Europe's leading deep tech and AI innovation marketplace, held at Wilhelm Studios Berlin each May, bringing together 3,000+ corporate executives, investors and founders to accelerate the commercial adoption of AI, energy, defence, space and advanced manufacturing technologies.
Deep Tech Momentum is a curated two-day marketplace event in Berlin focused on the commercialisation of deep tech across AI, energy, defence, manufacturing, space and advanced materials. Unlike broader startup conferences, it targets senior decision-makers from corporations, investors and deep tech founders specifically, using a compressed deal-making format designed to run structured interactions rather than open networking. The 2026 edition hosts the inaugural Deep Tech Award ceremony, a new collaboration with Deep Tech Berlin.
The programme combines curated matchmaking sessions, closed-door roundtables, masterclasses on intellectual property strategy and pitch competitions. Thematic focus areas include AI, energy, defence tech, manufacturing and robotics, space, high-performance computing and advanced materials. The event is built around the concept of compressing months of business development into two focused days, with an emphasis on commercially ready or near-ready technologies.
Deep Tech Momentum GmbH is a Berlin-based events company focused on the deep tech sector. It operates in partnership with Deep Tech Berlin, a city initiative supporting Berlin's position as a European deep tech hub.
The event is structured as a marketplace: the goal is to create commercial outcomes, not to deliver a conference experience. Most sessions are structured to facilitate introductions, validate technology fit and advance specific conversations. Keynotes and panels exist but are secondary to the matchmaking infrastructure.
The event targets a specific professional profile and is paid-admission. Application or pre-qualification may apply for certain participation tracks. Full details are available on the official website at deeptech.build.
The Deep Tech Award, presented for the first time at Deep Tech Momentum 2026, recognises outstanding innovation in deep tech commercialisation in Europe. The award ceremony takes place on 20 May at Wilhelm Studios Berlin.
Not suitable for: (1) founders at ideation or pre-prototype stage with no commercial traction; (2) software-only companies without a deep tech or hardware component; (3) investors without a deep tech mandate; (4) attendees seeking general startup community networking rather than structured business interactions; (5) academics or researchers not engaged in commercial technology transfer.
Deep Tech Momentum occupies an underserved niche on the European event circuit: the intersection of serious capital, serious technology and a deliberate refusal to scale for its own sake, which makes the 3,000-person density unusually high in functional terms.
Paid admission; various ticket tiers available at deeptech.build/tickets. Some participation tracks require prior application.
Pre-scheduled matchmaking is the primary networking format. Advance meeting scheduling opens several weeks before the event. The format is explicitly designed to maximise useful interactions per day.
The Deep Tech Award 2026 will be presented at the event for the first time, recognising commercial deep tech achievements in Europe.
20–21 May 2026 at Wilhelm Studios Berlin, Oberlandstrasse 26-35, 12099 Berlin, Germany.
The event is conducted in English.
Deep Tech Momentum is the flagship event within Deep Tech Week Berlin, a broader series of events across the city. Attending Deep Tech Momentum gives access to the main programme; other Deep Tech Week events are separately organised.
| Official website | https://www.deeptech.build/ |
| Tickets | https://www.deeptech.build/tickets |
| Deep Tech Berlin | https://www.berlin.de/deeptech/en/ |