Thursday Gathering is the flagship weekly event of Venture Café, bringing together around 150–250 people from across the innovation ecosystem every week. It’s an open, welcoming space where founders, investors, creatives, corporates, and curious minds come together to connect, exchange ideas, and explore opportunities.
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.
Want to present your organisation? Send us an application!
However remember, this is NO HARD SALES zone.
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.
Many startups focus on functionality, funding, and speed to market. Yet one critical question is often overlooked:
Will the product still work after months of transportation, temperature changes, humidity, vibration, or real-world use?
Whether you are developing battery technology, electronics, medical devices, mobility solutions, hardware products, IoT devices, or industrial equipment, environmental testing helps identify weaknesses before customers do.
In this session, Helmut Kipp will explain how startups can integrate environmental simulation into product development without building their own test infrastructure. Through practical examples, he will show how climate, temperature, vibration, corrosion, and stress testing can reduce development risk, shorten iteration cycles, support certification efforts, and increase investor confidence.
The session will also highlight how startups can collaborate with independent testing laboratories and engineering partners such as accredited test labs and development service providers to gain access to professional testing capabilities from an early stage.
Whether you are preparing your first prototype or scaling toward production, understanding environmental testing can save significant time, money, and reputation.
What You Will Learn
- Why products fail after leaving the lab and how to identify risks early
- How environmental simulation improves product reliability and quality
- Which tests are relevant for batteries, electronics, hardware, mobility, and industrial products
- When startups should begin testing during development
- How external testing laboratories and engineering partners can support growing companies
- How reliability testing helps with certification, customer trust, and investment discussions
Key Takeaway
Testing is not just a compliance activity. It is a development tool that helps startups build better products faster, reduce costly redesigns, and improve their chances of commercial success.
Thursday Gathering is the flagship weekly event of Venture Café, bringing together around 150–250 people from across the innovation ecosystem every week. It’s an open, welcoming space where founders, investors, creatives, corporates, and curious minds come together to connect, exchange ideas, and explore opportunities.
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.
Want to present your organisation? Send us an application!
However remember, this is NO HARD SALES zone.
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.
Many startups focus on functionality, funding, and speed to market. Yet one critical question is often overlooked:
Will the product still work after months of transportation, temperature changes, humidity, vibration, or real-world use?
Whether you are developing battery technology, electronics, medical devices, mobility solutions, hardware products, IoT devices, or industrial equipment, environmental testing helps identify weaknesses before customers do.
In this session, Helmut Kipp will explain how startups can integrate environmental simulation into product development without building their own test infrastructure. Through practical examples, he will show how climate, temperature, vibration, corrosion, and stress testing can reduce development risk, shorten iteration cycles, support certification efforts, and increase investor confidence.
The session will also highlight how startups can collaborate with independent testing laboratories and engineering partners such as accredited test labs and development service providers to gain access to professional testing capabilities from an early stage.
Whether you are preparing your first prototype or scaling toward production, understanding environmental testing can save significant time, money, and reputation.
What You Will Learn
- Why products fail after leaving the lab and how to identify risks early
- How environmental simulation improves product reliability and quality
- Which tests are relevant for batteries, electronics, hardware, mobility, and industrial products
- When startups should begin testing during development
- How external testing laboratories and engineering partners can support growing companies
- How reliability testing helps with certification, customer trust, and investment discussions
Key Takeaway
Testing is not just a compliance activity. It is a development tool that helps startups build better products faster, reduce costly redesigns, and improve their chances of commercial success.