COMMERCIAL
CO‑FOUNDER.
Sidekick co-founds deep tech ventures alongside their scientific teams. We take a minority stake and run the commercial engine - customers, partners, licensees, capital - so the technical founders can stay on the frontiers they love.
A clean division of labour between science and commerce.
We come in at inception as co-founders, not consultants. Minority equity. Full accountability for the commercial outcome - no billable hours, no advisory theatre.
Scientific integrity
Research & development
Product architecture
IP development
Customers
Partners & licensees
Capital strategy
Legal & governance
The commercial landscape of a deep tech company.
Every venture is shaped differently. We deploy the mix each one actually needs; never a template.
Customers
Sourcing and securing the first design partners, pilots and anchor contracts that prove the market.
Partners
Structuring joint development, distribution and manufacturing partnerships with global incumbents.
Licensees
Translating IP into licensing revenue and technology transfer agreements across geographies.
Capital
Obtaining non-dilutive grants, venture equity, project finance and sovereign capital, all sequenced to the roadmap.
Why deep tech only
The lab-to-industry crossing is where most breakthroughs quietly die. Deep tech commercialisation is a different discipline: long cycles, industrial buyers, capital structures that ordinary venture studios aren't built for. That's the only work we do.
How we operate.
Minority, always.
We are true partners in each venture. Our stake is meaningful but never controlling.
A handful of ventures.
We take on a small, deliberate number of partnerships each year. Depth over volume.
Skin in the game.
We're compensated by outcomes, not retainers. If the venture doesn't win, we don't.
International by default.
Deep tech markets are global from day one. We operate that way - buyers, capital and IP across regions.
BUILDING
SOMETHING
IMPORTANT?
WE WORK WITH SCIENTIST-RESEARCHERS, CORPORATE PARTNERS, LONG-HORIZON LPS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. INTRODUCTIONS WELCOME.