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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.

Together with our start-ups, we are delighted to have received KickStart@HM funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for our start-up teams Complant and ZeroRunWay! The funding supports particularly innovative research ideas with a material budget of up to €7,500 and with advice and access to the premises of a local "StartUpLab". In the case of our three teams, this means an incubator extension of 3 months.

Startup Holloid, a participant in Batch #6 of the SCE's Dynamic Innovation Campus (DICA) , has secured one of the coveted grants from the EIC Accelerator. The company specializes in holographic microscopy of liquids and, according to the EIC jury, is one of the best 71 technology startups in Europe 2024 - out of over 1,200 applications.

The official kickoff on February 12 and 13 in Pisa marked the start of the EIT Urban Mobility-funded CoCreate2Innovate project. As project leader, the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE) is coordinating the initiative, which aims to develop a co-creation ecosystem for start-ups, incubators and industry throughout Europe.

The startup Luggage Hook™ announces its branding cooperation with automotive supplier Continental on LinkedIn and is recommended in the Frankfurter Allgemeine. Founder and alumnus of our Master of Entrepreneurship and Digital Transformation Raphael El Chemaly describes the process of working with Continental as follows:

SCE Alumni Startup BRAKEABLE and outdoor outfitter ORTLIEB enter into a symbiotic partnership. With its AI-supported platform, BRAKEABLE helps to optimally use customer feedback for repairs and process optimization. Suppliers can identify common defects more easily and customers receive helpful repair tips or cost estimates - a win-win situation.

The 2025 Bundestag election will be held as an early election on 23 February 2025. Democracy thrives on diversity, co-determination and open cooperation. It is the foundation for innovation, trust and sustainable success - in politics, the economy and our society. Every vote counts when it comes to protecting and developing these values. That is why voting is not only a right, but also a responsibility. But how does the Bundestag election actually work? And which is more important: the first or the second vote? What do you vote for with both votes? Watch the video by the Federal Agency for Civic Education to find out more and be optimally prepared for the elections.

This event is a special highlight of the year as we celebrate our Batch #12 teams for the successful completion of the SCE Incubation Program and at the same time welcome the new teams of Batch #13 (consisting of SCE Incubation Program and EXIST Women). Join us on March 18, 2025 to celebrate our alumni, welcome new start-ups and network with investors and innovators!

In the cross-university "Certificate for Transformational Change", you will develop innovative ideas to effectively tackle the social, ecological and technological challenges of our time. Together with your interdisciplinary team, you will find entrepreneurial solutions for exciting, real challenges of our partners from the Munich ecosystem at this year's Munich Edition.

Munich-based drone manufacturer Quantum Systems is investing in SCE startup Alumni EFT Mobility - formerly known as Electric Flytrain - and acquiring a majority stake in the developer of electric drive systems.

Join us at the final conference of the European Lighthouse Project ‘Creating NEBourhoods Together’, one of the six flagship initiatives of the EU's New European Bauhaus (NEB). After two years of transformative work, the project proudly presents innovative places, concepts, and communities in Munich-Neuperlach that are pioneering the district's green transformation.

2024 enriched us with exciting developments, successful projects and inspiring encounters - and challenged us at the same time. In our SCE Year in Review 2024, we take you on a journey through our highlights. From the modernization of some of our offerings, our growing European network, to the successes of our start-up alumni and much more.

You can find the annual report below as a read-only version and here as a PDF with direct links to the individual articles.

On Tuesday, February 4, we are pleased to invite all tech enthusiasts to our InnovationCafé at SCE. This edition is all about democracy and participation - in line with the upcoming elections in February 2025. Free registration at: www.sce.de/events

The five participating start-ups were honored for their innovative solutions at the festive closing event of the Munich Impact Incubator. Among them are jambo and COBY, alumni of the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE).