Lab to Market Leadership with Chris Reichhelm

With over 25 years of experience in recruiting leadership teams and boards for advanced science and engineering companies, Chris Reichhelm, CEO of Deep Tech Leaders, offers an insider’s perspective on the pivotal decisions and strategies that shape the success of startups embarking on the lab-to-market journey.

This podcast doesn’t just celebrate innovation for its own sake; instead, it highlights what it truly takes to build, scale, and sustain a successful deep tech company. Through conversations with entrepreneurs, investors, executives, and other key players, Chris will explore the management disciplines, cultures, and behaviours essential for commercialising and scaling deep tech innovations. Each episode will aim to unravel the complexities behind turning rich, research-intensive IP into commercially viable products across various sectors like computing, biotech, materials science, and more.

'Lab to Market Leadership' is for those who are ready to learn from past mistakes and successes to better navigate the path from innovation to market. Whether you're an entrepreneur, an investor, or simply a deep tech enthusiast, this podcast offers valuable lessons and insights to enhance your understanding and approach to building groundbreaking companies that aim to solve the world's biggest problems and improve our way of life.

Learn more about Lab to Market Leadership: www.deeptechleaders.com

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Podcast Production by Beauxhaus

Guest

Dr. David Cleevely, CBE FREng FIET

Dr David Cleevely CBE FREng FIET is a celebrated entrepreneur, investor, and tech innovator. He is the Chairman of Chemify, Focal Point Positioning, and the Cambridge Science Centre, and has founded or co-founded several successful companies, including Abcam and 3WayNetworks. A prolific investor in over 35 companies, David also chairs ventures such as Bocca di Lupo and Gelupo.

He has been a driving force behind Cambridge’s innovation ecosystem, co-founding Cambridge Network, Cambridge Wireless, and Cambridge Angels, and advising on communications policy for Ofcom and the Ministry of Defence.

A Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the IET, David has held prominent academic roles, including Founding Director of the Centre for Science and Policy at Cambridge.

With a career blending technology, policy, and entrepreneurship, David brings unparalleled insight into innovation and leadership.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidcleevely/

Guest appearance on:

The State of UK Deep Tech | Dr David Cleevely CBE FREng FIET