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10 weeks – Online
DeepTech & Software+
Up to $1M funding opportunities
$300K initial investment opportunity for Demo Day winners
Constructor Start – Batch 5
Constructor Start – Batch 5Turn breakthrough technology into an investment-ready company
A global, equity-free DeepTech program for technical founders, scientists and experienced technology entrepreneurs building the next generation of computing, intelligence and physical-world technologies.
Building something technically difficult? We want to hear from you.
You have built the technology. Now prove the company.
From Prototype to Venture
Constructor Start Batch 5 is designed for DeepTech founders who already have a working prototype, validated technical concept, or early product and are ready to move from technical development to commercial execution.
PROTOTYPE → VALIDATION → PRODUCT → MARKET → CAPITAL → SCALE
We work with founders on
- Market & customer validation
Identify the highest-value problem, customer segment and commercial use case. - Product & technology roadmap
Define the technical and product milestones required to move from prototype to market-ready solution. - Legal proof & defensibility
Strengthen the evidence behind the technology through IP, proprietary know-how, data, research or other defensible advantages. - Business model & go-to-market
Define how the technology creates value, who pays for it and how the company reaches its first customers. - Pilots & commercial traction
Build the path toward pilots, industry validation, partnerships and early customer evidence. - Funding strategy
Determine the right combination of venture capital, grants and strategic funding for the next stage. - Investment pitch
Translate technical progress, market evidence and business potential into a clear investment deck and pitch.
What We are Looking for
Technologies defining the next computing era. We care less about labels and more about technical evidence.
Compute
01 – Scalable Quantum Computing
Quantum architectures, hardware, control systems, error correction, enabling technologies and applications that move quantum computing toward practical scale.
02 – Next-Generation Computing Hardware
Semiconductors, photonics, novel architectures, accelerators, edge computing and hardware systems that fundamentally improve how computation is performed.
03 – AI-Native Software & Infrastructure
Software, developer infrastructure and platforms designed around AI as a fundamental architectural layer—not simply AI added to an existing product.
Intelligence
04 – Machine Intelligence & AI Systems
Advanced machine-learning systems, foundation technologies, autonomous systems and new approaches to reasoning, learning and intelligent decision-making.
05 – AI & Robotics for Science & Industry
AI and robotics applied to scientific discovery, engineering, manufacturing, laboratories and complex industrial environments.
06 – Next-Generation Data Infrastructure
New architectures for storing, processing, managing, securing and extracting value from rapidly growing and increasingly complex data.
Physical World
07 – Advanced Sensing & Measurement
Novel sensors, instrumentation, imaging, diagnostics and measurement technologies that make previously invisible physical phenomena observable and actionable.
08 – Advanced Materials
Novel materials, processes and material platforms enabling breakthroughs in computing, energy, manufacturing, electronics and other technology-intensive industries.
Built for founders who have already gone deep.
Who Should Apply
Experienced Technical Founder
Engineer → Founder
You have built or led complex technology and identified a problem worth building a company around.
You may have been a:
Principal Engineer | Technical Lead | CTO | Engineering Manager | Head of Engineering
Scientist Commercializing Research
Research → Venture
You have developed research with real commercial potential and want to take it beyond the lab.
You may be a:
Research Scientist | PhD | Postdoc | PI | Laboratory Lead | Spinout Founder
Corporate Innovation Leader
R&D → Venture
You discovered a problem or technology inside an industry that deserves to become an independent company.
You may have worked as:
R&D Director | Innovation Lead | Engineering Director | Technical Program Lead
Experienced DeepTech Entrepreneur
Previous venture → Next company
You have already built a company and are now tackling a technically harder, more ambitious opportunity.
Is This You?
We are looking for more than an idea.
Strong Fit
- Proprietary or technically differentiated technology
- Meaningful engineering or scientific expertise on the founding team
- Prototype, research result, technical validation or other evidence
- A large problem with international commercial potential
- Ambition to build a scalable technology company
- Founder commitment to commercializing the technology
- Pre-seed / Seed stage
- Looking for customers, capital, commercialization expertise or international expansion
You Do Not Need
- Previous accelerator experience
- An MBA
- A large commercial team
- Significant revenue already
- To call yourself an “entrepreneur”
Give your startup the best chance to be understood
We use our AI application assistant, Parley, for the first step of the application process. It will guide you through a short conversation about your product, helping you provide the key information and context our team needs to properly evaluate your company.
Takes approximately 5–7 minutes. The applications will open soon.
Constructor Start may not be the right program if
- You only have an idea with no technical evidence yet
- Your primary goal is taking a course or learning entrepreneurship
- You are looking for employment or an internship
- Your business is primarily an agency or consulting service
- Your product has no meaningful technological differentiation
- You are building a local/offline business without scalable technology
- You are looking primarily for marketing exposure
Not sure? Apply if the underlying technology is genuinely defensible – we evaluate the substance, not the label.
From technical breakthrough to investment case.
What You Will Build in 10 Weeks
01 Customer & market thesis
Output: validated customer profile and highest-value use case.
02 Competitive landscape
Output: evidence-based competitive positioning.
03 Value proposition
Output: a clear explanation of why your technology matters commercially.
04 Technology & product roadmap
Output: validated 18-month development roadmap.
05 IP & defensibility
Output: IP and protection strategy.
06 Business & financial model
Output: investor-ready financial model and commercial assumptions.
07 Funding strategy
Output: VC + grant financing roadmap.
08 Go-to-market
Output: customer acquisition and business-development strategy.
09 Storytelling & investment narrative
Output: investor pitch and Demo Day story.
10 Demo Day preparation
Output: investment-ready company narrative.
DeepTech needs more than startup advice.
Why Constructor Start
Portfolio Proof
Built for companies working at the edge of what is possible.
Qendra
Quantum Computing – Switzerland
From quantum technology to a company positioned for global scale.
Demo Day Winner
CellKinetica
MedTech / Computational Biology – Switzerland
Applying advanced technology to improve IVF outcomes.
Demo Day Winner
Kudu
Medical Devices – Israel
Wireless power technology for medical implants designed to eliminate battery-replacement surgeries.
Ludenso
AR / EdTech Technology – Norway
An augmented-reality startup that turned immersive technology into a scalable commercial product. After Constructor Start, Ludenso reached break-even with 10× revenue growth
Dr. Martin Stadler – Founder of Qendra
Claudiu Barsan-Pipu – Founder of MetaNeural
Konstantin Popadin and Eugenii Tretiakov – Founders of CellKinetica
Mentors / Network
Build with people who understand technology and capital.
Batch 5 Timeline