The Deep Tech Innovation Friction
A deep tech programme can meet its activity targets during evaluation without clear evidence of producing the intended outcomes.
A complex technology can perform well while customer adoption, regulation, delivery or financing blocks its route to market, ultimately causing the Valley of Death.
QUATISE® is the proprietary methodology behind my work. It helps me examine how factors – that are usually assessed in silos – affect one another, identify what is limiting progress and turn complex evidence into a decision you can act on
Science Commercialisation:
When Startup Playbook Fails
Innovation programme evaluation for funders and institutions
Before renewing a programme, expanding a portfolio or defending results to a board, you need to know what the evidence supports. I examine outcomes, selection, incentives and delivery to identify what should be retained, redesigned or stopped.
Typical decisions
→ Is this programme producing enough defensible evidence to receive another funding period?
→ Which parts of the portfolio merit further support?
→ Are the reported outcomes caused by the programme – or mainly by selecting strong participants?
Commercialisation strategy for scaleups and technology-led SMEs
Technical progress, pilots and funding do not automatically lead to paying customers. I examine customer adoption, the route to market and capital requirements together, so you can decide which product, market or financing move deserves your resources next.
Typical decisions
→ Why are successful pilots not becoming repeatable revenue?
→ Which market or customer should we pursue first?
→ What must we prove before the next major investment or funding round?
Independent expertise.
A clear point of view.
Hi, I'm Maria Ksenia Witte
Scientist and commercialisation expert working independently, connecting science, commercial strategy and capital. Through Arise Innovations®, I help institutions and ventures turn complex evidence into decisions they can act on.
250+ cases assessed · 25+ programmes & ecosystems
€100M+ allocation exposure
My QUATISE® methodology is built on formally certified applied RD&I under OECD Frascati criteria (validated through the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space).