Partners supporting us

Our partners help make your ambitions with CERN deep-tech possible. Partners can support the startups within CVC by providing possibilities for investment, distribution, mentors, service providers and more. With CERN's technologies and our partners' support, we offer the ideal launchpad for your startup to take off.

 

 Funding & Investment

 

backbone

 

bpifrance

 

SPRIND

 

 

begin

 

czech

 

Deeptechxl

 

 

emerald

 

Evercurious

 

first spark

 

founderful

 

ivc

 

iq capitalkindredlifttmarvelousvc

 

mitotech

 

positronpresidio

 

qbit

 

science angelSICTICspicehaus

 

 

Steel Atlas

 

tensor

 

vigo

 

 

Startup support & development

 

ms

 

 

TUM

 

 

Accent

 

baltic

 

bioincubate

 

CFT

 

dealflow

 

ea

 

fongit

 

 

htxl

 

InnoGex

 

inspiralia

 

 

nucleate

 

 

n7v

 

QAI

 

RAE

 

 

SEE UP

 

startup kitchen

 

spin up

 

disrupt

 

startlife

 

stryber

 

whataventureventurelab

 

 

 

 

Legal advice

l&svischer

 

 

Innovation Hubs

 

BRYCK

 

stfc

 

tartu

 

sunrise

 

SuperlabYTU

 

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Why should you apply to CVC?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our vision

Talent is everywhere. However, the networks to help this talent is not present everywhere. The CERN Venture Connect (CVC) program aims to act as a connector to bring together great entrepreneurs, provide them with cutting edge technologies and connect them to investors and incubators who can help them succeed. 

CERN has developed unique technologies for the operation of the world’s largest particle physics laboratory. These technologies have varied applications in healthcare, environment, aerospace, and digital or quantum areas. CVC aims to provide a platform that assists startups in using these CERN technologies to create societal impact.

If you see potential in using one or more technologies, do not hesitate to apply.

By providing expert support, the right networks and pre-selected unique technologies, CERN wants to help visionary startup founders address an unmet need in the market or solve an innovation challenge.

 

Why should you apply to CVC?

As part of the CVC programme, you will have access to:

 

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Curated state-of-art technologies  

 

 

 

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Network of venture capitalists, incubators, mentors and service provider

 

 

 

 

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A bridge to what we believe to be the key needs of founders: money, people and distribution or sales

 

 

 

 

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The CVC programme is designed to be fully flexible. There is no one-size fits all approach. Together with the CVC team, you will define a work plan to help your startup succeed.  

 

 

 

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Meet the team

CVC is made possible by the efforts of many different experts at CERN, and our partners in industry. Your main point of contact are the entrepreneurship officers at CERN.

 

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Press coverage

Want to cover CERN Venture Connect in your article or blog?

If you write about us on social media channels feel free to tag us or re-share our posts.
@CERN Venture Connect

We encourage you to use these hashtags: #CERNVentureConnect , #CVCstartups,  #CVCpartners

Contact us for media queries

Image Gallery

Due copyright mention must be given to @CERN . Copyright and terms of use of for CERN content.

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Single mode laser
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CERN-PHOTO-202301-009-1 ↓ The Single Mode Laser or the Single Frequency Laser is a low cost single longitudinal mode efficient laser for use in spectroscopy, optical metrology communications amongst others. The picture shows the setup along with the expert behind the technology.

Single mode laser crossing beams
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CERN-PHOTO-202301-009-28 ↓  The Single Mode Laser or the Single Frequency Laser is a low cost single longitudinal mode efficient laser for use in spectroscopy, optical metrology communications amongst others. The picture shows one initial beam (green), and the second beam (yellow) after conversion, crossing.

Data corridoor at CERN
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OPEN-PHO-LIFE-2021-017-14 ↓ CERN’s data corridor seen in the picture shows the Organization’s incredible data storage and analysis capabilities. Rucio is a modular data management solution originally built for CERN but is highly scalable, and can be used for different communities in the scientific domain like high-energy physics, astronomy, biology or anywhere else requiring large data storage and discovery.

UCP collage
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KTTGROUP-PHO-TECH-2023-002-13 ↓ Ultralight Cold Plate (UCP) can be used for the cooling of power dissipating elements and has potential applications in drug production and other areas with need for cryogenics expertise.

Structured Laser beam
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CERN-PHOTO-202210-176-8 ↓  The Structured Laser Beam (SLB), a low-cost laser, originally used at CERN for ultra-precision alignment, has further potential applications in metrology, interferometry, communication, for optical tweezers and in marking of packaging.

Structured Laser beam expert
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CERN-PHOTO-202210-176-1 ↓  The Structured Laser Beam (SLB), pictured here with the one of the experts working on its development. It is a low-cost laser, originally used at CERN for ultra-precision alignment, has further potential applications in metrology, interferometry, communication, for optical tweezers and in marking of packaging.

White rabbit
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OPEN-PHO-TECH-2020-002-17↓White Rabbit (WR) is a technology developed at CERN to provide sub-nanosecond accuracy and picoseconds precision of synchronisation for the LHC accelerators chain. The expert is seen here working on the WR technology, which could be used in industries including telecommunications, financial markets, smart grids, space industry and quantum computing.

White Rabbit Switch
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CERN-PHOTO-202305-119-2 ↓  Mockup of a White Rabbit installation with several switches and optical fibers visible. The White Rabbit technology provides sub-nanosecond accuracy and picoseconds precision of synchronization for large distributed systems. It also allows for deterministic and reliable data delivery. 

 

For our partners

If you are already a CVC partner, here are some communication guidelines and boilerplates for you. You will also find the logo pack and usage guidelines within this documentation.

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