Six steps to technology scouting
We eat, sleep and repeat technology scouting. For those who are also responsible for technology scouting and want to improve their technology scouting results, we have compiled an overview of our six steps and best practices in technology scouting. To us, technology …
Top-5 concrete companies we love
The construction industry is known as quite an inefficient one. The perfect opportunity for start-ups to bring some innovation to this traditional industry. Here we share our top-5 companies that are impacting the construction industry with innovative concrete. Basilisk Concrete If you …
Our Top-5 food and agri startups from F&A Next
We go to many conferences, F&A Next is definitely one of our favourites. Maybe because it’s organised by our alma mater, maybe because we are just very much into food & agri. Anyway, we wouldn’t let you miss out on our top-5 food & …
Feeding ourselves and our social media cats
I hear people being concerned about feeding the 10 billion world population in 2050 all the time. However, I’m also concerned about all the 8.6 billion in 2030 as I’m pretty sure that if we can’t feed them, we don’t have to …
Six impressive CRISPR application areas and cool startups to match them
If biotech interests you, you must already know about CRISPR, the cutting edge gene editing technology that was developed a couple of years ago, by Jennifer Doudna. Also to us, CRISPR, or actually everything related to genome editing tools, is amongst the …
Don’t be afraid to reject if you want to be successful in technology scouting
A couple of technology scouts (investors and R&D managers) confessed to me that they often feel reluctant to reject companies. Their inability to reject was either driven by fear of ‘just not getting it yet’ or an emotional attachment to a target …