NEXTWave technologies is a senior deep-tech engineering firm focused on transforming advanced technologies into reliable, scalable products and giving investors the independent technical clarity they rarely have access to.
We are a human-sized, hands-on team with decades of experience across imaging, AI tooling, real-time systems, embedded platforms, and high-performance software architectures.
Our work combines practical engineering, research-level insight, and a relentless focus on feasibility and productization.
Our Mission
To bridge the gap between ambitious technology and real-world impact for builders and investors alike.
We help deep-tech teams turn ideas into competitive products, and we help investors understand the true depth, feasibility, and risks behind the technologies they evaluate. Our role is to bring clarity, realism, and senior engineering expertise wherever it is missing.
For Companies & Founders
We work directly with deep-tech companies to accelerate development, strengthen architectures, and solve the hard technical problems that block product maturity.
For Investors
Whether we engage directly with the startup or work on behalf of the investor, our goal is the same: ensure the technology is real, the roadmap is achievable, and the product can reach market-grade quality.
What Makes Us Different
Hands-on builders, not consultants — we have designed, shipped, optimized, and patented deep technologies across multiple industries.
Independent, senior-only insight — no juniors, no slide factories, no conflicts of interest.
Full-stack deep-tech capability — from algorithms and signal processing to large-scale architectures and product deployment.
High signal-to-noise — direct, precise, and actionable evaluations that reduce risk and accelerate execution.
Our Team
Xavier Baele — Co-founder
Senior technologist and IP contributor with a long track record in high-performance software, machine vision, AI-adjacent systems, and productization.
Michel Samuel — Co-founder
Senior deep-tech engineer with extensive experience across imaging, real-time systems, architecture design, algorithm design and advanced multimedia technologies.
Together, we bring more than 30 years of hands-on, multidisciplinary engineering experience and a shared commitment to clarity, feasibility, and real-world execution.