Episode 3
Scaling deep tech from lab to product
Brilliant technologies stall between lab and market — and usually not for technical reasons. We look at the organisational, financial and governance decisions that decide whether a deep-tech venture reaches production, or dies in the gap.
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- The lab-to-market gap is organisational, not scientific — around 80% of lab technologies stall before reaching the market.
- TRL 1–3: prove it is possible. TRL 4–6: prove it is repeatable. TRL 7–9: prove it scales.
- The team that invents is rarely the team that scales — plan the transition deliberately.
- Expect 18–36 months from TRL 3 to a credible TRL 6 demo, with a major capital-intensity step-up.
- Fixing the organisation late costs roughly 3× more than planning ahead.
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