Turning science into
fundable ventures —
and successful ecosystems.
Startups, corporates, and institutions face the same problem:
market alignment & funding cycles don't match technology timelines.
We outperform the current system:
150+
Deep Tech
Cases
€90M+
Acquired &
Managed
98%
Long-term Clients Avoided Valley of Death
92% of early-stage deep tech ventures collapse — ecosystems waste time and capital on the wrong bets. Our science-first method flips the odds: bottom-up & top-down.
Your first step? Get a personalized Capital Readiness Diagnosis.
Share a few details, and within days you’ll receive a tailored diagnosis: where you stand, what works, and where the gaps are — whether you’re a startup building from the lab up, or an institution shaping the ecosystem from the top down.
This is not generic advice. It’s a science-based mirror of your current position and your most promising next steps.
Who is it for
Our method serves deep tech startups and SMEs, who need fundability clarity before scaling — and institutions, corporates, and ecosystems, who must ensure their programs and investments back the right ventures.
What we do
We apply our proprietary 4x4-TETRA Deep Tech Matrix™ to map technology scalability, exit strategies, early monetization, and multi-layered funding stacks. Each case is benchmarked against 140+ projects and €85M+ secured capital.​
Why it matters
Deep tech collapses because funding and market logic are misaligned. Ecosystems lose alongside them. By reversing this pattern, we’ve proven: ventures progress faster, institutions de-risk their pipelines, and capital flows where it can compound.
Why now
Every month counts. Industry deals take 4–6 months, investors 6–9, and grants 9–12 — plus 1–3 months of strategy design. Waiting or guessing means losing cycles you can’t win back. Acting early secures your position before the Valley of Death closes in.
Our Method: Turning Science into Commercial Success
We don’t guess, we map. The 4x4-TETRA Deep Tech Matrix™ treats a deep tech venture as a state vector in superposition, with evidence, industrialization, market dynamics, governance, regulatory and capital constraints acting as operators on this state.
The framework aligns these factors across time and technology readiness levels (TRLs), then reverses from an intended exit to derive a probability‑weighted roadmap.
💠4x4-TETRA Deep Tech Matrix™ - recognized by independent evaluators and science & industry experts at the German Certification Office for Research Grants as solid RD&I under OECD Frascati Criteria - the global standard used by the European Commission to define genuine scientific and technological innovation.
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Applying concepts from quantum theory and neuroscience, this framework is the most precise system to build, fund and commercialize scientific discoveries.
Share a few details, and within days you’ll receive a tailored diagnosis: where you stand, what works, and where the gaps are — whether you’re a startup building from the lab up, or an institution shaping the ecosystem from the top down.
This is not generic advice. It’s a science-based mirror of your current position and your most promising next steps.
About
Maria Witte, CEO
Arise Innovations
- where Science meets Funding Strategy & Innovation becomes Reality
Arise Innovations builds the bridges that make innovation ecosystems work — where science meets strategy and vision becomes execution.
We believe that deep tech innovation flourishes when the ecosystem around it is connected, coordinated, and capitalized. That's why we operate from both directions:
Bottom-up: helping startups, SMEs, and corporates craft tailored commercialization and funding strategies, attract investment, and scale with purpose.
Top-down: advising public institutions, investors, and policymakers on designing programs, instruments, and partnerships that unlock the potential of emerging technologies.
Our work blends financial strategy, innovation management, and ecosystem design to ensure that groundbreaking ideas don't stay in the lab — they become sustainable ventures that deliver long-term economic and societal impact.
