Entrepreneurship News
Investment in Germany's technological sovereignty
Battery start-up incubator launches at TUM
To strengthen Germany's technological sovereignty in the field of battery technologies, the Battery Start-up Incubator (BaStI) is being established at TUM. Funded with 3.3 million euros by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), BaStl, as an integral part of the TUM Venture Labs, will support and advise start-up applicants from all over Germany in the first phase. The aim is to accelerate the market entry of new battery technologies from research and thus reduce dependence on imports.
TUM Venture Lab Food / Agro / Biotech
Breeding ground for biotech start-ups
The TUM Venture Labs are an important element of our university’s outstanding start-up ecosystem. We paid a visit to the Venture Lab Food / Agro / Biotech in Weihenstephan.
Teams from informatics, environmental engineering and medicine
IDEAward for researchers’ start-up ideas
An AI-controlled construction robot, a CO2 conversion process and a test to detect head and neck tumors: These three promising start-up ideas from researchers are the latest winners of the TUM IDEAward.
Qkera selected as one of the 25 best start-ups at Falling Walls
New technology for solid state batteries
The start-up Qkera has developed new electrolyte components for solid state batteries. With high energy density, great stability and low production costs, the goal of the TUM spin-off is to achieve a breakthrough of this battery technology in electromobility and other areas. At the Falling Walls Science Summit, Qkera was selected as one of the 25 best science start-ups worldwide.
TUM spin-off achieves Unicorn status
Billion-dollar valuation for start-up EGYM
With a valuation of over 1 billion euros, the start-up EGYM is the latest unicorn launched at TUM. The company has achieved international success with digital fitness equipment that provides personalized training programs. TUM researchers and graduates have now established 21 unicorns in total.