Why you don’t need a PhD to invest in deep tech

Everyone agrees that building and backing deep technology startups is challenging. Deep tech companies—advanced materials, AI, biotech, hardware, and quantum computing firms—are typically founded around tough-to-replicate scientific discoveries or engineering breakthroughs, carry greater technical risk, and require a lot of capital, research and development, and time to commercialize their products. There is a renewed interest in deep tech in Canada.