Boston Hard Tech Summit

Campus Deep Tech and MassVentures are bringing together a curated group of startups, investors, industry leaders, and academics to open up Tough Tech Week. 300+ innovators from across Boston region universities and hard tech ecosystem will come together to celebrate the region's most promising startups, forge new connections, and showcase transformative technologies. Industry leaders & investors will present 'reverse pitches' where they will identify specific challenges and opportunity areas where they would like to see innovators focus next. Startups and leading academics will share the cutting-edge technologies they are developing and their commercial potential. If interested in competing in the startup track or research track, please fill out this interest form: https://forms.gle/eU4MPMM5qP7457heA Sample of Investors & Industry Tech Scouts In the Room: SOSV, MassVentures, Equinor Ventures, Engine Ventures, Woven Capital, Gigascale Capital, Fine Structure Ventures, Aligned Climate Capital, Cerberus Ventures, Planeteer Capital, Clean Energy Ventures, 2048 Ventures, MassCEC, MassRobotics, National Grid Partners, Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Sumitomo Chemicals, M Ventures, GC Ventures, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Turner Construction, PepsiCo, ExxonMobil, NVIDIA, and more… 3 Segments / Technology Categories: 1st) Robotics, Sensing, Electronics & Physical AI: Robotics, autonomy, drones, sensors, computer vision, microelectronics, power electronics, IOT, edge AI 2nd) Nanotechnology, Critical Materials, Quantum: Quantum, photonics, critical minerals / rare earths, semiconductors, additive manufacturing 3rd) Climate Tech, Energy, Hard-to-Decarbonize Industries: Batteries, grid, nuclear, fusion, geothermal, chemicals, fuels, CCUS, industrial heat, cement, steel, agtech, biotech Cross-Cutting Themes: Resilience & Dual-Use Why Attend: Programming: Sponsors: Fidelity Private Shares USQ is creating a new center for innovation, life sciences, and technology in the heart of Somerville—bringing together ambitious companies, entrepreneurs, researchers, and talent in a vibrant, transit-connected community. Anchored by the MBTA’s Union Square Station, USQ will ultimately encompass 20 acres of lab and office space alongside housing, hospitality, retail, and dynamic public spaces—including 10 Prospect, a state of the art lab sciences building with 60,000 square feet of plug-and-play lab space. USQ is a place where people and ideas converge to shape what’s next. Learn more at discoverusq.com | Follow LI: @discoverusq   IG:  @discoverusq