Markus Wanko is the founding force behind the XISTA innovation ecosystem, empowering science innovators. Today, Markus leads XISTA’s venture fund (Managing Partner), science park (MD), and tech transfer arm (MD). With his work he helps ISTAs research to develop it's full societal potential. In this interview we learn how start up trainings must be sector specific to be most effective, where the venture capital for the science start-ups typically comes from and what Markus recommends to the evaluation community: To take evaluation seriously!

Links: 

• ISTA: https://ista.ac.at/en/home/
• XISTA: https://xista.com/
• XISTA science ventures: https://xista.vc
• XISTA innovation: https://xista.io/
• XISTA science park: https://xista-park.com/

Music: Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) (ft. Morusque, Jeris, CSoul, Alex Beroza) by spinningmerkaba http://ccmixter.org/people/jlbrock44; SouljaUnit Remix of DeadRobot Music’s Surfy via https://freesound.org/people/SouljaUnit/sounds/640175/
Photo: The Gentlemen Creatives

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