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HTVD26 | HighTech Venture Days 2026

HTVD | HighTech Venture Days is an exclusive matching program focused on industrial high-tech, connecting hardtech and deeptech startups with venture capital investors and corporates. The event centers on IP-based technologies and B2B hardware innovation, targeting industrial, energy, mobility, environment, and manufacturing verticals. Attendance is limited…

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66Speakers
31Sponsors
54Sessions
41Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at HTVD26, in alphabetical order.

Astradyne
autarkize GmbH
Blixt Tech AB
BlueGreen Water Technologies
Boreal Bioproducts
Brandenburg Labs GmbH
BTRY AG
Calpech
Calpech
Cassini
Partner Pitch
Co-Pace
Partner Pitch
Cottonwood Technology Fund
Partner Pitch
DeltaOrbit GmbH
deltaVision
DTCF
Partner Pitch
Endless Industries
Endless Industries
ESCARDA Technologies GmbH
ESCARDA Technologies GmbH
Eyonex Glass Technologies
Finindus
Partner Pitch
FLEXOO GmbH
FluIDect GmbH
FluIDect GmbH
GEFERTEC GmbH
GEFERTEC GmbH
GraphEnergyTech Ltd

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Apex Ventures
ArcelorMittal
Berlin Industrial Group
Cassini
Cassini Initiative
Co-Pace
Cottonwood Technology Fund
Dresden
Dresden4x4
DTCF
Finindus
Henkel
Heraeus
Idemitsu
Infineon
Kineo Finance
Matterwave Ventures
MBG
Noerr
NXP
Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden
SAP
SIB
SIB Dresden
Smart Systems Hub
TEL
TGFS
TZD
WFS
Wirtschaftsförderung Sachsen (WFS)
Zaz Ventures

Agenda

Selected from 54 sessions.

  • 01:00 - 02:30 PM

    Pitch Session II

    Cleantech and Mobility

  • 01:00 - 02:30 PM

    Pitch Session II: Cleantech and Mobility

    Cleantech and Mobility
  • 01:00 - 02:30 PM, 20 October 2026

    Pitch Session II: Cleantech and Mobility

  • 02:30- 03:30 PM

    Coffee & Networking Break

    Break

  • 02:30 - 03:30 PM, 20 October 2026

    Coffee & Networking Break

  • 03:30 - 04:45 PM

    Pitch Session III

    Space & Defense and Electronics

  • 03:30 - 04:45 PM

    Pitch Session III: Space & Defense and Electronics

    Space & Defense and Electronics
  • 03:30 - 04:45 PM, 20 October 2026

    Pitch Session III: Space & Defense and Electronics

  • 04:00 - 05:00 PM

    Fireside Chat with Cassini

    Joint session with all speakers, open Q/A with the audience

Company intelligence

What does it mean when 41 companies show up, and 10 bet on three roles at once?

41 companies. ten are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
10All threespeak · spons · exh
21Sponsoringsponsor only
10Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Cassini·DTCF·Finindus·Henkel·Heraeus·Idemitsu·Infineon·Noerr·Pace·SAP

Speakers by seniority

18% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • Founder / Owner1117%
  • Director / Head of12%
  • Other roles5482%

Of 66 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1CassiniSponsor1
2DTCFSponsor1
3FinindusSponsor1
4HenkelSponsor1
5HeraeusSponsor1
6IdemitsuSponsor1
7InfineonSponsor1
8NoerrSponsor1
9PaceSponsor1
10SAPSponsor1
11Apex VenturesSponsor-
12ArcelorMittalSponsor-
13Berlin Industrial GroupSponsor-
14Cassini InitiativeSponsor-
Sponsors by tier
unspecified31
100% of 31
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