Stop Guessing. Score the Commercialization Risks That Stall Deep-Tech Ventures.
Answer 11 questions across technology, market and regulatory/IP risk to get a Risk Score and a mitigation roadmap to move from lab to market with confidence.
Takes ~10 minutes • No credit card required • Instant results
The Problem: The Valley of Death is a Minefield
You've built breakthrough technology. But the journey from TRL 6 to market scale is fraught with non-technical risks—Market Adoption Friction, Regulatory Landmines, and Supply Chain Fragility—that traditional due diligence ignores.
These are the risks that silently drain capital and shatter commercialization timelines. Without a structured framework, your venture is flying blind.
Source: BCG, An Investor's Guide to Deep Tech (2023). BCG defines failure as a company ceasing operation and notes its deep-tech data set is small.
The Solution: De-Risk Your Future
A structured look at the three risk domains that most often slow deep-tech commercialization: technology readiness, market adoption, and regulatory and IP.
Risk Score
A single weighted score from your answers, so you can compare where you are now with where you are after the next milestone.
Risk Vector Heatmap
A breakdown by domain showing which of the three areas carries the most risk.
Mitigation Roadmap
Suggested next steps for your highest-scoring risks.
Comprehensive Assessment Across 3 Critical Domains
- Proof of Concept
- Scalability
- Technical Debt
- Supply Chain Fragility
- Customer Problem Validation
- Competitive Moat
- Business Model Viability
- Talent Acquisition
- Core IP Protection
- Regulatory Approval
- Data/Privacy Compliance
Ready to De-Risk Your Deep-Tech Venture?
Pressure-test your deep-tech venture against the framework that maps the Valley of Death.