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Lab to Market Leadership with Chris Reichhelm

Lab to Market Leadership with Chris Reichhelm

Deep Tech Leaders
Uitgebracht: 2026-04-02
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From Finnish Lab to US IPO: Dr. Jan Goetz on Building Europe's Quantum Leader IQM

From Finnish Lab to US IPO: Dr. Jan Goetz on Building Europe's Quantum Leader IQM

Dr Jan Goetz never planned to be a CEO. He wanted to be a professor. But when co-founder Professor Mikko Möttönen asked about starting a company, Jan followed his gut. Seven years later, IQM is Europe's largest quantum computing company, heading towar
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Dr Jan Goetz never planned to be a CEO. He wanted to be a professor. But when co-founder Professor Mikko Möttönen asked about starting a company, Jan followed his gut.
Seven years later, IQM is Europe's largest quantum computing company, heading towards US public listing, and has just secured €50M from BlackRock.
This is a rare, personal look at the founder CEO journey – not just the company wins, but the internal transitions, the moments of doubt, and how Jan learned to lead whilst staying true to himself.
Jan reveals the journey: spinning out of VTT and Aalto University (April 2018), the four co-founders dividing roles (Mikko stayed in academia, Kuan became CTO, Juha became COO, Jan became CEO), the early decision to sell complete systems not chips, convincing governments to buy 5-qubit machines when engineers questioned it, using the SpaceX analogy to de-risk early sales, and how COVID rescue budgets opened doors.
Finland's EU presidency rotation (July 2019) put IQM in front of Brussels decision-makers. COVID created quantum procurement budgets – Germany allocated €2B. Founders can't plan these things. What matters is being agile enough to see everything as an opportunity.
Jan's advice: Know your strengths. His strength was storytelling – winning grants, pitching vision, being the ‘foreign minister’ of the company. He found others to cover weaknesses. Don't waste time trying to do everything you're not good at.
The vulnerable moment: Lying in bed in Canada, Jan realised he wasn't coping well. He signed up for a marathon that day. Now he runs daily into the woods – no headphones, no phone, just him and his thoughts.
On following your heart: People said he was crazy to choose Finland over Barcelona or US opportunities. But it felt right. Do you follow your plan or follow your heart? Jan followed his gut.
Essential for scientific founders transitioning to CEO.
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Podcast Production: Beauxhaus
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Releasedatum: 2-4-2026 16:00:00

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With over 25 years of experience in recruiting leadership teams and boards for advanced science and engineering companies, Chris Reichhelm, CEO of Deep Tech Leaders, offers an insider’s perspective on the pivotal decisions and strategies that shape the success of startups embarking on the lab-to-market journey.This podcast doesn’t just celebrate innovation for its own sake; instead, it highlights what it truly takes to build, scale, and sustain a successful deep tech company. Through conversations with entrepreneurs, investors, executives, and other key players, Chris will explore the management disciplines, cultures, and behaviours essential for commercialising and scaling deep tech innovations. Each episode will aim to unravel the complexities behind turning rich, research-intensive IP into commercially viable products across various sectors like computing, biotech, materials science, and more.'Lab to Market Leadership' is for those who are ready to learn from past mistakes and successes to better navigate the path from innovation to market. Whether you're an entrepreneur, an investor, or simply a deep tech enthusiast, this podcast offers valuable lessons and insights to enhance your understanding and approach to building groundbreaking companies that aim to solve the world's biggest problems and improve our way of life. 
Learn more about Lab to Market Leadership: www.deeptechleaders.comFollow us on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/deeptechleadersPodcast Production by Beauxhaus

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