Ignition Event - where deep-tech startups are born!
JOIN THE IGNITION EVENT TO CREATE AN IMPACTFUL VENTURE
November 13-14, 2026
AWARDS
IN PAST 5 YEARS
90+
Entrepreneurs became startup co-founders
40+
Scientists became startup co-founders
40+
Startups formed
WHAT IS IGNITION EVENT?
A unique matchmaking event for ambitious entrepreneurs and world-class scientific teams to launch their deep-tech startups.
Here we blend entrepreneurship and science to create startups based on Commercialization Reactor’s validated Science Commercialization Methodology.
The entrepreneurs become the business leaders and scientists keep building the scientific excellence and core value of the newly formed venture.
AGENDA
* organizers retain the right to change the agenda
IT IS FOR YOU IF:
- you have an entrepreneurial mindset, and you want to create a truly unique business
- you have keen interest in technology, science, and innovations
- you are serial start-upper and now you are looking for a new field and direction in the business
- you are willing to invest hours and enthusiasm to develop your start-up.
It does not matter whether you are already experienced in entrepreneurship or deep-tech entrepreneurship – you still can become part of Commercialization Reactor’s community and science-based business ecosystem. We truly believe that deep-tech entrepreneurship is a mindset and craft that one can learn and master!
HOW DOES IGNITION EVENT WORK?
- Commercialization Reactor selects 10-15 researchers from all over the world that have reached a certain stage in their technology development
- We bring together entrepreneurs and scientists in the Ignition Event™, where scientists present and explain their discovery
- The entrepreneurs ask additional questions to their selected researchers
- The entrepreneur selects technology and works together with the scientist to develop a brief pitch about the potential market application of the technology and to see, whether there is a team potential
- The entrepreneur and the scientist present their pitch to the jury
- The entrepreneur and the scientist decide whether they are willing to establish a team, a proto-company.