Who we are
Our initiative Women Start-up excites and motivates women to become involved in technology and entrepreneurship. We help you discover your talents and provide you with the right qualifications to found a start-up. On your path to becoming a founder, we support you hands-on and offer consulting.

"We need more women in the tech start-up scene. Considering the societal challenges we’re facing, we can’t afford to do without women's entrepreneurial power and creativity. That’s why we founded the Women Start-up initiative: to encourage women and support them in setting up their businesses or getting involved in a start-up."
Dr. Helmut Schönenberger, Founder und Managing Director of UnternehmerTUM

"Numerous studies show that diverse teams perform better. We need more female entrepreneurs who help to drive social change. To support women in this phase and also to invest more venture capital in female founding teams, we at UVC support the Women Start-up initiative"
Amanda-Stella Birkenholz, Investment Manager, UVC Partners
Our mission
We offer you a community where you can meet other unique inspiring women and female founders. We organize network events, female founder talks and workshops. Events that are open to all are part of our offer. Feel free to bring along others and expand our network.
Hands-on Workshops
We offer workshops especially for women - on the following topics: Entrepreneurial Personality & Female Leadership, Negotiations, Pitch Training, Working together in a diverse team. Please sign up for our newsletter and you will be informed about the next training.
Are you already one step further with your start-up? What challenges are you facing? What do you need on your way? We offer different workshops: depending on the phase (before or during the start-up process) different topics play a role, which we want to address specifically. More information about the workshops is here.
Female Founders Office Hours
With the Female Founders Office Hours, we support female founders with the help of high-quality feedback and mentoring by experienced experts from various fields. We are supported by professional partners such as UVC Partners, Nauta Capital, XPRENEURS and the Female Investor Network, who offer office hours alongside Women Start-up. Book a session with our female experts via the contact form.
Inspiring Networking Events
Women at and around UnternehmerTUM: Exchange ideas, network and support! Here you will find the ideal space. We organize Female Founder Talks and Mornings Jour Fixe Coffee Meetups. You can find all UnternehmerTUM events here. More Women Start-up events coming soon.
Mentoring with Mentessa
Become part of our mentoring platform Mentessa. A great platform that brings talents, founders, mentors and experts together. By invitation only. If you are interested, please contact Susanne.
Our Events
Our trainings
We are very happy to announce our Women Start-up Empowerment training series 2023 - especially designed for women. The trainings are offered for female students, PhD students, (future) female founders and young professionals.
You can take part in one or more trainings. All trainings are for free and conducted by our Start-up Services trainers and are in English.
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8.3.23 Online-Training "Be a strong and authentic female leader" (9 am to 1 pm, in English)
We empower women for their future roles as leaders by humanizing leadership and achieving female growth. It takes more than skill development for leaders to perform well and in a sustainable way. Leaders also need the capacity for self-reflection and to be able to learn from experiences gained in all areas of life. Women are encouraged to sharpen their self-efficacy in order to appear more confident and express their abilities - because those who want to lead need to inspire themselves in order to inspire others
You will learn, how to
- be an authentic and powerful leader
- strengthen an entrepreneurial mindset & your self-empowerment profile
- support growth and resilience through human-centered behavior
- being inspired by role-models and one’s own vision
Trainer: Doris Schönbeck, UnternehmerTUM Start-up Services
Expert session with guest speaker included.
Click here to register.
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10.5.23 Onsite-Training at Urban Colab München "Successfully working together as a diverse team" (12.30 pm to 4.30 pm, in English)
Learn about tools and tips for a winning (remote) team culture and effective collaboration.
A practical and engaged team is much more than a bunch of people thrown together to accomplish a goal. Because teams are such an inherent part of how we work, it is easy to believe we know what makes the team perform well, however, this is often not the case.
Your diverse team culture makes you different from others! Based on our experience with teams, a shared team identity increases cohesion, performance, and productivity.
You will learn
- how to build a highly collaborative & performant team,
- how to create engagement within your team & attract new team members, and
- why diversity drives your team's success.
Trainer: Doris Schönbeck, UnternehmerTUM Start-up Services
Expert session with guest speaker included.
The training is followed by the event “Diversity Night” - click here for further information.
Click here to register.
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22.6.23 Onsite Training at Munich Urban Colab "Be a strong and authentic female leader" (9 am to 1 pm, in English)
We empower women for their future role as leaders by humanizing leadership and achieving female growth. It takes more than skill development for leaders to perform well and in a sustainable way. Leaders also need the capacity for self-reflection and to be able to learn from experiences gained in all areas of life. Women are encouraged to sharpen their self-efficacy in order to appear more confident and express their abilities - because those who want to lead need to inspire themselves in order to inspire others
You will learn, how to
- be an authentic and powerful leader
- strengthen an entrepreneurial mindset & your self-empowerment profile
- support growth and resilience through human-centered behavior
- being inspired by role-models and one’s own vision
Trainer: Doris Schönbeck, UnternehmerTUM Start-up Services
Expert session with guest speaker included.
Click here to register.
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10.10.23 Online-Training "Master you presentation skills - a pitch training" (9 am-1 pm, in English)
We will teach you how to learn and hone presentation skills and create a winning pitch deck. Giving special focus to online vs. in-person communication, body language, and giving/receiving feedback on pitches.
Pre-Requisites
You should have a first version of 3-minute pitch.
Learnings
- Learn the must-haves of a pitch (deck)
- Give & receive valuable and productive feedback
- Gain awareness of effective communication approaches
- Learn key aspects of online vs. in person pitching
Trainers: Kaeleigh Fletcher, Dimitra Papadopoulou, UnternehmerTUM Start-up Services
Click here to register.
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14.11.23 Online Training “All women - be entrepreneurial” (9 am to 1 pm)
In this training you will learn how to “Drive your life” by developing your entrepreneurial mindset. The interactive group work during the workshop session helps to ground who you are and what you value. You will work on your “Entrepreneurial Empowerment Profile” and reflect on your personality and know-how.
Learnings
- Empowerment and inspiration for your life as female entrepreneur
- Daily life support: “Empowerment hacks” and familiarization with agile tools
- “Entrepreneurial Empowerment Profile”
- Self-reflection: Learnings from revolutionary role models
- Driving forward diversity sustainably: access to female networks and further programs
Trainer: Doris Schönbeck, UnternehmerTUM Start-up Services.
Click here to register.
How to register for the trainings
If you like to register please use our training platform Cirqus to register. Follow this link, create your account, fill out the application form once for the Women Empowerment Program 2023, and then you can register for each single training. Drop us a message if you have any questions.
Click here to register.
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As the Center for Innovation and Business Creation at the Technical University of Munich, we offer founders and start-ups an all-round service from the first idea to market leadership. Here, entrepreneurs and technology enthusiasts find the right program to move forward.
Female Entrepreneurship is one of UnternehmerTUM’s focus topics.
FAQ
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How can I join the community?
Joining our community is super easy! Join our newsletter for updates on our news, events, and what's happening in the community. You can also join our LinkedIn group to find new connections and meaningful interactions.
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Do I need to be a TUM student or related to the Technical University of Munich?
Everyone can join our community, regardless of whether you’re related to TUM or not. All you need is to be a female tech entrepreneurial enthusiast.
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How can I book an appointment in the female founders office hours?
Access the link and book your appointment in our available slots.
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What can I do if I have a specific question or challenge?
Feel free to get in touch with Susanne directly.
Contact
If you are interested or have any specific questions, please contact our project leader directly.

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