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For tech start-ups in an early phase, the following offer from our colleagues at gate Garching may be of interest: A short online info session for founding teams with scaling potential will take place there on September 18, 2025.

Are you ready to tackle the social challenges of our time? In the cross-university "Certificate for Transformational Change" program, you will work in an interdisciplinary team to find entrepreneurial solutions to our current social, ecological and technological challenges.

After the compact, one-semester program, which you can complete alongside your studies or work, you will receive a prestigious certificate and become part of a community of changemakers! Sounds exciting? Then apply by August 31 for the coming winter semester here: https://seakademie.org/ctc

Meet Germany's leading companies on November 14, 2025 at the 35th Family Business Career Day at the X-Dock in Münster. SCE students and founders can look forward to 10 exclusive wildcards. Apply now and find your dream job! The application deadline is October 20, 2025 and places are limited.

The Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE) launches its first official merch store! Students, employees and anyone who loves innovation will find stylish, sustainable products here. Whether you see yourself as Entrepreneur of the Month, Big Brain or InnoVader, prefer a cuddly UnternehmerGeist or something else, there's something for everyone.

The idea behind our T-shirts, hoodies, stickers and other accessories: they make your enthusiasm for entrepreneurship visible in a humorous, high-quality and sustainable way. In this way, you can show your affinity for the topic of founding and our community behind it in a way that is suitable for everyday use.

Discover now & secure your favorite design: sce.de/shop

The Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE) would like to congratulate its alumni team HEBIO on winning the pitch competition at the VDI Congress AUTOMATION. The start-up impressed the judges with its innovative solution for automating truck unloading and warehouse logistics: an intelligent swarm of robots that can unload pallets directly from trucks and transport them to a storage location in a coordinated manner. Each robot unit remains flexible and space-saving, but is equipped with a load capacity of up to two tons. HEBIO's smart plug & play technology not only promises more efficient use of existing warehouse systems, but also addresses key challenges in the industry such as the shortage of skilled workers and demographic change.

Munich Startup organized the third Munich Startup Festival in 2025. Here are our impressions:
 

As in previous years, in addition to stages, panels and good food, the focus was primarily on encounters and the feeling of working together on something bigger. The popular speed-matching and the contact wall, which invited people to exchange ideas on an equal footing, were a prime example of this. After a variety of panels on security, care, the media landscape and financing, the Munich Startup Award was presented to UniteLabs as a highlight. Our congratulations!

It was impressive to see how the Munich start-up ecosystem is thriving and SCE is proud to play its part as an enabler and bridge builder. We were also delighted to meet so many SCE alumni and startups we currently support. In addition to another of the five award finalists, Omegga, there were djoon foods, steptics, LYFE.ads, nobank and culah, among others.

A big thank you to everyone who shared their ideas with us and with whom we were able to have exciting conversations! And of course thanks to Munich Startup for the wonderful organization!
 

We go back to work with many impressions and new motivation and are already looking forward to the next festival!

On July 2, 2025, the HOCHSPRUNG Award was presented in Nuremberg to particularly promising start-up projects from Bavarian universities. Munich University of Applied Sciences ( HM ) secured the "Special University Prize" for the highest number of submissions in the competition. Seven of the 38 submissions came from HM offerings, including courses or start-up advice from teaching staff and the start-up coaches at the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE).

On July 16, 2025, it's that time again: Backstage Munich will once again become the center of Munich's startup scene! The Munich Startup Festival brings together startups, investors, students, networking enthusiasts and visionaries from all over the city - and we from the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE) will of course be there again!

Great news from the HealthTech sector: Two start-ups from the SCE alumni network have been nominated in this year's Health-i All-Star Voting!

Experience the spirit and depth of the 3E Conference 2025 in Munich through our official aftermovie! This year's conference (From 21 to 23 May 2025), co-hosted by the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE), HM Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences, and the European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ECSB), brought together over 200 educators, researchers, and ecosystem leaders from across Europe and beyond. 
Theme: “Responsible, Systemic, Democratic – New Trajectories in Entrepreneurship Education”

We congratulate our startup alumni BRAKEABLE on the successful approval of the second phase of EXIST research transfer funding by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE). The funding of 180,000 euros will support the team in further technological development and preparation for a scalable market launch.

The tourism start-up Holidu announces a further investment round of 46 million euros and the acquisition of the French provider Cybevasion. Both companies specialize in the rental of vacation homes. In an article by Munich Startup, co-founder and CEO Johannes Siebers explains what he plans to do with the investment.

What's the best way to sell my idea? This question was the focus of last night's INSIDE THE WORLD OF SALES panel - and it obviously hit a nerve: even in the best summer weather, over 70 students gathered in the SCE Creative Hall to gain valuable expert insights directly from the field.

The survey for the German Startup Monitor 2025 (DSM) is underway - and the SCE is calling on all founders, innovators and startup enthusiasts in our network to take part!

SCE startup DRIK17 is launched. The young team has developed a product that should be of particular interest to cyclists - the DRIK 17 Carrier. What looks like a normal water bottle at first glance is actually a cleverly thought-out 2-in-1 system: liquid on top, storage space for tools and the like at the bottom.

We congratulate our Start-up League team COBY - The Coping Buddy on receiving the EXIST start-up grant from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy! The start-up grant enables the team to further develop their innovative idea and is an important milestone on the way to founding a sustainable company.

Want to get your startup off to a flying start? Then the SCE Incubation of the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship at Munich University of Applied Sciences is just right for you! Our support program is aimed at innovative business ideas from all sectors in the pre-start-up or early start-up phase. What counts is your motivation, your commitment and your vision - whether alone or in a team, whether you are studying or working full-time.

Major award for our SCE alumni team Noxon GmbH: Founder Maria Neugschwender and her deep-tech start-up were one of only 40 companies across Europe to be selected for the Women TechEU 2025 program - a strong sign of the team's potential and innovative strength with over 1,000 applications.