Florian Döring
Startup Keynote Speaker
From Science to Startup – The Story of XRnanotech
XRnanotech is an award-winning spin-off company from the Paul Scherrer Institut in Switzerland that develops nanostructured diffractive optical elements for the high-tech industry and the international scientific community. Following a decade of research and development, XRnanotech was incorporated in 2020 as a spin-off from the largest research center in Switzerland. This contribution highlights the opportunities and challenges of founding a spin-off company and illustrates the path from a scientist to an entrepreneur.
Since its foundation, XRnanotech has grown into a team of 13 people, who are constantly developing the start-up with their different expertise. With over 100 customers on a total of five continents, the company operates worldwide. Over the last years, the areas of application for the products have become ever broader and XRnanotech now serves numerous business sectors, including industry and academia.
About Dr. Florian Döring
Dr. Florian Döring is the CEO and founder of XRnanotech, an award winning Swiss deep-tech company that develops and fabricates innovative diffractive optical elements. He holds a PhD in Materials Physics from the University of Göttingen and was a postdoctoral fellow in the lab for micro- and nanotechnology of the Paul Scherrer Institut in Switzerland. During his research career, he developed and fabricated high-quality X-ray optics with record-breaking resolution. Following his entrepreneurial mindset, he completed an MBA and thereafter founded the company XRnanotech with the vision of bringing these record-breaking optics to the market. With his dedicated team of scientists, engineers and business people, he is constantly working to develop even better nanostructures and optics and making them available to customers all over the world.
