WNT Ventures Deep Tech Panel & Mixer
13 October 2026
- Starting Out
- Scaling Up
- Adopt
- Ignite
Hear how deep tech founders find their first market. Panel "Finding Your Beachhead Market" features the CEOs from Opo Bio, Phasefoam and Goodair Nosebuds, followed by networking drinks.
WNT Ventures, alongside the MacDiarmid Institute and Dodd Walls Institute, invites you to the Deep Tech Panel & Mixer.
This evening event brings together the Deep Tech ecosystem to share learnings from the imperfect process of finding your first commercial market.
Moderated by Niamh Given, WNT Senior Investment Manager, the panel features founders from scaling deep tech companies — Olivia from Opo Bio, Sam from Phasefoam, and Kerri from Goodair Nosebuds — sharing their market validation journeys. These founders will share their honest, unpolished experience of navigating early market entry: the choices they made, the false starts along the way, and what actually worked.
The panel is followed by a mixer, giving attendees the chance to connect with founders, researchers, and the wider deep tech community over drinks and conversation.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Kerry McMaster
CEO at Goodair Nosebuds
My Better Breathing Ltd creates medical breathing technologies designed to reinstate and augment your body’s natural ability to help itself. Seamlessly integrating with your lifestyle, providing sustainable solutions for long term optimal breathing health.
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