HighTechXL is a deep-tech venture-building company supported by Philips, Eindhoven University of Technology and other big players. To build teams around innovative technologies from CERN and other research institutions, HighTechXL holds two FasTrackathons each year, attracting talents ranging from engineers to business managers and marketers. After just five years, HighTechXL is one exit away from becoming Europe’s most high-profile venture-building effort.