Start Up the Science

In this episode, we take a closer look at ParaStrust, an Austrian deep tech startup, using their innovative process to reactive mineral binders and binding systems  from waste streams from constructio...

In this episode, we delve into the innovative work of Planck Technologies, a Norwegian startup revolutionising long-duration energy storage (LDES) through advanced materials and AI-driven solutions. E...

We are pleased to present another intelligent conversation on our podcast with Barbara Bachus, the Co-founder and COO of Exomatter. They have developed a powerful platform that is AI-Powered bringing ...

We are pleased to present another enlightening conversation on our podcast with Maddy Maxey, the Founder and CEO of Loomia. Loomia has redefined the meaning of flexible electronics to produce the ‘Loo...

We're excited to bring you an insightful conversation on our deep tech podcast with Alex Blum, the Founder and CEO of Applied Bioplastics. Applied Bioplastics are replacing oil-based plastics with eco...

We're excited to bring you an insightful conversation on our deep tech podcast with Ryan Guterman, the Founder and CEO of FaradaIC Sensors. FaradaIC Sensors are developing the world's smallest electro...

Welcome to "Start Up the Science," by INAM. Hosted by Taha Adnan, this podcast explores the intersection of science, innovation, and entrepreneurship. In today's episode, we're joined by David Giltner...

On this episode of Start Up The Science, Ferdinand Rudolph Bartels, General Manager at SPECS Surface Analysis and Chairman of the INAM Board! Ferdinand has turned around multiple high tech ventures af...

On this episode of Start Up The Science, we talk to Jasper Van Hoorik, CEO and founder of BIO INX! BIO INX is developing the materials required to make bioprinting a reality! The long term goal of bio...

Mimotype is a developer and vendor of bio-inspired performance materials. Our core skills: Initiating and steering end-to-end innovation cycles in the domain of bio-inspired materials research. The bi...

Fascinated by sound, noise, and its impact on society, co-founders Rhona Togher & Eimear O’Carroll have worked together for over 15 years. Inventive by nature, they founded Lios (formerly Restored Hea...

Molecular Quantum Solutions (MQS) was founded in December 2019 by Mark Nicholas Jones (CEO) and Lukasz Ruszczynski (CTO) who know each other from their EU funded PhD projects (https://cordis.europa.eu...

1.35 million babies are born with a congenital heart defect each year. Of these, 400,000 have heart valve defects but there is no durable valve replacement on the market. GrOwnValve aims to fulfill th...

As the market leader in power modules, Infineon challenges YOU to develop a thermal interface material solution for highly reliable and best in class power modules. Power Modules are found in general ...

Nanolumi is an advanced luminescent materials company leveraging the power of chemistry to optimize light efficiently. The company focuses on providing high quality perovskite products that enable the...

UBQ Materials is leading the dawn of a new era in manufacturing, introducing the market to a novel bio-based thermoplastic that is converted entirely from unsorted household waste. The UBQ™ material ...

On this episode of Start Up the Science, we had the honor of speaking with Fanya Ismail, CEO of Sol-Gel Materials and Applications (SGMA).  Fanya is an entrepreneur, with expertise that span the chemi...

This Expert Episode is with the fabulous Robert Harrison of Sonnenberg Harrison Partnerschaft. We sat down with him to ask him everything about IP Strategy for science based startups. Robert Harrison ...

On this episode of Start Up the Science, we sat down to chat with Jonathan Ladouceur, Head of Engineering at Twente Additive Manufacturing. Twente Additive Manufacturing builds homes using 3D Printing...

Polymertal develops cutting-edge metal plating processes, enabling the marketing of cost/effective hybrid metal-polymer parts. Rising to the demanding needs of the Aerospace, Space, Automotive and c...

9T Labs has invented a new way of manufacturing carbon composites. With their patented 3D printing technology carbon composites can be produced in high volumes, at a fraction of the cost. Learn more a...

This episode is all about Materials Analysis!   This episode features 3 experts: Thorsten Kampen - SPECS  Alex Reed - Fluence Analytics Lynda Skipper - Univeristy of Lincoln   To hear Alex's full epis...

Jehane Ragai is an Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the American University in Cairo (AUC). She is the author of the two editions of The Scientist and the Forger. The first edition, published in 201...

RUBYnanomed was founded in 2018 as a spin-off of INL and aims to bring lab discoveries to the clinical market. RUBYnanomed focusses on non-invasive monitoring of cancer progression through liquid biop...

PolyLux is an innovative advanced materials company based in the US that is creating a light-switchable adhesive platform. Their main target market is the medical adhesives space as there is a strong ...

Shweta Agarwala is a Professor at Aarhus University. Her research involves direct-write and 3D printing methods for flexible electronics, bioelectronics and bioprinting. The multidisciplinary research...

We hope you enjoy our first Coffee Break episode! This episode is all about Printed & Flexible Electronics. This episode features 3 experts from research and startups: Zachary J. Davis - Team Leader a...

Just a short update for you on the current open calls that we have open at INAM!  AdMaCom (Spring and Autumn Editions) | https://www.inam.berlin/admacom Open Innovation Challenge for Sustainable Mater...

Start Up the Science is back for another season! On our first episode of the season, we sat down with Moshiel Biton, CEO and Co-Founder of Addionics!  Addionics is creating the next generation of ener...

In this season finale, we talk about the best episodes of the season (which is basically ALL of them) and we give you a teaser on what's to come next season!  LISTEN NOW: iTunes Soundcloud Spotify Goo...

For our final episode of the season, we sat down and chatted with Marie Weijler, an investment manager at Cottonwood Technology Fund. Cottonwood Technology Fund is a consistent top performing early-st...

We're back with another Where Are They Now? Episode!   We had such a blast catching up with the startups on this episode. Though its been a hard year thanks to the pandemic, it was great hearing ...

For this expert episode, we invited Javier Grávalos of Insight Gravity. Insight Gravity specializes in commercial due diligence and market validation of new technologies.  In an era defined by unprece...

Established in 2018, ATLANT 3D Nanosystems is a fast growing deep tech company based on patent pending selective area atomic scale processing technology. ATLANT 3D is the first in the world to combine...

On this episode of Start Up the Science, we have the wonderful Véronique Schwartz and Tobias Mentzel from faCellitate!   faCellitate is a Venture Team of Chemovator GmbH. It was created in 2018 from ...

For this expert episode, we were excited to invite Jose Jimenez of SEEDRS.  SEEDRS is an equity cordfunding platform that enables all types of investors to invest in businesses they believe in and sha...

On this episode of Start Up the Science we have the wonderful Miriam Haerst, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Kumovis.  The name Kumovis might sound familiar to those who have heard our episode with expert Ma...

Our newest episode of Start Up the Science features Jan Gerber (COO) and Stanislaw Grünstein (Strategy and Operations Manager) of Brain of Materials! Brain of Materials is a B2B platform for material ...

Our first ever Sponsored Episode is brought to you by MotionLab.Berlin! We had a blast talking with Nadine and Tayla about everything MotionLab!  MotionLab.Berlin offers maker garages, offices, cowork...

On this episode of Start Up the Science, we spoke with Chris Wessendorf of memetis! Memetis was founded in 2017 by Christoph Wessendorf, Dr. Marcel Gültig, Dr. Christof Megnin and Dr. Hinnerk Oßmer...

For this week's episode, we sat down with one of our newest startup members at INAM, PlastFormance!   PlastFormance is developing and producing injection-moldable compounds with significantly better p...

We were very excited to welcome Carlos Lee, Director General of EPIC to our podcast for this month's Expert Episode.   EPIC stands for the European Photonics Industry Consortium. They are an industry ...

We are so excited about our first ever Where Are They Now? Episode!   We've had so many amazing startups on our podcast so far but it's always good to catch up with them and see how they've pro...

We've been getting many questions about our upcoming programs - the Innovative Battery Technologies Challenge and AdMaCom 2020!  What better way to bring you all the information about these programs t...

If you would like to know what an Investment Manager is looking for, this expert episode will most probably pique your interest.  This month's expert is Dr. Marie Asano, an investment manager at High-...

For this week's episode, we had a wonderful chat with CEO and Co-Founder of Fluence Analytics, Alex Reed! Fluence Analytics is a manufacturer of industrial and laboratory monitoring solutions that pro...

This week's episode features Tanya Colonna and Hobey Tam of BlackTop Labs. BlackTop Labs is set to become the new standard of care in personalized athletic training optimization. Their first product i...

Get ready to be inspired by today's Expert, Zina Jarrahi Cinker!  Zina was the Managing Director of the National Graphene Association before moving on to her current role of CEO & Managing Partner...

We are happy to have been able to connect with Firas Khalifeh, the CEO and Co-Founder of Carbon Mobile.  Carbon was created to accelerate the world's transition to advanced composite materials in pers...

We are so excited about our upcoming AdMaCamp program that we just had to share it with you. AdMaCamp is our Advanced Materials Online Bootcamp. It will take place from 11 - 15 May 2020 (next week!) w...