​You're invited to ClimateHack Amsterdam!

​The toughest climate challenges require breakthrough solutions. From next-gen carbon removal to advanced materials, precision fermentation to fusion energy, deeptech is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in climate innovation. But scaling these technologies is a different challenge altogether—long R&D cycles, capital-intensive development, and regulatory hurdles can stall even the most promising solutions.

​So, how do climate deeptech startups go from moonshot ideas to real-world impact? Join us for a deep dive into the landscape of climate-focused deeptech, where leading Netherlands-based founders and investors dive into:

• ​🔬 The biggest opportunities and bottlenecks in climate deeptech

• ​🚀 How startups can bridge the gap from R&D to commercialization

• ​💰 Funding deeptech: navigating capital-intensive innovation

• ​⚡ Lessons from founders who’ve scaled deeptech solutions

• ​🌎 Why deeptech is critical to solving the climate crisis

​If you're building, investing in, or curious about the future of deeptech in climate, this is the event to connect with the ecosystem driving transformative change.

​SPEAKERS:

• ​Tim Houter, Co-founder, Hardt Hyperloop

  • ​Tim is one of the four co-founders of Hardt Hyperloop. Hardt has recently delivered the 420-meter European Hyperloop Center, and is the leading company in Europe for the development, implementation and standardization of the hyperloop. Tim has a background in mechanical engineering at the Delft University of Technology. Prior to Hardt Hyperloop, Tim was the team captain of the Delft Hyperloop team, which won the first edition of the SpaceX hyperloop competition. It is Tim's passion to work with an amazing team with loads of ambition to create a long lasting impact.

• ​Kiki Lauwers, CEO, Thorizon

  • ​Kiki Lauwers is the CEO of Thorizon, a deep-tech scale-up in the Netherlands and France, developing the Thorizon One small modular reactor to support the energy transition. She began her career at McKinsey & Company in Amsterdam, focusing on advanced industries, and later led innovation at Bol.com, the leading Dutch e-commerce company. Kiki holds a Master’s in Aerospace Engineering from Delft University of Technology and an MBA from INSEAD.

• ​Zsofia Kollar, Founder, Human Material Loop

  • ​Zsofia Kollar is the founder of Human Material Loop, a material science company transforming keratin protein waste—specifically human hair—into high-performance, sustainable solutions for the textile industry. Using patented biotechnology, the company produces Ādara, a next-generation protein fiber designed for a wide range of interior applications. Its mission is to drive innovation, enable closed-loop systems, and demonstrate that science, engineering, and design can show that waste is simply raw material in the wrong place. See her TedX talk!

• ​MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED

​Need something? Offering something? Are you launching a new product? Are you looking for your next R&D expert or your next CEO? Are you looking for a job or an internship? Our community Ask-and-Offer gives everyone the opportunity to share a quick 30-second pitch.

​​AGENDA

• ​​4:45pm - Doors open

• ​​5:15pm - Presentations

• ​​5:45pm - Audience Q&A

• ​​6:00pm - Community Asks-and-Offers

• ​​6:15pm - Drinks + Snacks + Networking

• ​​7:30pm - Event concludes

​Language: English

​Your hosts:

• ​​ClimateHack Amsterdam Ambassadors: Aaron Endré & Nhi Corcoran

• ​​Contact: climatehack.amsterdam@gmail.com

​About the Venue:

​BigCircle Ventures scouts promising deeptech and turns this into successful startups that tackle the world's climate and circularity challenges. How? Many promising inventions stay untouched on a shelf, hidden in a university, research institute or company lab. We collaborate with these parties to create startups based on their inventions. This way, we bring a unique flow of early stage cleantech innovations to the market, to accelerate the transition to a net zero and circular world.

​About the Organizer:

​ClimateHack is a community-driven platform that inspires, highlights and connects climatetech entrepreneurs and innovators. With meetups across the globe, a weekly climatetech industry newsletter, weekly reports on climatetech, and an annual summit.

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