Maria Ksenia Witte
Founder of Arise Innovations®
I give institutions and science-based ventures an independent view of what to fund, change or stop – connecting technical evidence, commercial reality and capital allocation.
Across 13+ years, I have assessed 250+ cases and worked across 25+ programmes and ecosystems, with €100M+ in allocation exposure. Clients engage me for judgement they can use and defend – not for an implementation programme or a methodology they have to adopt.
A clear basis for the next move.
Five questions structure my QUATISE® methodology.
1. State – Where are you now, beyond the headline metrics?
2. Constraint – What is actually limiting the next transition?
3. Evidence – Which claims are supported, and what remains uncertain?
4. Route – Which path is defensible given the technical, commercial and capital realities?
5. Decision condition – What must be true to continue, adapt or stop?
My background spans academic research, industrial R&D, quality and regulatory systems, technology transfer and innovation-programme design. Expert engagements include EIT, SPRIN-D and QVLS-iLabs / PTB; evaluation and judging work includes MassChallenge, Nucleate and more.
Based in Berlin. Working worldwide.