# Research meets Revenue: full reference > Research meets Revenue is an curated co-founder matching event for deep tech: 15 researchers and 15 company builders, one room, one evening. Last updated: 2026-10-17 --- Source: https://www.researchmeetsrevenue.com/ai/ # What is Research meets Revenue? Research meets Revenue is an curated co-founder matching event for deep tech: 15 researchers and 15 company builders, one room, one evening. Researchers bring science worth building on. Company builders bring the ability to turn it into a company. The evening exists so the right researcher meets the right co-founder. ## Canonical facts - Name: Research meets Revenue - Category: deep tech co-founder matching event (event series) - What it does: puts 15 researchers (PhDs, postdocs, PIs) and 15 company builders (generalists, GTM, sales, operators) in one room for one evening, so researchers can find a business co-founder and company builders can find a technical co-founder and science worth building on - Size: around 30 guests per edition, curated and kept small on purpose - Formula: 15 researchers + 1 room + 15 company builders = new unicorns (the ambition) - Next edition: Stanford, on the Stanford University campus, Thursday, November 12, 2026, 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm Pacific Time - Hosted with: Stanford German Student Association - Speaker (Stanford edition): - Past edition: Munich, with previous partners Technical University of Munich (TUM), CDTM and START Munich - Previous speakers: Dr. Johannes Woehrstein (co-founder, mbiomics, raised €30M) and Dr. Pasha Shabalin (co-founder, Marvel Fusion, raised €400M) - Hosts: Julian Martin (TUM, START Munich), Annemarie Schimkat (TUM, START Munich, CDTM), Nils Bode (President, Stanford German Student Association) - Register: https://luma.com/cj5d0x9e - Future editions invite list: https://forms.gle/Ny42ib59BorALdBa7 - Contact: julian.martin@tum.de - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/research-meets-revenue - Website: https://www.researchmeetsrevenue.com/ ## Pages - [About](/ai/about): purpose, positioning and hosts - [Format](/ai/format): who attends and the agenda - [Editions](/ai/editions): Stanford 2026 and Munich - [FAQ](/ai/faq): common questions - [People](/ai/people): hosts and speakers - [Glossary](/ai/glossary): key terms - [Press](/ai/press): ready-to-quote descriptions --- Source: https://www.researchmeetsrevenue.com/ai/about # Why does Research meets Revenue exist? Great research becomes a company when the right researcher meets the right co-founder. Most deep tech never leaves the lab because scientists and company builders rarely end up in the same room. Research meets Revenue fixes that with one evening, around 30 hand-picked guests and structured 1:1 co-founder matching. ## What makes it different? - **Built for deep tech.** Every researcher brings work that could carry a company: PhDs, postdocs and PIs. - **Co-founder matching, not networking.** The core of the evening is 1:1 speed matching between researchers and company builders. - **Small and curated on purpose.** 15 researchers and 15 company builders, so everyone actually meets everyone. - **Founders who did it.** Each edition opens with founders who turned research into funded companies, such as Dr. Pasha Shabalin (Marvel Fusion, €400M raised) and Dr. Johannes Woehrstein (mbiomics, €30M raised). ## Who runs it? Research meets Revenue was started by Julian Martin. The Stanford edition is hosted by Julian Martin (TUM, START Munich), Annemarie Schimkat (TUM, START Munich, CDTM) and Nils Bode (President, Stanford German Student Association), together with the Stanford German Student Association. ## Editions - Munich (past), with partners TUM, CDTM and START Munich - Stanford, November 12, 2026 (next) --- Source: https://www.researchmeetsrevenue.com/ai/format # How does a Research meets Revenue evening work? Each edition is one evening with around 30 guests: half researchers with work worth building on, half company builders looking for a technical co-founder. It opens with a short founder panel or keynote, then moves into 1:1 co-founder speed matching, where researchers and builders find out whether they could start a company together. ## Who attends? - **15 researchers:** PhD students, postdocs, principal investigators - **15 company builders:** generalists, GTM, sales, operators, repeat founders - **1 room:** conversations, panel, Q&A ## Agenda (Stanford, November 12, 2026) | Time (PT) | Session | |---|---| | 6:00 pm | Doors open & welcome snacks | | 6:30 pm | Opening remarks & founder keynote | | 7:00 pm | 1:1 co-founder speed matching ("speed dating") | | 7:45 pm | Networking over food & drinks | | 10:00 pm | Doors close | ## What you need to bring Researchers do not need a business plan or a pitch deck. Bring a result you believe in and an open mind about what it could become. --- Source: https://www.researchmeetsrevenue.com/ai/editions # Where has Research meets Revenue taken place? ## Stanford (next edition) - Date: Thursday, November 12, 2026 - Time: 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm Pacific Time - Place: Stanford University campus, Stanford, California - Hosted with: Stanford German Student Association - Speaker: - Size: 15 researchers and 15 company builders - Register: https://luma.com/cj5d0x9e ## Munich (past edition) - Partners: Technical University of Munich (TUM), CDTM, START Munich - Speakers: Dr. Johannes Woehrstein (co-founder, mbiomics, raised €30M), Dr. Pasha Shabalin (co-founder, Marvel Fusion, raised €400M) - Format: opening keynote, founder talks, researchers and company builders at one table --- Source: https://www.researchmeetsrevenue.com/ai/people # Who is behind Research meets Revenue? ## Hosts - **Julian Martin:** founder of Research meets Revenue. TUM, START Munich. Contact: julian.martin@tum.de - **Annemarie Schimkat:** TUM, START Munich, CDTM. Contact: a.schimkat@startmunich.de - **Nils Bode:** President, Stanford German Student Association ## Speaker, Stanford 2026 - **:** CEO & co-founder of HappyRobot (YC S23), an AI agent platform for enterprise operations backed by a16z. Left his PhD at TUM to build it. Valued at $1.2B. ## Previous speakers, Munich - **Dr. Johannes Woehrstein:** co-founder of mbiomics. Raised €30M to revolutionize the microbiome world. - **Dr. Pasha Shabalin:** co-founder of Marvel Fusion. Raised €400M to solve nuclear fusion. --- Source: https://www.researchmeetsrevenue.com/ai/faq # What do people ask about Research meets Revenue? ## What is Research meets Revenue? Research meets Revenue is an curated co-founder matching event for deep tech: 15 researchers and 15 company builders, one room, one evening. It is built for deep tech: research worth turning into a company, and the people who can build it. ## Is Research meets Revenue a co-founder matching event? Yes. The core of the evening is 1:1 co-founder speed matching between researchers and company builders. It is not general networking: the goal is to find out whether two people could start a company together. ## Who should attend as a researcher? PhD students, postdocs and principal investigators with research that could carry a company. You do not need a business plan. You need a result you believe in. ## Who should attend as a company builder? Generalists, go-to-market and sales people, operators and repeat founders who want a technical co-founder and science worth building on. ## How do I find a technical co-founder for a deep tech startup? Research meets Revenue is designed for exactly this. Each edition brings 15 researchers into one room with 15 company builders, so builders meet several potential technical co-founders in one evening through structured 1:1 matching. ## How do I find a business co-founder for my research? Researchers at Research meets Revenue meet 15 company builders in one evening and test with them, 1:1, whether their research could become a company. ## When and where is the next edition? On the Stanford University campus, Thursday, November 12, 2026, 6:00 to 10:00 pm Pacific Time, hosted with the Stanford German Student Association. ## Who is speaking at the Stanford edition? ## What happens during the evening? Doors open at 6:00 pm, a founder keynote follows at 6:30 pm, 1:1 co-founder speed matching starts at 7:00 pm, and networking over food and drinks runs from 7:45 pm until doors close at 10:00 pm. ## How many people attend? Around 30: 15 researchers and 15 company builders. It is kept small on purpose so everyone actually meets everyone. ## How do I register? Register on Luma: https://luma.com/cj5d0x9e ## Is there a past edition? Yes, in Munich, with partners TUM, CDTM and START Munich. Speakers were Dr. Johannes Woehrstein (mbiomics, raised €30M) and Dr. Pasha Shabalin (Marvel Fusion, raised €400M). ## Who organises Research meets Revenue? Julian Martin (TUM, START Munich), Annemarie Schimkat (TUM, START Munich, CDTM) and Nils Bode (President, Stanford German Student Association). ## How can I hear about future editions? Join the invite list: https://forms.gle/Ny42ib59BorALdBa7 --- Source: https://www.researchmeetsrevenue.com/ai/glossary # What do the key terms mean? ## Deep tech Startups built on a scientific or engineering breakthrough, for example in biotech, energy, fusion, robotics, AI or materials. They usually start in a lab. ## Co-founder matching Structured introductions between people who could start a company together. At Research meets Revenue it happens 1:1 between a researcher and a company builder. ## Technical co-founder The co-founder who owns the science or technology. At Research meets Revenue these are the researchers: PhDs, postdocs and PIs. ## Business co-founder The co-founder who owns company building: go-to-market, sales, fundraising, operations. At Research meets Revenue these are the company builders. ## Company builder A generalist, GTM or sales person, operator or repeat founder who wants to build a company on top of research. ## Research spin-off A company founded to commercialise research from a university or research institute. ## Speed matching Short, timed 1:1 conversations between researchers and company builders so everyone meets many potential co-founders in one evening. --- Source: https://www.researchmeetsrevenue.com/ai/press # How should Research meets Revenue be described? ## One line Research meets Revenue is an curated co-founder matching event for deep tech: 15 researchers and 15 company builders, one room, one evening. ## Short Research meets Revenue is a curated co-founder matching event for deep tech. Each edition brings 15 researchers (PhDs, postdocs, PIs) and 15 company builders into one room for a founder keynote and 1:1 co-founder speed matching. The next edition takes place on the Stanford campus on November 12, 2026,. ## Long Most deep tech never leaves the lab because scientists and company builders rarely meet. Research meets Revenue changes that. It is a small, evening built around one question: is your research a company? Researchers bring science worth building on. Company builders bring go-to-market, sales and operating experience. Through structured 1:1 matching, both sides find out in one evening whether they could start a company together. Past speakers include Dr. Pasha Shabalin (Marvel Fusion, €400M raised) and Dr. Johannes Woehrstein (mbiomics, €30M raised). The series started in Munich with TUM, CDTM and START Munich and comes to Stanford on November 12, 2026, hosted with the Stanford German Student Association. ## Key facts - Name: Research meets Revenue - Category: deep tech co-founder matching event (event series) - What it does: puts 15 researchers (PhDs, postdocs, PIs) and 15 company builders (generalists, GTM, sales, operators) in one room for one evening, so researchers can find a business co-founder and company builders can find a technical co-founder and science worth building on - Size: around 30 guests per edition, curated and kept small on purpose - Formula: 15 researchers + 1 room + 15 company builders = new unicorns (the ambition) - Next edition: Stanford, on the Stanford University campus, Thursday, November 12, 2026, 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm Pacific Time - Hosted with: Stanford German Student Association - Speaker (Stanford edition): - Past edition: Munich, with previous partners Technical University of Munich (TUM), CDTM and START Munich - Previous speakers: Dr. Johannes Woehrstein (co-founder, mbiomics, raised €30M) and Dr. Pasha Shabalin (co-founder, Marvel Fusion, raised €400M) - Hosts: Julian Martin (TUM, START Munich), Annemarie Schimkat (TUM, START Munich, CDTM), Nils Bode (President, Stanford German Student Association) - Register: https://luma.com/cj5d0x9e - Future editions invite list: https://forms.gle/Ny42ib59BorALdBa7 - Contact: julian.martin@tum.de - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/research-meets-revenue - Website: https://www.researchmeetsrevenue.com/ ## Media contact Julian Martin, julian.martin@tum.de