Entrepreneurship News
TUM sets new record for spin-offs
More than 100 new start-ups in one year
At the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the number of newly founded start-ups exceeded 100 for the first time in 2024. The innovation ecosystem centered around TUM is regarded as one of the most successful deeptech hubs in Europe. The Financial Times recently selected UnternehmerTUM as Europe’s leading start-up hub for the second time.
Financial Times rankings
UnternehmerTUM again ranked as Europe’s best start-up hub
For the second consecutive year, the British business paper Financial Times has named UnternehmerTUM as the leading start-up hub in Europe. A decisive factor behind this success is the powerful network available to tech start-ups.
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.