DeepTech Alliance program

Manufacturing 2025

Manufacturing 2025 program is for Startups/Scaleups with technological solutions for manufacturing as well as material solutions, Corporates who are looking to develop their internal industrial production processes or improve offerings to customers by implementing improved functionality in their products and, Investors looking for opportunities to invest in deeptech solutions for efficient, sustainable and circular manufacturing.

Apply to the Manufacturing 2025 program via button below. To apply, you register a profile on our community platform, CrowdWorks, and after confirming your email address, you are able to complete the application (your information is automatically saved, allowing you to continue the application later).

Application deadline: Aug 31, 2025

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Advanced Manufacturing 2024 Program in numbers:

European Startups & Scaleups

Corporates

Notable results of matchmaking in past Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 programs:

Würth Italia partnered with gaussML, a startup specializing in AI-powered predictive analytics, to enhance operational efficiencies.

Similarly, Bosch’s plant in Maklar, Hungary, collaborated with Swedish startup IPercept, which uses AI to act as a “fitness tracker” for industrial machines. Following a successful pilot project focused on predictive maintenance, the Maklar factory is now exploring ways to scale the technology to other production lines.

Runway (Aker) invested in Phantasma Labs, a leader in AI-driven production planning. Successes like these exemplify how DeepTech Alliance bridges the gap between corporates and startups to drive innovation and impactful business partnerships.

What we are looking for:

Advanced Materials
Asset & warehouse management
Automation

Condition monitoring
Data security
Enablers for IoT & digitization

Industrial software
Predictive Maintenance
Process optimization & System integration

Autonomous systems
Environmental sensors
Quality control
Worker enhancement

Or similar innovative solutions

About

About DeepTech Alliance Manufacturing program

In this six to eight week program, we match European startups with corporate partners internationally. The program is light enough to allow participants to focus on their own business development during the process. The Kick-off event and the concluding Explore event are physical events, allowing for participants to connect with peers and other program participants, while other activities are managed online.

A top-ranked program feature is the matchmaking opportunities arranged during the program, with 1-to-1 meetings based on participants’ offerings and interests.

The program also provides a couple of optional expert led online sessions on relevant topics, such as pricing, B2B Sales conversion, pilots and EIC funding. Most sessions are recorded to allow for catching up on relevant sessions afterward.

In the program, participating startups get:

Curated meetings with International Corporate Partners and Investors Partners.
Optional meetings with experts that will help you understand, approach and engage with corporates.
Peer-to-peer network with best-in-class mature startups from all over Europe.
Physical kick-off event in the Netherlands, hosted by YES!Delft, on October 8-9.
Free participation in the DeepTech Alliance Explore scheduled for early December, hosted in London.
Invited to Alumni activities onwards.

Participation requirements for Startups

Technology company registered in a European Country (including non-EU countries like the UK, Norway, Switzerland, Ukraine, etc.)
Ready to engage with big industrial clients (min. TRL 4 ready for TRL 5 validation)
Program participation fee €1.000. The participation fee covers all program content including lunches and networking dinners during the events.
Participants are to cover travel to/from and lodging related to kick-off event and concluding Summit.

Corporate partners already confirmed in Manufacturing 2025