Felipe Mendes Borini is Full Professor at the University of São Paulo (FEA-USP), where he coordinates the Deep Tech Research Project (CNPq) and the Research Program of CEPID Bridge. He also serves as Vice-Coordinator of PGT/USP. His research focuses on strategy, innovation, and organizational capabilities.Fernanda Cahen is Associate Professor of International Business and Innovation and Coordinator of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at ESPM. Associate Researcher at the CEPID Bridge Program. She has held visiting positions at the University of Southern California and Indiana University. Her research explores international business, digital globalization, and innovation.Moacir de Miranda Oliveira Jr. is Full Professor at the University of São Paulo and Otto Mønsted Visiting Professor at Copenhagen Business School. He is President of the Triple Helix Association and of the USP Endowment Fund, and a member of the Global Innovation Index Advisory Board. His work centers on strategy, innovation, and startup scalability.

• Introduction.- PART I.- Chapter 1: The Deep Tech Startup Entrepreneurship.- Chapter 2: Deep Tech Frontiers: Pioneering Innovation and Shaping the Future.- Chapter 3: Uncertainty and Deep Tech Entrepreneurs.- Chapter 4: Micro-foundations in Deep Tech Startups.- Chapter 5: The Challenge of Change: From Scientist to Entrepreneur.- Chapter 6: Technological Readiness Level (TRL) for Deep Tech Startups.- Chapter 7: Innovation Readiness Level (IRL) for Deep Tech Startups.- PART II.- Chapter 8: From startups to unicorns: scalability of digital ventures.- Chapter 9: International Digital Competence for Startups.- Chapter 10: Deep-Digital Startups in Healthcare.- Chapter 11: Deep-Digital and Disruptive Startups.

Felipe Mendes Borini is Full Professor at the University of São Paulo (FEA-USP), where he coordinates the Deep Tech Research Project (CNPq) and the Research Program of CEPID Bridge. He also serves as Vice-Coordinator of PGT/USP. His research focuses on strategy, innovation, and organizational capabilities.Fernanda Cahen is Associate Professor of International Business and Innovation and Coordinator of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at ESPM. Associate Researcher at the CEPID Bridge Program. She has held visiting positions at the University of Southern California and Indiana University. Her research explores international business, digital globalization, and innovation.Moacir de Miranda Oliveira Jr. is Full Professor at the University of São Paulo and Otto Mønsted Visiting Professor at Copenhagen Business School. He is President of the Triple Helix Association and of the USP Endowment Fund, and a member of the Global Innovation Index Advisory Board. His work centers on strategy, innovation, and startup scalability.

• Introduction.- PART I.- Chapter 1: The Deep Tech Startup Entrepreneurship.- Chapter 2: Deep Tech Frontiers: Pioneering Innovation and Shaping the Future.- Chapter 3: Uncertainty and Deep Tech Entrepreneurs.- Chapter 4: Micro-foundations in Deep Tech Startups.- Chapter 5: The Challenge of Change: From Scientist to Entrepreneur.- Chapter 6: Technological Readiness Level (TRL) for Deep Tech Startups.- Chapter 7: Innovation Readiness Level (IRL) for Deep Tech Startups.- PART II.- Chapter 8: From startups to unicorns: scalability of digital ventures.- Chapter 9: International Digital Competence for Startups.- Chapter 10: Deep-Digital Startups in Healthcare.- Chapter 11: Deep-Digital and Disruptive Startups.