From Molecules to Market brings scientists, entrepreneurs, and business minds together to explore how scientific ideas can move beyond the lab and into the market. In collaboration with innovate! lab gGmbH, this Thursday Gathering will create space for researchers and potential business cofounders to connect, exchange ideas, and explore how complementary expertise can turn promising science into real-world ventures.
Startups Particpating:
- COFion is developing next generation membranes to empower heavy duty transports that run on clean hydrogen fuel.
Looking for: people who are experienced in upscaling chemical reactions or are experienced with startup business development. - PeelBack recovers LiCoO₂ cathode material from spent lithium-ion batteries using a water-based flotation process with citrus-derived oils, then restores its lithium so it can go straight back into new batteries. There's no smelting, no strong acids, and no breaking it down into raw metals.
Looking for: Co-Founder to take on the CEO role as a true partner, Genuine interest in the circular economy, Drive for sales, partnerships and fundraising in cleantech or industrial B2B, Someone to work hard and have fun with. - MANA.energy sells patented silicon-anode and sulfur-cathode inks and coated electrodes for battery manufacturers, enabling higher-energy, lower-cost batteries, including flexible formats. Our materials integrate into existing electrode-coating processes.
Looking for: Business Development team member with: * Experience in B2B sales and commercialization, ideally in battery materials, industrial manufacturing or deep tech. * The ability to identify customers, secure paid pilots and build long-term industry partnerships. * Strong business planning and financial modelling skills to support our EXIST application and investor preparation. * A hands-on, collaborative approach, working closely with our CEO and technical team to bring our inks and coated electrodes to market. - SCORE is developing next-generation sodium-ion cathode materials designed for high energy density, strong low-temperature performance, and scalable European manufacturing. Our goal is to enable a competitive and more resilient European sodium-ion battery supply chain.
Looking for: Chemical or Process Engineer, ideally with experience in battery materials, powders, or specialty chemicals Hands-on experience with scale-up of precipitation processes, including CSTRs, dosing, mixing, filtration, washing, and drying. Understanding of pilot-plant design, equipment selection, P&IDs, process control, and basic HAZOP/EHS requirements. Comfortable translating a laboratory synthesis into a robust, reproducible, and scalable production process. Experience with powder processing and thermal treatment/calcination is a strong advantage. Practical, hands-on mindset and willingness to work closely with scientists, technicians, equipment suppliers, and external manufacturing partners. Interest in joining an early-stage deep-tech venture and helping build a European sodium-ion cathode manufacturing process from pilot to industrial scale. - CarboSlag turning steel slags into soil remediation for pos miniğ regions.
Looking for: Chief Scientific Offficer; who can take over lab processses and manage the team. - At Porelio, we're redefining separation. Our functionalized materials recover the precious metals worth reclaiming and strip out the pollutants that don't belong—so industry can keep what's valuable and remove what's harmful, without compromise.
Looking for: Business Development, Operations and Management - Nanolope develops PCM ceiling panels that transform existing buildings into passive heat and cold storage systems—designed to conserve resources and allow for retrofitting during normal operation.
Looking for: Marketing and Communications - Kalz turns CO₂ and industrial waste such as steel slag, recycled concrete fines and fly ash into low-carbon supplementary cementitious materials. Our patented low-pressure mineralization process stores the CO₂ permanently. The result is cleaner cement and verified carbon removal from one process.
Looking for: Process or chemical engineers who want to scale a new mineralization process from demo plant to commercial plant; Materials scientists or civil engineers with experience in cement, concrete or SCM testing and standards; Commercial or business development people with a network in cement, construction or steel, ideally in sales or partnerships - nanoSpec Technologies develops advanced nanostructured sensing materials and AI-enabled analytical solutions for rapid, sensitive chemical detection. Our initial focus includes environmental monitoring, particularly PFAS, with broader applications in industrial sensing and healthcare diagnostics.
Looking for: Potential co-founders and entrepreneurial team members in three key areas:
* Business & Commercial Strategy: Experience in business development, fundraising, commercialization, and startup growth, ideally with knowledge of Berlin’s deep-tech ecosystem. We particularly encourage women with strong business backgrounds.
* Artificial Intelligence (AI): Expertise in machine learning, agentic AI, scientific data analysis, and AI-driven analytical platforms.
* Robotics & Automation: Experience in robotics, mechatronics, laboratory automation, and autonomous experimental systems, particularly integrating sensors, instrumentation, and AI. We are looking for motivated individuals interested in building a deep-tech company with long-term ambitions.
When it comes to fundraising, most entrepreneurs default to Venture Capital.
Family Offices can offer a fundamentally different and often better-suited partnership for early-growth companies.
Requirements:
- company website
- an active product with customers/users, or an active research study or pilot project
The team of 2998 Capital supports innovative entrepreneurs in finding the right capital partners to capitalize their visions. Step by step, from your narrative to the closing, we show you how to turn your investment request into an attractive and convincing investment opportunity.
In this open hours session, Jens will tackle the questions most founders have:
- What’s the difference between a Family Office and a VC partnership?
- What can you realistically expect from a Family Office?
- Is my business at this stage attractive to Family Office investors?
- What does it take to attract entrepreneurial capital for my innovation?
Jens is Co-Founder & Managing Partner of 2998 Capital. The 2998 Capital team has worked with more than 200 European entrepreneurs on their vision, strategy and commercialization.
Come and join us for our popular UX-Testing! You will learn what products are to be launched soon in the market and meet interesting people with innovative mindsets. Our startups will show you their prototypes, and you get the chance to give them valuable feedback from a user perspective. All along, you can network in an inspiring crowd of participating teams, startup experts and guests.
17:30-18:00h Introductory presentation of SIB and HWR
18:00-18:50h Specially selected startup pitches
19:00h & 19:30h Guided visitor tours throught the SIB world (Videstudio, 3D-Lab, Podcaststudio and SIB Space itself) starting from Persius
In Collaboration with:
A story about how green chemistry is enabling the transformation how we make, use, and reuse materials in a fully circular economy, and why the right combination of ambitious people can turn promising scientific discoveries into sustainable ventures with real-world impact.
Startups Particpating:
- COFion is developing next generation membranes to empower heavy duty transports that run on clean hydrogen fuel.
Looking for: people who are experienced in upscaling chemical reactions or are experienced with startup business development. - PeelBack recovers LiCoO₂ cathode material from spent lithium-ion batteries using a water-based flotation process with citrus-derived oils, then restores its lithium so it can go straight back into new batteries. There's no smelting, no strong acids, and no breaking it down into raw metals.
Looking for: Co-Founder to take on the CEO role as a true partner, Genuine interest in the circular economy, Drive for sales, partnerships and fundraising in cleantech or industrial B2B, Someone to work hard and have fun with. - MANA.energy sells patented silicon-anode and sulfur-cathode inks and coated electrodes for battery manufacturers, enabling higher-energy, lower-cost batteries, including flexible formats. Our materials integrate into existing electrode-coating processes.
Looking for: Business Development team member with: * Experience in B2B sales and commercialization, ideally in battery materials, industrial manufacturing or deep tech. * The ability to identify customers, secure paid pilots and build long-term industry partnerships. * Strong business planning and financial modelling skills to support our EXIST application and investor preparation. * A hands-on, collaborative approach, working closely with our CEO and technical team to bring our inks and coated electrodes to market. - SCORE is developing next-generation sodium-ion cathode materials designed for high energy density, strong low-temperature performance, and scalable European manufacturing. Our goal is to enable a competitive and more resilient European sodium-ion battery supply chain.
Looking for: Chemical or Process Engineer, ideally with experience in battery materials, powders, or specialty chemicals Hands-on experience with scale-up of precipitation processes, including CSTRs, dosing, mixing, filtration, washing, and drying. Understanding of pilot-plant design, equipment selection, P&IDs, process control, and basic HAZOP/EHS requirements. Comfortable translating a laboratory synthesis into a robust, reproducible, and scalable production process. Experience with powder processing and thermal treatment/calcination is a strong advantage. Practical, hands-on mindset and willingness to work closely with scientists, technicians, equipment suppliers, and external manufacturing partners. Interest in joining an early-stage deep-tech venture and helping build a European sodium-ion cathode manufacturing process from pilot to industrial scale. - CarboSlag turning steel slags into soil remediation for pos miniğ regions.
Looking for: Chief Scientific Offficer; who can take over lab processses and manage the team. - At Porelio, we're redefining separation. Our functionalized materials recover the precious metals worth reclaiming and strip out the pollutants that don't belong—so industry can keep what's valuable and remove what's harmful, without compromise.
Looking for: Business Development, Operations and Management - Nanolope develops PCM ceiling panels that transform existing buildings into passive heat and cold storage systems—designed to conserve resources and allow for retrofitting during normal operation.
Looking for: Marketing and Communications - Kalz turns CO₂ and industrial waste such as steel slag, recycled concrete fines and fly ash into low-carbon supplementary cementitious materials. Our patented low-pressure mineralization process stores the CO₂ permanently. The result is cleaner cement and verified carbon removal from one process.
Looking for: Process or chemical engineers who want to scale a new mineralization process from demo plant to commercial plant; Materials scientists or civil engineers with experience in cement, concrete or SCM testing and standards; Commercial or business development people with a network in cement, construction or steel, ideally in sales or partnerships - nanoSpec Technologies develops advanced nanostructured sensing materials and AI-enabled analytical solutions for rapid, sensitive chemical detection. Our initial focus includes environmental monitoring, particularly PFAS, with broader applications in industrial sensing and healthcare diagnostics.
Looking for: Potential co-founders and entrepreneurial team members in three key areas:
* Business & Commercial Strategy: Experience in business development, fundraising, commercialization, and startup growth, ideally with knowledge of Berlin’s deep-tech ecosystem. We particularly encourage women with strong business backgrounds.
* Artificial Intelligence (AI): Expertise in machine learning, agentic AI, scientific data analysis, and AI-driven analytical platforms.
* Robotics & Automation: Experience in robotics, mechatronics, laboratory automation, and autonomous experimental systems, particularly integrating sensors, instrumentation, and AI. We are looking for motivated individuals interested in building a deep-tech company with long-term ambitions.
Visit our Demo Tables and experience the innovation coming from Korea!
The Global Market Expansion Program 2026 (GMEP 2026) is an international acceleration initiative jointly hosted by betahausX in Germany and Vertical in Finland. The program brings together 20 of Korea’s most innovative startups working across AI, mobility, sustainability, advanced materials, industrial technology, safety, and smart infrastructure — all aiming to establish partnerships and expand into the European market.
Backed by the Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development (KISED) and supported by the Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement (KAIA), together with key European innovation networks and ecosystem players, GMEP 2026 builds bridges between Korea and Europe — fostering technology exchange, sustainable innovation, and long-term collaboration.
Together, we’re accelerating cross-boarder impact!
For more information about GMEP and the startups: GMEP 2026 Landing page
In the Demo Table zone you will discover various products, technologies and projects being presented by the founders or startup-representatives.
In the Info Table zone you will find out about projects, organisations and ideas.
However remember, this is NO HARD SALES zone.
We are fully booked for this date! Apply to present at another Gathering:
Unwind, connect, and vibe to the rhythm! This lively session blends casual networking with great music, offering the perfect atmosphere to meet fellow innovators, exchange ideas, and forge new collaborations. Enjoy the beats, and build meaningful connections in a relaxed, energetic setting.
Registration for this event is closed.
From Molecules to Market brings scientists, entrepreneurs, and business minds together to explore how scientific ideas can move beyond the lab and into the market. In collaboration with innovate! lab gGmbH, this Thursday Gathering will create space for researchers and potential business cofounders to connect, exchange ideas, and explore how complementary expertise can turn promising science into real-world ventures.
Startups Particpating:
- COFion is developing next generation membranes to empower heavy duty transports that run on clean hydrogen fuel.
Looking for: people who are experienced in upscaling chemical reactions or are experienced with startup business development. - PeelBack recovers LiCoO₂ cathode material from spent lithium-ion batteries using a water-based flotation process with citrus-derived oils, then restores its lithium so it can go straight back into new batteries. There's no smelting, no strong acids, and no breaking it down into raw metals.
Looking for: Co-Founder to take on the CEO role as a true partner, Genuine interest in the circular economy, Drive for sales, partnerships and fundraising in cleantech or industrial B2B, Someone to work hard and have fun with. - MANA.energy sells patented silicon-anode and sulfur-cathode inks and coated electrodes for battery manufacturers, enabling higher-energy, lower-cost batteries, including flexible formats. Our materials integrate into existing electrode-coating processes.
Looking for: Business Development team member with: * Experience in B2B sales and commercialization, ideally in battery materials, industrial manufacturing or deep tech. * The ability to identify customers, secure paid pilots and build long-term industry partnerships. * Strong business planning and financial modelling skills to support our EXIST application and investor preparation. * A hands-on, collaborative approach, working closely with our CEO and technical team to bring our inks and coated electrodes to market. - SCORE is developing next-generation sodium-ion cathode materials designed for high energy density, strong low-temperature performance, and scalable European manufacturing. Our goal is to enable a competitive and more resilient European sodium-ion battery supply chain.
Looking for: Chemical or Process Engineer, ideally with experience in battery materials, powders, or specialty chemicals Hands-on experience with scale-up of precipitation processes, including CSTRs, dosing, mixing, filtration, washing, and drying. Understanding of pilot-plant design, equipment selection, P&IDs, process control, and basic HAZOP/EHS requirements. Comfortable translating a laboratory synthesis into a robust, reproducible, and scalable production process. Experience with powder processing and thermal treatment/calcination is a strong advantage. Practical, hands-on mindset and willingness to work closely with scientists, technicians, equipment suppliers, and external manufacturing partners. Interest in joining an early-stage deep-tech venture and helping build a European sodium-ion cathode manufacturing process from pilot to industrial scale. - CarboSlag turning steel slags into soil remediation for pos miniğ regions.
Looking for: Chief Scientific Offficer; who can take over lab processses and manage the team. - At Porelio, we're redefining separation. Our functionalized materials recover the precious metals worth reclaiming and strip out the pollutants that don't belong—so industry can keep what's valuable and remove what's harmful, without compromise.
Looking for: Business Development, Operations and Management - Nanolope develops PCM ceiling panels that transform existing buildings into passive heat and cold storage systems—designed to conserve resources and allow for retrofitting during normal operation.
Looking for: Marketing and Communications - Kalz turns CO₂ and industrial waste such as steel slag, recycled concrete fines and fly ash into low-carbon supplementary cementitious materials. Our patented low-pressure mineralization process stores the CO₂ permanently. The result is cleaner cement and verified carbon removal from one process.
Looking for: Process or chemical engineers who want to scale a new mineralization process from demo plant to commercial plant; Materials scientists or civil engineers with experience in cement, concrete or SCM testing and standards; Commercial or business development people with a network in cement, construction or steel, ideally in sales or partnerships - nanoSpec Technologies develops advanced nanostructured sensing materials and AI-enabled analytical solutions for rapid, sensitive chemical detection. Our initial focus includes environmental monitoring, particularly PFAS, with broader applications in industrial sensing and healthcare diagnostics.
Looking for: Potential co-founders and entrepreneurial team members in three key areas:
* Business & Commercial Strategy: Experience in business development, fundraising, commercialization, and startup growth, ideally with knowledge of Berlin’s deep-tech ecosystem. We particularly encourage women with strong business backgrounds.
* Artificial Intelligence (AI): Expertise in machine learning, agentic AI, scientific data analysis, and AI-driven analytical platforms.
* Robotics & Automation: Experience in robotics, mechatronics, laboratory automation, and autonomous experimental systems, particularly integrating sensors, instrumentation, and AI. We are looking for motivated individuals interested in building a deep-tech company with long-term ambitions.
When it comes to fundraising, most entrepreneurs default to Venture Capital.
Family Offices can offer a fundamentally different and often better-suited partnership for early-growth companies.
Requirements:
- company website
- an active product with customers/users, or an active research study or pilot project
The team of 2998 Capital supports innovative entrepreneurs in finding the right capital partners to capitalize their visions. Step by step, from your narrative to the closing, we show you how to turn your investment request into an attractive and convincing investment opportunity.
In this open hours session, Jens will tackle the questions most founders have:
- What’s the difference between a Family Office and a VC partnership?
- What can you realistically expect from a Family Office?
- Is my business at this stage attractive to Family Office investors?
- What does it take to attract entrepreneurial capital for my innovation?
Jens is Co-Founder & Managing Partner of 2998 Capital. The 2998 Capital team has worked with more than 200 European entrepreneurs on their vision, strategy and commercialization.
Come and join us for our popular UX-Testing! You will learn what products are to be launched soon in the market and meet interesting people with innovative mindsets. Our startups will show you their prototypes, and you get the chance to give them valuable feedback from a user perspective. All along, you can network in an inspiring crowd of participating teams, startup experts and guests.
17:30-18:00h Introductory presentation of SIB and HWR
18:00-18:50h Specially selected startup pitches
19:00h & 19:30h Guided visitor tours throught the SIB world (Videstudio, 3D-Lab, Podcaststudio and SIB Space itself) starting from Persius
In Collaboration with:
A story about how green chemistry is enabling the transformation how we make, use, and reuse materials in a fully circular economy, and why the right combination of ambitious people can turn promising scientific discoveries into sustainable ventures with real-world impact.
Startups Particpating:
- COFion is developing next generation membranes to empower heavy duty transports that run on clean hydrogen fuel.
Looking for: people who are experienced in upscaling chemical reactions or are experienced with startup business development. - PeelBack recovers LiCoO₂ cathode material from spent lithium-ion batteries using a water-based flotation process with citrus-derived oils, then restores its lithium so it can go straight back into new batteries. There's no smelting, no strong acids, and no breaking it down into raw metals.
Looking for: Co-Founder to take on the CEO role as a true partner, Genuine interest in the circular economy, Drive for sales, partnerships and fundraising in cleantech or industrial B2B, Someone to work hard and have fun with. - MANA.energy sells patented silicon-anode and sulfur-cathode inks and coated electrodes for battery manufacturers, enabling higher-energy, lower-cost batteries, including flexible formats. Our materials integrate into existing electrode-coating processes.
Looking for: Business Development team member with: * Experience in B2B sales and commercialization, ideally in battery materials, industrial manufacturing or deep tech. * The ability to identify customers, secure paid pilots and build long-term industry partnerships. * Strong business planning and financial modelling skills to support our EXIST application and investor preparation. * A hands-on, collaborative approach, working closely with our CEO and technical team to bring our inks and coated electrodes to market. - SCORE is developing next-generation sodium-ion cathode materials designed for high energy density, strong low-temperature performance, and scalable European manufacturing. Our goal is to enable a competitive and more resilient European sodium-ion battery supply chain.
Looking for: Chemical or Process Engineer, ideally with experience in battery materials, powders, or specialty chemicals Hands-on experience with scale-up of precipitation processes, including CSTRs, dosing, mixing, filtration, washing, and drying. Understanding of pilot-plant design, equipment selection, P&IDs, process control, and basic HAZOP/EHS requirements. Comfortable translating a laboratory synthesis into a robust, reproducible, and scalable production process. Experience with powder processing and thermal treatment/calcination is a strong advantage. Practical, hands-on mindset and willingness to work closely with scientists, technicians, equipment suppliers, and external manufacturing partners. Interest in joining an early-stage deep-tech venture and helping build a European sodium-ion cathode manufacturing process from pilot to industrial scale. - CarboSlag turning steel slags into soil remediation for pos miniğ regions.
Looking for: Chief Scientific Offficer; who can take over lab processses and manage the team. - At Porelio, we're redefining separation. Our functionalized materials recover the precious metals worth reclaiming and strip out the pollutants that don't belong—so industry can keep what's valuable and remove what's harmful, without compromise.
Looking for: Business Development, Operations and Management - Nanolope develops PCM ceiling panels that transform existing buildings into passive heat and cold storage systems—designed to conserve resources and allow for retrofitting during normal operation.
Looking for: Marketing and Communications - Kalz turns CO₂ and industrial waste such as steel slag, recycled concrete fines and fly ash into low-carbon supplementary cementitious materials. Our patented low-pressure mineralization process stores the CO₂ permanently. The result is cleaner cement and verified carbon removal from one process.
Looking for: Process or chemical engineers who want to scale a new mineralization process from demo plant to commercial plant; Materials scientists or civil engineers with experience in cement, concrete or SCM testing and standards; Commercial or business development people with a network in cement, construction or steel, ideally in sales or partnerships - nanoSpec Technologies develops advanced nanostructured sensing materials and AI-enabled analytical solutions for rapid, sensitive chemical detection. Our initial focus includes environmental monitoring, particularly PFAS, with broader applications in industrial sensing and healthcare diagnostics.
Looking for: Potential co-founders and entrepreneurial team members in three key areas:
* Business & Commercial Strategy: Experience in business development, fundraising, commercialization, and startup growth, ideally with knowledge of Berlin’s deep-tech ecosystem. We particularly encourage women with strong business backgrounds.
* Artificial Intelligence (AI): Expertise in machine learning, agentic AI, scientific data analysis, and AI-driven analytical platforms.
* Robotics & Automation: Experience in robotics, mechatronics, laboratory automation, and autonomous experimental systems, particularly integrating sensors, instrumentation, and AI. We are looking for motivated individuals interested in building a deep-tech company with long-term ambitions.
Visit our Demo Tables and experience the innovation coming from Korea!
The Global Market Expansion Program 2026 (GMEP 2026) is an international acceleration initiative jointly hosted by betahausX in Germany and Vertical in Finland. The program brings together 20 of Korea’s most innovative startups working across AI, mobility, sustainability, advanced materials, industrial technology, safety, and smart infrastructure — all aiming to establish partnerships and expand into the European market.
Backed by the Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development (KISED) and supported by the Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement (KAIA), together with key European innovation networks and ecosystem players, GMEP 2026 builds bridges between Korea and Europe — fostering technology exchange, sustainable innovation, and long-term collaboration.
Together, we’re accelerating cross-boarder impact!
For more information about GMEP and the startups: GMEP 2026 Landing page
In the Demo Table zone you will discover various products, technologies and projects being presented by the founders or startup-representatives.
In the Info Table zone you will find out about projects, organisations and ideas.
However remember, this is NO HARD SALES zone.
We are fully booked for this date! Apply to present at another Gathering:
Unwind, connect, and vibe to the rhythm! This lively session blends casual networking with great music, offering the perfect atmosphere to meet fellow innovators, exchange ideas, and forge new collaborations. Enjoy the beats, and build meaningful connections in a relaxed, energetic setting.