Reports and Articles
We identify and analyse innovation trends and dynamics,
leveraging experts and data in our network.
What is deep tech?
Deep tech describes an innovation approach using emerging technologies rooted in science and advanced engineering, that can offer significant advances over existing technologies to help solve global problems.
The novelty of technologies and how they are used provides the power to create new markets or disrupt existing industries. Deep tech innovations have an impact across all industries and at every level of society, solving some of today’s most pressing issues.
UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS OF THE DEEP TECH ECOSYSTEM
OUR REPORTS
May 2021
In this report we outline the different friction sources along the investment chain, as well as the opportunities that come with investing in deep tech.
January 2021
Deep tech is being heralded as the 4th wave of innovation. Picture the early 90s, when the Internet was starting to get traction. That’s how we need to think of this 4th wave. This report shines light on the deep tech approach to innovation and essential factors for deep tech ventures to succeed.
January 2021
There is another industrial revolution forming, and it promises to be just as far reaching as the ones before it, perhaps more so. We call this revolution nature co-design. Download the report to discover.
December 2020
Corporate-deep tech startup collaborations in Digital Healthcare, Decarbonization and Agriculture: a pathway to competitiveness [IN FRENCH]
This report builds on a conference cycle organised between Hello Tomorrow, Bpifrance and France Industrie uncovering the current best french deep tech startups and how their collaboration with corporations will shape our industry over the next 30 years.
November 2020
This report maps out the current deep tech innovation landscape, describing and showcasing technological advances to give insight into how the next decade will unfold.
June 2020
Doing more with less: Innovation teams are put to the crisis test.
This report details the results of a survey targeting corporate leaders.
March 2020
How to boost the growth of the French deep tech startup ecosystem.
[IN FRENCH]
Bpifrance, Boston Consulting Group & Hello Tomorrow publish the first study on the key factors for boosting the growth of deep tech startups in France.
November 2019
This report provides the community with a deep tech specific, comprehensive set of recommendations for building and running a deep tech acceleration program.
May 2019
We partnered with Startup Genome to do the first Life Sciences Ecosystem ranking as part of their Global Report.
March 2019
Our second report with BCG explores the dynamics of the evolving deep tech ecosystem and offers observations on how participants can maximise the value of their engagement.
September 2018
Blockchain: The future of patient data management [IN FRENCH]
With Roche, MSD, Bpifrance and ARIIS, we gather the French healthcare community to anticipate the risks & opportunities of blockchain for patient data management in 2018.
April 2017
Our first report with BCG gathers experience from 400 deep tech startups and 30 leading VCs, corporates, and other key actors to understand the latest trends and dynamics behind deep tech innovation, and how startups and corporates can build business partnerships.
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Hello Tomorrow Turkey : COP26 Climate Change Awareness & Technology Solutions Closing Event
The world is currently battling the COVID-19 pandemic, a crisis that is potentially distracting us from the next one that is looming around the corner.
How should business leaders approach deep tech?
Deep tech is in vogue. But what really is it and how does it relate to the corporate world?
Carbon Capture: Is carbon the new gold?
In late 2020, Elon Musk brought carbon capture to centre stage, with the announcement of a tech competition supported by XPrize granting $100 Million to the best carbon capture technology. So, what’s the big deal?
6 unlikely reasons to apply to the Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge
Are you a deep tech startup? You’re in the right place! Now, why apply to this Challenge? First up: funding, connections and visibility. But let’s dig a little deeper, shall we?
Fundraising 101 | Tips and advice from deep tech investors
It can be hard for early-stage deep tech startups to plan their first round of fundraising. When is the best moment? Who should I contact and how? To answer all these questions, last month we met with three early-stage deep tech investors.
Nature Co-Design: Let’s break it down
Our Deep Tech Lead, Nicolas Goeldel, hosted a live Insights and Q&A session to dive deep into our latest report co-authored with the BCG, ‘Nature Co-Design: A Revolution in the Making.’ Check out this summary!
Would you buy your own deep tech?
When developing breakthrough innovation, it’s easy to focus on the technology and leave behind the ‘why would I buy my product’, but this is fundamentally detrimental to your business.
Global Summit 2021 | Let’s twist (and shout!)
As the saying goes “the only source of knowledge is experience” and for that, we are grateful to you 2020. We’re taking a new path for our Global Summit 2021.
A chat with Agora Energy Technologies | Grand Winner of the Global Challenge 2020
We sat down (virtually) with CEO and co-founder Christina Gyenge, to dive deeper into their story as a company, the impact of their solution, and their vision for the future.
A summary of 2020 at Hello Tomorrow
Despite its challenges, our belief in the potential of emerging technologies to improve the world has grown in 2020. Let’s look over our biggest moments together, and look forward to brighter days!
The 14 winners of the Global Challenge 2020
Congratulations to the 14 startups, selected from over 5000 applications, whose disruptive technology is building our future.
3 years on at Saathi: we catch up with our 2017 Grand Winner
We sit down with Tarun Bothra, co-founder of Saathi, to hear about the company’s ‘post-covid’ visions for their company and the planet.