About Deep Tech Dirt
Cut through the noise. Get real insights from real founders building real deep tech companies.
Who is Deep Tech Dirt for?
Deep tech founders
If you're building or have built a company that relies on a novel innovation based on recent fundamental research, this is your community. Whether it's advanced materials, biotech, energy, robotics, quantum, or any other frontier technology -- we're here for it.
Deep tech = anything that relies on a novel innovation based on recent fundamental research.
Entrepreneurial-curious PhDs
Thinking about spinning out a company from your research, but don't know where to start? You're not alone. Deep Tech Dirt connects you with founders who've made the leap from lab to startup so you can learn what actually works before you jump.
Why join?
Build your network
Connect with other founders building at the frontier of science and technology.
Stop wasting time
Get real-life feedback from other founders about accelerators, investors, conferences, and service providers before you commit.
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Connect with other deep tech founders. Find peers in your industry, discover collaborators, and grow together.
Who's behind the shovel?
Deep Tech Dirt is built by founders, for founders. We've been in the trenches and know how hard it is to find trustworthy information.
Jared Silvia
Co-Founder
Jared is a seasoned executive and co-founder of BlueDot Photonics, a pioneer in new photovoltaic materials. He's advised Fortune 50 companies through McKinsey & Co, helped grow an energy storage company from 25 to 75 people, and works with companies focused on energy, novel materials, and tech transfer from academia.
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Virginia Emery
Co-Founder
Virginia is a founder who knows how to scale an idea up to factory-scale production. Virginia was the founder and CEO of Beta Hatch, a first-of-its-kind, sustainable waste-to-value agtech company with technology spanning CRISPR to robotics. She works with companies in agriculture, biotech, artificial intelligence, and robotics technologies.
LinkedInDeep Tech Dirt is part of the Gliding Ant network of resources for building deep tech companies. Check out our sister org, Gliding Ant Ventures, to learn more about how we can be your startup partner.
Why we built this
Building a deep tech company is hard enough without wasting time on the wrong accelerator, chasing the wrong investor, or paying for a service that doesn't deliver. We built Deep Tech Dirt so founders can learn from each other and move faster.
Cut through the noise
The deep tech ecosystem is fragmented and less mature than the traditional tech ecosystem. The ecosystem needed a place with deep tech-specific insights, not generic startup advice.
Accelerate innovation
When founders spend less time navigating the ecosystem, they spend more time changing the world. We aim to help launch 1,000 startups by 2075.
Inspire more PhDs to be founders
Technical expertise is needed to push the frontiers of innovation. We want to reduce the barriers to PhDs becoming entrepreneurs.
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