On March 11, 2025, Brussels hosted an important gathering at the Representation of the Free State of Bavaria to the EU. Organized within the framework of the SFF-driven project SYSTEMEU, the event brought together more than 80 experts from academia, industry, and policymaking in person, and an additional 50 participants joining online. The focus was on how strengthening connections between Europe’s diverse regions can drive the next phase of innovation and competitiveness.

The Social Startup Hub Bavaria of the Social Entrepreneurship Academy together with the Technical University of Munich (TUM) invites you to the Social Business Meetup Munich on April 15 from 6 to 8 pm. Here you will receive exciting start-up insights from Flora Geske, co-founder of the AI+MUNICH-funded start-up SUMM AI, and Elias Hasel from Isar Pyrolysis. Afterwards, you can round off the evening with relaxed networking with the Munich impact entrepreneurship scene.

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A warm welcome to the 28 inter/national startups in our Batch #13 in SCE Incubation! We look forward to supporting these innovative and exciting start-up projects over the next 6 months and to accompanying the founders on their individual start-up journey!

We offer the accepted early stage start-ups in an incubation tailored to their phase: intensive coaching (SCE start-up consultants, mentors, start-up alumni from the network), a workplace in the incubator as a start-up home, infrastructure with laboratories/workshops, prototyping budget, various specialist workshops, access to an entire ecosystem of experts, supporters and like-minded people at regional and international level and much more.

Munich, 03.03.2025 - Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences (HM) and its Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE) are once again at the top of the Stifterverband's start-up radar. In the "Large Universities" category (more than 15,000 students), they not only took first place, as in 2022, but also once again achieved the highest score of all participating universities with 58.8 out of 60 points. This confirms HM's status as the leading start-up university in Germany.

SCE and Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences rank 12th in the renowned Financial Times ranking

Munich, 27.02.2025 - The Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE), the Entrepreneurship Center of Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences (HM), is one of the leading start-up hubs in Europe. In the current ranking "Europe's Leading Start-up Hubs 2025" by the Financial Times, the SCE secured an outstanding 12th place among the 150 best start-up hubs in Europe. In Germany, the SCE is ranked fifth, making it one of the top players in Germany.

The ranking, which was compiled by the Financial Times in collaboration with the renowned market research company Statista and the start-up portal Sifted, is based on extensive alumni evaluations, expert recommendations and the track record of funded start-ups. More than 4,300 founders from all over Europe took part in the evaluation.

Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences is planning to organize a TEDx conference - an event that brings inspiring thoughts, innovative projects and exciting insights to the stage. Now you can be part of it! Do you have an idea that the world needs to hear? Are you researching, teaching or working on something that will change the way we look at the future? Then this is your chance to become a speaker at the first TEDxHM!

The tech startup SmartAIs wants to help blind and visually impaired people with an obstacle detection app. The SCE alumni team was only founded in 2024 and has now successfully completed a pre-seed financing round with Bayern Kapital and several business angels.

What is LEARN about? - LEARN is a team-based international program for students from all disciplines (Bachelor, Master, PHD), which is dedicated to fostering their intercultural and entrepreneurial skills by working within an international setting.

The Munich-based company and SCE Alumni start-up PIONIERKRAFT has made it onto the prestigious SET100 List 2025! This makes the start-up one of the most promising energy innovators in the world. But that's not all: PIONIERKRAFT is also a finalist for the international Start Up Energy Transition (SET) Award, which will be presented in Berlin on March 18, 2025.