We turn today’s research into tomorrow’s deeptech startups

Join Us in Spring 2026
OUR MISSION

Conception X is Europe's largest community for entrepreneurial researchers.

We discover the next generation of technical founders and help them launch deeptech startups focused on long-term impact. We call our founders venture scientists, at the intersection of research and tech.

600+
Founders launched
181
Companies created
£1B
Portfolio valuation
83
Unique universities
IN THEIR WORDS

What our venture scientists say

My favourite part of the programme was the mentoring. At first, we were describing the tech wrong and we were aiming it at the wrong people, but we knew we were only ever a few weeks away from having a meeting with someone to talk about it and trying a different way of doing it. It pushes you and helps you build momentum, which would be quite difficult to do in isolation.

Jessica Birt, Concinnity Genetics

By showing me the path ahead and breaking it down into a series of clear steps, the programme has made it feasible for me to start my own company.

Adam Harris, Myriad Wind

The programme is complete magic. Before joining, I had no idea where to start. By Demo Day, we had a working prototype.

Ksenia Sokolova, Neurosalience
A SECTOR AGNOSTIC APPROACH

We work across multiple deeptech sectors

Artificial
Intelligence
Augmented
Reality
Behavioural
Analytics
Blockchain
Robotics
Machine
Learning
Quantum
Computing
Biomedical
Renewable
Energy