min•Season 5Ep. 2
We're excited to bring you an insightful conversation on our deep tech podcast with Ryan Guterman, the Founder and CEO of FaradaIC Sensors. FaradaIC Sensors are developing the world's smallest electrochemical gas sensor Episode Highlights: World’s Smallest Electrochemical Gas Sensor: Discover how FaradaIC Sensors' MECS Technology™ revolutionises gas sensing technology with miniaturised, scalable solutions. Deep Tech Startup Journey: Ryan shares his inspiring journey to launching a successful dee...
Jun 27, 2024•18 min•Season 5Ep. 48
Welcome to "Start Up the Science," by INAM. Hosted by Taha Adnan, this podcast explores the intersection of science, innovation, and entrepreneurship. In today's episode, we're joined by David Giltner, the founder of TurningScience, a company that helps scientists and engineers transition from academia to industry. David shares his insights on the importance of understanding the business context, building a professional network, and developing a clear value proposition for your skills and expert...
May 05, 2023•45 min•Season 4Ep. 47
On this episode of Start Up The Science, Ferdinand Rudolph Bartels, General Manager at SPECS Surface Analysis and Chairman of the INAM Board! Ferdinand has turned around multiple high tech ventures after coming on as a general manager and will discuss the ins and outs of the process with us. This episode was hosted by INAM's Managing Director, Oliver Hasse. WATCH THE PODCAST ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/otUss67ZVWY
Aug 18, 2022•53 min•Season 4Ep. 46
On this episode of Start Up The Science, we talk to Jasper Van Hoorik, CEO and founder of BIO INX! BIO INX is developing the materials required to make bioprinting a reality! The long term goal of bioprinting is to fully 3D print organs and replace transplants. Through the use of their innovative materials, BIO INX helps keep the cells alive during and after printing. You can learn more about BIO INX here: www.bioinx.com WATCH THE VIDEO VERSION OF THIS PODCAST ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/He8H-6...
Jul 22, 2022•28 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Mimotype is a developer and vendor of bio-inspired performance materials. Our core skills: Initiating and steering end-to-end innovation cycles in the domain of bio-inspired materials research. The bioeconomy is about realigning production methods and supply chains with the vision of an ecologically seamless world economy. A deepened understanding of biology at the nanoscale will allow first-movers to become the technology leaders of the 21st century. We have a prime candidate for a materials bl...
Mar 18, 2022•21 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Fascinated by sound, noise, and its impact on society, co-founders Rhona Togher & Eimear O’Carroll have worked together for over 15 years. Inventive by nature, they founded Lios (formerly Restored Hearing) in 2009 to build technologies which would enable a quieter world. Togher and O’Carroll have long been frustrated with the pace of advancements in their field, witnessing incremental developments which fell short in delivering meaningful change. Originally trained as physicists, the pair ha...
Sep 20, 2021•37 min•Season 3Ep. 17
Molecular Quantum Solutions (MQS) was founded in December 2019 by Mark Nicholas Jones (CEO) and Lukasz Ruszczynski (CTO) who know each other from their EU funded PhD projects (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/675251) at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). During the final project conference they had the idea to start MQS to use the acquired knowledge from their PhDs, combine it and implement a full fledged software as a service solution for the pharma, biotech and chemical industries. ...
Sep 06, 2021•25 min•Season 3Ep. 16
1.35 million babies are born with a congenital heart defect each year. Of these, 400,000 have heart valve defects but there is no durable valve replacement on the market. GrOwnValve aims to fulfill that unmet clinical need. GrOwnValve is a pre-clinical stage medical device company, developing a unique heart valve prosthesis system. Their completely new prosthetic valve for adults and children, will be implanted using a low-risk transcatheter technique. The valves will come to market as a procedu...
Aug 23, 2021•26 min•Season 3Ep. 15
As the market leader in power modules, Infineon challenges YOU to develop a thermal interface material solution for highly reliable and best in class power modules. Power Modules are found in general purpose drives, traction, servo-units and renewable energy applications like solar inverters, energy storage systems or wind applications and more. They cover a wide range of a few hundred Watts to several Megawatts. However, with the ongoing demand and system requirement to increase the power densi...
Aug 17, 2021•3 min
Nanolumi is an advanced luminescent materials company leveraging the power of chemistry to optimize light efficiently. The company focuses on providing high quality perovskite products that enable the purest, brightest and widest range of colours in LCD, MiniLED and OLED displays while maintaining high energy efficiency. Chameleon® G Film, the company’s flagship product, is the industry’s first green perovskite colour enhancement film; It significantly enhances displays of all screen sizes with ...
Aug 09, 2021•26 min•Season 3Ep. 14
UBQ Materials is leading the dawn of a new era in manufacturing, introducing the market to a novel bio-based thermoplastic that is converted entirely from unsorted household waste. The UBQ™ material is cost competitive and compatible across industries, making sustainability the simple choice for manufacturers in automotive, construction, consumer goods, retail and many more. Sophie Tuviahu leads the UBQ Materials sales and business development teams; building meaningful partnerships and a strong...
Jul 19, 2021•25 min•Season 3Ep. 45
On this episode of Start Up the Science, we had the honor of speaking with Fanya Ismail, CEO of Sol-Gel Materials and Applications (SGMA). Fanya is an entrepreneur, with expertise that span the chemistry, business and legal sector. Using her expertise from each sector she built SGMA, an advanced chemical company focusing on the development of sol-gel technology, delivering solutions to sustainability problems. Her company, SGMA, delivers solutions that are extracted from sand, sustainable and pr...
Jul 05, 2021•28 min•Season 3Ep. 12
This Expert Episode is with the fabulous Robert Harrison of Sonnenberg Harrison Partnerschaft. We sat down with him to ask him everything about IP Strategy for science based startups. Robert Harrison is a founding partner of SONNENBERG HARRISON. He has been working in the field of intellectual property since 1990. He is a registered German, French and European patent and trademark attorney. His work focuses on the fields of semiconductors, chemical engineering, computer science, photonics, telec...
Jun 22, 2021•31 min•Season 3Ep. 11
On this episode of Start Up the Science, we sat down to chat with Jonathan Ladouceur, Head of Engineering at Twente Additive Manufacturing. Twente Additive Manufacturing builds homes using 3D Printing Technology that emphasizes the objective that a home and the humans that inhabit it are joining the environment, not controlling it. Helping to reduce unnecessary material consumption and increased connectivity to the natural world is at the core of our mission statement. Visit their website for mo...
Jun 08, 2021•35 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Polymertal develops cutting-edge metal plating processes, enabling the marketing of cost/effective hybrid metal-polymer parts. Rising to the demanding needs of the Aerospace, Space, Automotive and communication industries, they have assembled a multi-disciplinary development team and built a learning organization that continuously gathers information from the market to keep advancing their technology for the benefit of their customers. To learn more about Polymertal, visit their website https://...
May 25, 2021•28 min•Season 3Ep. 9
9T Labs has invented a new way of manufacturing carbon composites. With their patented 3D printing technology carbon composites can be produced in high volumes, at a fraction of the cost. Learn more about 9T Labs by visiting their website: https://www.9tlabs.com/ For questions or comments, please email us at info@inam.berlin . Also, if you or someone you know would like to be a guest on our show, we welcome any and all suggestions! Special thanks to Oxygen Sound Studios Track: Coastline — Ason I...
May 11, 2021•29 min•Season 3Ep. 8
This episode is all about Materials Analysis! This episode features 3 experts: Thorsten Kampen - SPECS Alex Reed - Fluence Analytics Lynda Skipper - Univeristy of Lincoln To hear Alex's full episode about his startup Fluence Analytics, Click Here ! For questions or comments, please email us at info@inam.berlin . Also, if you or someone you know would like to be a guest on our show, we welcome any and all suggestions! Special thanks to Oxygen Sound Studios Track: Coastline — Ason ID [Audio Librar...
Apr 27, 2021•30 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Jehane Ragai is an Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the American University in Cairo (AUC). She is the author of the two editions of The Scientist and the Forger . The first edition, published in 2015 by Imperial College Press. The second edition, published in 2018 by World Scientific Publishing, was translated into Chinese. For questions or comments, please email us at info@inam.berlin . Also, if you or someone you know would like to be a guest on our show, we welcome any and all suggestions!...
Apr 13, 2021•42 min•Season 3Ep. 6
RUBYnanomed was founded in 2018 as a spin-off of INL and aims to bring lab discoveries to the clinical market. RUBYnanomed focusses on non-invasive monitoring of cancer progression through liquid biopsy. Cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide (9.6 million deaths in 2018), but 90 % of those deaths are due to cancer spreading or metastasis. RUBYnanomed has developed the RUBYchip™, a microfluidic device for fast isolation of circulating tumour cells (CTCs), the cells responsib...
Mar 23, 2021•27 min•Season 3Ep. 5
PolyLux is an innovative advanced materials company based in the US that is creating a light-switchable adhesive platform. Their main target market is the medical adhesives space as there is a strong and unmet need for an adhesive that attaches stronger than what’s on the market today but releases easy on demand. For questions or comments, please email us at info@inam.berlin . Also, if you or someone you know would like to be a guest on our show, we welcome any and all suggestions! Special thank...
Mar 09, 2021•25 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Shweta Agarwala is a Professor at Aarhus University. Her research involves direct-write and 3D printing methods for flexible electronics, bioelectronics and bioprinting. The multidisciplinary research finds application in flexible devices, wearables, smart packaging and healthcare, with main focus on creating new-age devices on unconventional substrates namely textile, plasters, bandages, polymers, paper and biomaterials. Make sure to listen to her podcast Her Frequency with her co-host (and no ...
Feb 23, 2021•19 min•Season 3Ep. 3
We hope you enjoy our first Coffee Break episode! This episode is all about Printed & Flexible Electronics. This episode features 3 experts from research and startups: Zachary J. Davis - Team Leader at the Danish Technological Institute https://www.dti.dk/ Tiago Cunha Reis - CEO of Mater Dynamics https://www.materdynamics.com/ Madison "Maddy" Maxley - CEO of Loomia https://www.loomia.com/ For questions or comments, please email us at info@inam.berlin . Also, if you or someone you know would ...
Feb 09, 2021•16 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Just a short update for you on the current open calls that we have open at INAM! AdMaCom (Spring and Autumn Editions) | https://www.inam.berlin/admacom Open Innovation Challenge for Sustainable Materials Solutions - Rubbers & Plastics for the Automotive Industry | https://www.inam.berlin/continental-challenge Lab to Market | https://www.inam.berlin/lab-to-market Reach out to us at startupthescience@inam.berlin for any additional information. LISTEN NOW: iTunes Soundcloud Spotify Google Play ...
Jan 28, 2021•7 min
Start Up the Science is back for another season! On our first episode of the season, we sat down with Moshiel Biton, CEO and Co-Founder of Addionics! Addionics is creating the next generation of energy storage by focussing on battery physics and are enabling higher energy density, lower charging time, and improved heat safety, with the largest markets in mind. To learn more about Addionics, visit https://www.addionics.com/ LISTEN NOW: iTunes Soundcloud Spotify Google Play For questions or commen...
Jan 26, 2021•30 min•Season 3Ep. 1
In this season finale, we talk about the best episodes of the season (which is basically ALL of them) and we give you a teaser on what's to come next season! LISTEN NOW: iTunes Soundcloud Spotify Google Play For questions or comments, please email us at info@inam.berlin . Also, if you or someone you know would like to be a guest on our show, we welcome any and all suggestions! Special thanks to Oxygen Sound Studios Music: Drops of H2O ( The Filtered Water Treatment ) by J.Lang (c) copyright 2012...
Dec 01, 2020•20 min
For our final episode of the season, we sat down and chatted with Marie Weijler, an investment manager at Cottonwood Technology Fund. Cottonwood Technology Fund is a consistent top performing early-stage venture capital fund. They focus on high tech technology & hard science (patent / IP based) such as robotics, photonics, telecom, optics, automotive, clean energy, sensor technology, high-tech health, nanotechnology, chemicals, advanced materials, etcetera. We were very excited to chat with ...
Nov 24, 2020•36 min•Season 2Ep. 31
We're back with another Where Are They Now? Episode! We had such a blast catching up with the startups on this episode. Though its been a hard year thanks to the pandemic, it was great hearing stories on the creative ways these startups have kept on keeping on. This episode features 5 startups from past episodes: (in order of appearance) Thermulon | Sam Cryer, Rozalie Ryclova & Alex Murdock | Season 2 Episode 2 rozalie@thermulon.com https://thermulon.com/ Radisurf | Mikkel Kongsfelt | Season...
Nov 17, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 30
