The Ripple dove into how venture funding shapes deep tech in Europe. Investors, founders, and public funders all weighed in.

Big takeaways:

- European deep tech is underfunded, especially at early stages.

- More collaboration between countries and types of investors is vital.

- Government grants and non-dilutive funding help, but can’t solve everything.

There's a gap in converting technical breakthroughs into real business US and Asian approaches to risk and scale are different, but Europe can play to its own strengths. It was clear that money alone won’t fix things. People called for local and international teamwork, better links to industry, and smarter public support. They also agreed that failure should be seen as learning — not as a disaster.

In the end, the Ripple showed that success in deep tech takes big dreams, risk taking, and lots of help from every side.