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Unternehmertum: Innovation - Business Creation - Venture Capital
UnternehmerTUM offers founders and startups a complete service from the initial idea to IPO. A team of experienced entrepreneurs, scientists, managers and investors supports founders with the development of their products, services and business models. The experts accompany them actively with building up their companies, market entry and financing – also via Venture Capital.
The accelerator programme TechFounders coaches technology startups over a period of 20 weeks up to an initial venture round, and paves the way for joint ventures with established companies.For industry partners, UnternehmerTUM is a unique platform for cooperation with new companies, and for expansion of their innovative strength and culture.
Covering 1500 square metres, ‘MakerSpace’, Europe's largest publicly accessible high-tech workshop, enables companies, startups and creatives to produce prototypes and small batches using state-of-the-art machines such as large 3D printers.
UnternehmerTUM was founded in 2002 by the entrepreneur Susanne Klatten. With more than 50 high-growth technology start-ups each year and its unique offering, it is the leading center for business creation in Germany.
Our most important Events
Forum UnternehmerTUM
With more than 650 guests from the worlds of politics, business and the finance sector, the Forum UnternehmerTUM is one of the biggest and most significant networking events for the start-up scene in Germany. Traditionally, the Forum is held each year in the BMW Welt, and discusses topical issues relating to business creation and innovation.
Next date: t.b.d.
techfounders demoday
TechFounders is an accelerator that prepares tech start-ups for their first venture capital phase and helps establish strategic collaborations. At the end of the 20-week program, on Demo Day, the start-ups present their business idea to over 100 venture capitalists, business angels and press representatives.
Next date: t.b.d.
techfest munich
The TECHFEST MUNICH is an interdisciplinary hackathon for hackers, makers and designers. The participants develop innovative products and services within just 72 hours, using state-of-the-art technologies and materials to realize their ideas. They build their first prototypes in the high-tech workshop MakerSpace.
Next date: September 7-10, 2017
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Our Start-Ups
success stories
Would you like to find out more about our successful startups? You can read their success stories here.
portfolio unternehmertum venture capital
Since 2012, Unternehmertum Venture Capital has invested in numerous innovative technology companies with pioneering ideas and products. More information you can find here.
our youtube channel
Short film portraits of our start-ups, and on the topics innovation and business creation, can be found on our YouTube channel.
Press information
Press releases
In this section you can find our press releases about the activities, partnerships and projects of the UnternehmerTUM companies.
Unternehmertum in the media
Here you can find links to online articles about UnternehmerTUM.