What We Fund
Active Investors
- Active Investors
- Real Mandates
- One Clear View of Where Capital is Looking
Overview
Deep tech founders are exhausted by vague investment promises, generic panel discussions, and venture capital marketing speak. We are proudly debuting the What We Fund concept as a special pilot format for our 5th Anniversary Edition to completely replace standard panel discussions with an un-compromised, highly efficient series of capital-market briefings.
This main-stage format gives active international deep tech investors back-to-back, high-impact individual briefing sprints to transparently outline their real investment mandates. They state exactly what technologies they invest in, what parameters they require, and what they are actively looking to discover at NORDEEP. It is designed to help founders immediately determine whether a fund is an absolute fit—or an immediate pass.
The Serialized Briefing Format
Strictly timed via an active stage countdown, every session operates under a highly disciplined, predictable workflow:
The Introduction
Brief setup by the moderator detailing the session’s specific technology sector focus.
The Briefing Sprints
Active investors deliver back-to-back, individual 5-minute mandate presentations under a hard countdown timer.
Comparative Jury & Moderator Q&A
The session concludes with a raw, moderator-led Q&A designed specifically to expose operational differences, timeline horizons, and capital-intensity tolerances between the participating funds.
The Wrap-Up
Core takeaways and open networking directives for the audience.
Part of the Unified NORDEEP Market Architecture
What We Fund works alongside the Global Deep Tech Showcase and the Corporate Innovation Arena to compose the core NORDEEP main-stage pillars, mapping out the complete deep tech commercialization cycle:
•Technology Supply
What startups and university spinouts are building (Global Deep Tech Showcase).
• Market Demand
What corporate, industrial, and public buyers need solved (Corporate Innovation Arena).
• Capital Availability
What investors are actively prepared to finance (What We Fund).
Direct Matchmaking via the
Live Opportunity Wall & SiRA
The second an investor steps off the stage, their fully structured thesis parameters are activated on the Live Opportunity Wall—displayed live on physical installations at the venue and synchronized digitally inside the SiRA platform.
Founders don’t have to chase investors down in corridors. You can instantly filter these verified investor parameters ahead of time or on-site, review their exact requirements, and instantly submit direct meeting requests to capital sources with a proven, active appetite for your specific technology.
For Deep Tech Founders:
Maximize Your Capital Strategy at NORDEEP
Deep tech fundraising requires precision. Instead of guessing who fits your round, use this session to actively audit the market, prepare your approach, and target the right partners:
Come Prepared
Prior to the event, study the verified investor profiles on SiRA to filter funds by their technical readiness expectations and geographic mandates.
Hear the Live Briefs
Attend the main-stage sessions to evaluate the operational differences, timeline horizons, and capital-intensity tolerances of active funds.
Request with Intent
Submit direct, highly targeted meeting requests via SiRA to the investors who have explicitly declared an active appetite for your specific technology field.
For Investors, VCs & LPs:
Introducing a New Standard in Investor Visibility
For NORDEEP 2026, we are piloting a brand-new approach to investor stage presence. What We Fund is engineered to completely optimize your time on stage by letting you pitch your mandate directly to the ecosystem. Participating in this premium pilot allows you to skip the generic talking points, clearly outline your investment criteria, and immediately trigger highly accurate, inbound meeting requests via the SiRA platform from the exact founders you are looking to discover.