Venture Studio · Sensing · Defense · Frontier Tech · Founders Market

Leading Europe's
seismic shift.

We turn basic research within sensing and perception into commercial ventures that can shift entire industries, spanning quantum sensing, radar, novel photonics, frontier physics, AI and other domains. Building European technological superiority and independence for generations to come.

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N 55.6761°   E 12.5683°
COPENHAGEN · DENMARK
How we behave

Three core values. Held even when it hurts.

The way we make decisions, the bets we take, and the people we hire are all anchored in three commitments. Everything else is negotiable.

01 / RISK

We take risks to drive real impact.

We move fast even before we have all the facts. Experimentation over perfect planning. Action over analysis.

02 / IMPOSSIBLE

We pursue the impossible challenges.

We deliberately go after the difficult problems. We explore without knowing the outcome, because the outcomes worth having are never guaranteed.

03 / OWNERSHIP

We own our decisions and outcomes.

We hold ourselves and each other accountable. Long-term impact over ego. Every decision belongs to someone, and they stand behind it.

We exist to create
profound impact
for generations to come.

Leading a seismic shift in Europe · Technological superiority & independence
01 / R&D PLATFORM
Value beyond capital.
A proprietary R&D platform turning basic research into commercial-grade building blocks for the ventures we build, across quantum sensing, novel photonics, and first-principles physics.
02 / WEIBEL ADVANTAGE
An unfair advantage.
Leveraging the Weibel name, network, and domain knowledge as a moat no other studio in Europe can replicate.
03 / CO-OWNERSHIP
Founders from day one.
We pair technology with entrepreneurial co-ownership from day one. Lean studio. Growing ventures. AI as our scaling lever.
04 / PARTNERSHIPS
Platform, not silo.
Partnerships with market players, industry, and research institutions, access our ventures couldn't achieve alone.
Research → Ventures

From basic research to game-changing ventures.

Most studios wait for technology to be ready. We make it ready. A proprietary R&D platform that turns frontier science into commercial-grade building blocks for the ventures we build, from quantum sensing and novel photonics to first-principles physics and AI.

01 / Basic Research

The science before the market knows it needs it.

We commit to frontier physics at the source.

We invest in fundamental research where breakthroughs still come from first principles, not from chasing existing markets. We work where the technology timeline meets the venture timeline.

  • Quantum Sensing
  • Novel Photonics
  • RF & Microwave
  • Frontier Physics
  • AI / Machine Learning
02 / Applied Platform

Our unfair advantage.

Where research becomes a building block.

Our R&D platform, engineers, lab, IP, and access to Weibel Scientific's 50-year sensor heritage, turns laboratory breakthroughs into modular technology building blocks. Plug-in components for the ventures we build.

  • Engineering team
  • Lab & equipment
  • IP licensing
  • Weibel Scientific access
03 / Commercial Ventures

Founder-led. Spin-out ready.

Frontier science, on a venture timeline.

Stage-gate-tested, EiR-led, and built to spin out as independent companies. We compress the path from breakthrough to product, and from product to industry impact.

  • Stage-gate process
  • EiR co-founders
  • Spin-out structure
  • Strategic ownership

Most venture capital waits for tech to be commercial. We invest in making it commercial, collapsing the decade between scientific breakthrough and the ventures that turn it into an industry.

Horizon

Where we're going.

A seven-year arc, from validating the studio model, to spinning out the first ventures that move the needle, to shaping the future of European deep tech.

1Year

We mature ideas we own, with a validated model, ready to build ventures that can be spun out.

3Years

We turn frontier science and deep technology into commercial ventures that can shift entire industries.

7Years

Ventures that shift entire industries, and shape the future of European deep tech.

Our Work

A studio, not a fund.

We turn frontier science and deep technology into commercial ventures that can shift entire industries, through a structured stage-gate process from idea to spin-out, with entrepreneurs in residence as co-founders from day one.

01 / Discovery
60–70
Idea Bank
Long list of frontier ideas under continuous review, sourced internally, from Weibel Scientific, partners, and research institutions.
  • Continuous intake
    MicrowaveRadarOpticsSonarRFQuantum
    Anything that makes SENSE
02 / Discovery
2
Opportunity Discovery
Validating opportunity & attractiveness, quantifying pain, testing customer willingness to pay, proposing technical solutions.
  • SPECTARA
  • SpaceGuard
03 / Incubation
2
Building MVPs
Developing minimum marketable solutions, recruiting co-founders, securing first customer commitments.
  • GunSight
  • AlphaVision
04 / Acceleration
0→ 2+
Spin-out
Independent CVR & separate team. Studio retains strategic ownership; venture scales with co-founders.
Minimum 2 spin-out ventures expected in 2026.
Stage-Gate v 1.5 model · Updated Q1 2026
Founders Market

Exceptional founders, validated ideas.

We build and operate the startups we wish to invest in, matching exceptional founders with ideas validated by experienced industry professionals. Join as an Entrepreneur in Residence and build on top of our R&D platform, our stage-gate process, and the Weibel name. Don't build just another startup, build the one the rest of the industry will be measured against.

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News

From the field.

Updates, launches, and dispatches, published live to our LinkedIn. One source of truth, always current.

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July 2026 · Latest

A new face building SPECTARA.

Welcome Kristian Aalling Sørensen, a DTU Space postdoc and one of Berlingske's Top 100 Talents whose work detecting the "dark ships" that vanish from radar has already drawn NATO's attention. He joins Christian Vang to build SPECTARA, our venture in awareness across sea, air and space. Now the two of them run it together.

Read on LinkedIn
June 2026

Meet our three core tech gurus.

The right employees don't fit an industry, they reshape it. Embedded intelligence, precision electronics and frontier physics, three disciplines, one bench, the same hard problems. Meet Niels, Carsten and Vasileios.

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June 2026

The new home of Weibel Ventures is live.

It started in a garage 50 years ago. Today that sensor heritage is the foundation of Weibel Ventures, a venture studio turning frontier science into commercial ventures that can shift entire industries. Take a look.

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We post everything to LinkedIn first. Milestones, ventures, EiR hires, partnerships. Follow us to never miss a beat.
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Team

The people behind the work.

Weibel Ventures is a studio. Our partners and core technology team are a shared resource for every Entrepreneur in Residence, the platform they build their ventures on. The EiRs build the companies.

Partners a resource for every EiR
Thomas MunkholmTM

Thomas Øiseth Munkholm

Managing Partner
Co-owner of Weibel Scientific and Weibel Ventures

Morten AarøeMA

Morten Aarøe

General Partner
Head of Innovation at Weibel Scientific A/S · 17 years of R&D leadership at Weibel

Aleksandar GrgicAG

Aleksandar Grgic

General Partner
Three decades of sales and engineering at Weibel Scientific · Angel Investor

Morten SkærsøMS

Morten Skærsø

General Partner
Former Head of AI at Terma · Director of Strategy Applications at Weibel Scientific · Co-founder of Seaborg · Physicist at CERN

Core Technology at Weibel Ventures a resource for every EiR · always looking for like-minded people
Carsten OlsenCO

Carsten Olsen

Core Tech Guru and R&D Engineer
Extensive experience with analog and digital engineering at Weibel, Trackman, ICEPower

Niels UldNU

Niels Uld

Core Tech Guru and R&D Engineer
Embedded programming · Machine learning & computer vision · Project & change management

Vasileios VlachodimitropoulosVV

Vasileios Vlachodimitropoulos

Core Tech Guru and R&D Engineer
PhD in Experimental Quantum Physics · Electrical Engineer · Quantum transport, RF & cryogenics · Space antenna design (ESA) · CERN

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Joining soon

Core Tech Guru and R&D Engineer
We're looking, still waiting for the right one

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Joining soon

Core Tech Guru and R&D Engineer
We're looking, still waiting for the right one

Entrepreneurs in Residence building the ventures · always looking for like-minded people
Ole SchröterOS

Ole Kjærgaard Schröter

Entrepreneur in Residence
Building AlphaVision
Experienced marketeer and entrepreneur

Michael WhiteheadMW

Michael Whitehead

Entrepreneur in Residence
Building GunSight
Experienced gunsmith and weapons systems developer

Christian VangCV

Christian Vang

Entrepreneur in Residence
Building SPECTARA
Former Product Owner for JIMAPS ISR Suite at Terma · Senior Product Manager for ISR at Systematic

Kristian Aalling SørensenKS

Kristian Aalling Sørensen

Entrepreneur in Residence
Building SPECTARA
DTU Space & Centre for Security · Maritime domain awareness via satellite, radar & drones · One of Denmark's Top 100 Talents
Joined July 1st 2026

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We don't hire from CVs alone. Send us a motivated application that makes you impossible to ignore, tell us what you want to build, why it matters, and why it has to be you. Surprise us. The needle in the haystack rarely looks like everyone else.

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Frontier science.
Commercial ventures.
Real life impact.

If you're an entrepreneur, a researcher, or a partner who wants to shift entire industries, and you're not afraid of the impossible challenges, we want to hear from you.

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