DeepTech Co-Founder Meetup – find a business co-founder for five research teams

Looking for your next entrepreneurial challenge? Five research and technology teams with scientific expertise and promising technology need someone to turn their idea into a successful business.

At the meetup, the five teams pitch to experienced entrepreneurs and business professionals who want to become co-founders. Deep-tech companies need more than breakthrough technology: they need people who understand business development, strategy, sales, investment and how to bring a product to market.

You do not need a scientific background or your own startup idea. If you have business experience, an entrepreneurial mindset and the ambition to build something, this is a chance to find your next venture.

The teams:

• Bindomics – tools and technology for laboratory screening, validation and characterisation of bioactive compounds, especially new drug candidates. Looking for a co-founder with pharma or drug-development experience, or with financing know-how.

• CelluMotion – a 100% plant-based stain-repellent coating: a cellulose fatty-acid ester made from wood cellulose and plant oil by reactive extrusion, supplied as film, suspension or powder. Looking for a co-founder with international experience, a strong network and textile-industry knowledge.

• Enkozo – deodorants that target odour-causing bacteria with species-specific enzymes (endolysins) derived from bacteriophages; safe, environmentally friendly, with no recorded resistance. Looking for a business-minded co-founder with a background in marketing and/or cosmetics.

• Perihelion – end-to-end Edge AI autonomy for space and defence, taking mission-critical AI from simulation to edge hardware. The technical founders are looking for a commercial driver in business development, sales and marketing.

• ReCeramCut – a TalTech research project developing ceramic composite materials for dry-machining cutting tools, using recycled tungsten carbide and less critical raw materials. At an early laboratory stage. Looking for a co-founder with B2B business development, industrial sales or technology commercialisation experience.

At the event you can hear the five pitches, meet the researchers behind the ideas and ask questions, and see which business skills each team needs.

Agenda: 14:00 gathering; 14:20 opening by Anu Puusaag, Head of DeepTech at Tehnopol; 14:30–15:00 five pitches; 15:00–16:00 pre-registered one-to-one meetings between co-founders and teams (choose them during registration).

Time and place: 26 November 2026, 14:00–16:00, Tehnopol, Mäealuse 2/4, building A, 3rd floor, Tallinn.