TEF Foundry: coffee office hours

Curious about TEF Foundry?

Join us for coffee office hours ☕ with the TEF Foundry team. We'll walk you through everything you need to know about the program.

What is TEF Foundry?

It’s a 9-month, gated deep tech validation program (October 2026 – June 2027) that helps deep tech teams decide whether their technology should become a venture. Built for research-based teams from Politecnico di Milano and Bocconi University, it compresses years of trial and error into a structured journey across market, technical, and team validation, taking participants from a defensible scientific insight to a validated concept, ready to become a scalable company.

📄 Full program details in the TEF Foundry Handbook

What you'll learn:

What TEF Foundry is and who it's for

How the 3-gate structure works

What support, funding, and network can you access

Requirements and how to apply

See you there! ☕