“Do not be afraid. Our fate cannot be taken from us, it is a gift.
—Dante ”
Urano Kapital is at the forefront of harnessing cutting-edge technology and innovation in renewable energy, decentralized economies, and deep tech. We are not just creating new ideas in Deep Tech—we’re redefining societal models and paradigms for the future.
We are positioning ourselves as a global facilitator of innovation, driving progress across AI, smart cities, renewable energy, water treatment, food security, connectivity, biotech, healthcare, and blockchain. Our goal is to accelerate the growth of transformative technologies that will reshape industries and society as we know it.
The world is rapidly evolving, with new economic and societal models emerging from groundbreaking technologies like AI, multiverses, blockchain, and decentralized systems. At Urano Kapital, we are strategically positioned to capitalize on these shifts, embracing disruptive technologies and leveraging them to create sustainable, humanity-driven solutions.
Through our deep connections within the global innovation ecosystem, we identify and support the most promising startups and transformative technologies. Our research-driven approach focuses not only on technological innovation but also on developing financial models that maximize both impact and return, ensuring that breakthrough solutions are positioned for success.
Gabriel Zanko is the CEO of Lᛏᚠ3 [LIFE3] and General Partner of Urano Kapital - UᚱAᛋO Kapital, a leading voice in the global Deep Tech, Blockchain, and Renewable Energy landscapes. As a Technology Advisor, he plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of disruptive technologies, driving innovation across industries and markets worldwide.
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A Researcher and Writer in the field of technology, as well as a Speaker and Musician, Gabriel combines his technical expertise with creative expression to inspire and educate global audiences.
With extensive experience in the corporate world, Gabriel worked with top-tier companies such as PwC, Nokia, and Siemens, specializing in Finance. Transitioning into Investment Banking and Technology, he later founded two ventures that are shaping the future of the tech and finance sectors.
At Urano Kapital, Gabriel leads the firm’s mission to become the global catalyzer for innovation, with a strong focus on advancing the following transformative technologies:
AI (Urban Mobility & Transportation)
Web 3.0
Renewable Energy (Solar, Wind, Small Modular Thorium Reactors, Green Hydrogen)
Energy Storage & Innovation in Batteries (including Graphene)
Food Technologies
Space Technology
Through Urano Kapital, Gabriel Zanko is spearheading the deployment of capital into these cutting-edge fields, driving not just financial returns, but a new era of technological and societal transformation.
We are not just focused on deep technology – we are building a comprehensive ecosystem that fosters creativity, groundbreaking ideas, and the design of transformative new models for tomorrow’s world.
Our society is undergoing a profound shift. From the future of currencies—whether driven by governments or private companies—to the rise of decentralized economies and the increasing role of machines as an economic force, we are positioned at the intersection of these revolutionary changes. At Urano Kapital, we are leading the charge in shaping the systems and technologies that will define the future of humanity.
For this final part, we will cover a number of projects that achieved success and have remained relevant through the recent years, along with other promising startups that may take the first steps in the next innovation era of their respective fields.
For this second part on the deep tech approach, we will take a look at the financial side of the phenomenon, and how these projects have not only captured the attention of investors when compared to previous years, but also in contrast to projects based in previous innovation models, to fully paint the picture of how this mentality is forging the landscape of the future.
Anyone who has been involved or following the development of technology or start-ups in the past few years would instantly notice a term that has become more popular with time: Deep Tech. In this series of articles, we will cover the definition of Deep Tech, its history, early examples and how it is not only defining the 4th industrial revolution but also changing the way problems are tackled and solutions are conceived in the digital era.
Ever since the creation of the first steam-based motors, significant amounts of time, research effort and resources have been spent on the improvement of energy generation by either improving the technology used or looking at alternative sources, with the latter being prioritized in the past decades due to the environmental impact of current fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas.
Since the appearance of Bitcoin in 2008 with the Satoshi Nakamoto paper called Electronic Cash System. It emerged a new force into the financial system that governments, private companies and society were not aware of their implications for the future of our economy. This has motivated multiple governments to focus on the implementation of Central Bank-issued Digital Currencies.
Industry sectors like alternative energy and others using sustainable production criteria are succeeding in reducing their impact on climate change. Earth First Food Ventures is a venture capital platform that focuses on investing in disruptive, groundbreaking projects of Food Technology (Food Tech) that also contribute to the overall positive impact on climate change and the environment
Advancements in technology have not only brought great improvements in important sectors like communications, transport and computation power, but have also given us tools to perform better research in areas like medicine and biology, allowing for discoveries that could even have the potential to shift the conceptions of society regarding certain topics, including medicinal use of cannabis.
One big limitation that is hindering further progress in the field of space exploration is the amount and volume of cargo that can be launched into orbit and beyond, and ShipinSpace is aiming to create solutions to help deliver large amounts of cargo to the Moon in a cost-effective and innovative way.
One need that seems to be overlooked these days is that smaller devices, from smartphones to medical devices, need to improve in aspects like longevity, power output and storage capacity. This is what motivated the team at Ionic Industries to find solutions to this issue.
A while ago, we published articles that covered projects that aimed at covering certain necessities like electric energy and reliable internet connections to relatively neglected parts of the world, since the technological advancements on the last years have increased the importance of those services for society to progress.
“We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims
— Buckminster Fuller”