Deep-Tech Venture Founder (Business / Technical) - #1087552

Singapore Deep-Tech Alliance empowers founders to rapidly build, validate, and scale ClimateTech startups from technologies designed for the Energy, Healthcare, Manufacturing, and Semiconductor industries through a public-private partnership with Corporates, Investors, Research Institutions, and Government and Regulatory Agencies.

The Alliance comprises Corporate Partners including Allnex, Avnet, IMI, Lenovo, Micron, Norgren, Omron, Panasonic, TÜV SÜD and Zuellig Pharma; Research Partners including A*STAR, NUS, NTU, SUTD, A*StartCentral and NHIC; government and regulatory agencies including Enterprise Singapore and PUB.

Join us to build world-changing companies that solve societal challenges today.

Application deadline: 28 February 2025 (applications are assessed on a rolling basis)

The Role

Business Founder Requirements

You are an excellent big-picture thinker who is deliberate and does not get impatient dealing with details, as you believe the devil is in the details. You are also practical and hands-on as you drive the team towards growth, leveraging your extensive network and resources to bring new solutions to market.

Ideally, you would be a domain expert in Advanced Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Healthcare, Energy, and/or ClimateTech with at least 10 years of work experience and your last role in a management capacity. Bonus points if you have had both corporate and startup experiences.

You are expected to…

• Excel at strategic thinking in order to identify opportunities and make business decisions that ensure long-term success and growth.
• Be acquainted with sound corporate governance structures.
• Conduct market research and analyse trends and data to make well-informed business decisions.
• Take an active role in product development, making both high-level and minute decisions before you go to market.
• Successfully promote your products before they go to market, build anticipation and create demand.
• Excel at recruiting, hiring and retaining talented and dedicated staff members who can help bring the founding team’s vision to life.
• Have a solid grasp of financial planning and forecasting, and should be able to set milestones and budgets to ensure solvency and long-term growth.
  
  

Skills: Sales, Business Development, Fundraising, Strategy, Partnerships and Leadership

Technical Founder Requirements

You are a domain expert in Advanced Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Healthcare, Energy, and/or ClimateTech whose technical skills stand out from the crowd and contribute to your team’s competitive advantage. You are also practical and hands-on as you bring new products to the market. You are excited to bring the venture team’s vision to life and commercialise technologies towards environmental sustainability.

Ideally, you would have earned your PhD or completed your postdoc and have worked with existing technologies at TRL 3-4 while managing a technical team. Bonus points if you are a former startup founder.

You are expected to…

• Develop the technology from prototype to product stages.
• Help the company keep its competitive edge and stay technologically sustainable.
• Be responsible for maintaining the strategic focus of the company and is in charge of turning a concept into reality.
• Be a product and project manager with the primary goal of managing a tech team and making business-critical tech decisions.
• Oversee the future and shape it in a positive technical way through activities such as product development, budgeting, team management, product deployment, process management.
• Think strategically in order to lead and plan approaches, plans and budgets.
• Have the ability to maintain an end-user-focused outlook in taking the product to market.
  
  

Skills: Technical, Applied Research, Information Technology, Engineering, Systems Integration

Ideal Profile

• Leadership experience in Advanced Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Healthcare, Energy, and/or ClimateTech.
• Entrepreneurial experience with early-stage ventures or leading teams through the product lifecycle from concept to commercialisation to scaling.
• Familiarity with navigating regulatory and grant funding pathways.
• Track record in building and scaling technology solutions.
• Candidates who only fulfil some of these criteria will still be considered.
  
  

What's on Offer?

• Join SDTA Ventures, where you’ll step into a venture that has already undergone a rigorous 5-month venture-building process by SDTA’s internal Venture Architects. By the time founders join, the foundations for success are firmly in place.
• Advanced Technology: Leveraging TRL+5 innovations sourced from our Research Partners.
• Validated Business Case: Grounded in customer feedback, with some ventures already securing pilot contracts.
• Pre-Seed Investment: Funding is conditionally committed, contingent on your performance as a founder.
• Future Funding Opportunities: Strong potential for follow-on investments from us in your Seed Round and Series A if you execute effectively.
• Ownership: You and your co-founders will earn 80% ownership of the venture.