Deep Tech Ecosystems. by BCG

Deep tech is no longer the primary purview of deep pockets—or of the scientific community. Anumber of trends have brought us to a point of major change in how deep tech research is pursuedand how new technologies are brought to market. Innovation is a much more fragmented anddiverse endeavor than ever before—geographically, functionally, and industrially. Some suggestthat we are at the beginning of a new cycle that could carry R&D for the next two to threegenerations or that we may be shifting from the end of one cycle, a “deployment” phase—whichhas been mostly about building applications that are based on existing information andcommunications technologies—to the beginning of an “installation” phase in which newtechnology infrastructures are constructed. Clearly, a new deep tech ecosystem is taking shape,with big ramifications for all players, most notably companies, investors, and startups.